All Sustainability articles – Page 32
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Home emissions plan welcomed
The RIBA and the UK Green Building Council have welcomed the government’s latest strategy to reduce household energy emissions.
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Schools secretary admits zero carbon target will not be met
The government will miss its target of making every new school building in England zero carbon from 2016, schools secretary Ed Balls admitted today.
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Greenpeace looks for 'fortress' architect
Greenpeace this week launched an architectural competition to help it build an ‘impenetrable fortress’ on land earmarked for the third runway at Heathrow Airport.
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NewsTear down 60s and 70s buildings, says government adviser
The government’s new chief construction adviser has said buildings put up in the sixties and seventies should be torn down because it would be impossible to refurbish them to a sufficient standard laid down by green targets.
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NewsRIBA calls for radical solutions for British coastal cities
British cities near the coast are at risk of extreme flooding with urgent action needed now to protect them, the RIBA and the Institution of Civil Engineers have claimed.
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Carbon cuts for occupied buildings on track
The government believes it will exceed its target to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from its occupied buildings.
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Opinion
Tropical storm
One way that architects can (and should) make a significant change on the overall carbon impact of buildings is to eschew tropical hardwoods. Our research has shown that imported tropical hardwoods are the key driver of deforestation in the tropics, which is responsible for 25% of human-caused CO2 emissions
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Opinion‘Sustainability’ is a dangerous mirage
Even in Dubai, the language of greenwash is used to distract us from the real design issues
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Consensus cost
It was interesting to read Amanda Baillieu's contribution to the Spectator’s December 4 issue, in which she described the reactions to her recent editorial on global warming (Leader November 6)
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OpinionSeason of humbug and hot air
If we’re really serious about the planet, let’s debate more and buy less
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Low carbon group launched
Peter Mandelson has launched the government’s low carbon construction innovation and growth steering group, which will review the industry’s fitness for reducing carbon emissions.
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£10 million pledged for eco-towns
Housing minister John Healey has pledged £10 million to help more councils develop plans for eco-towns.
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NewsSustainability Now conference programme unveiled
A packed programme has been unveiled for the free Sustainability Now virtual conference on December 8 and 9.
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NewsDevelopers warn on zero carbon targets
Britain’s biggest property developers have questioned new carbon emissions targets proposed by the the UK Green Building Council.
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NewsGreen Building Council calls for halving of built environment’s emissions
The UK Green Building Council today called for a 50% cut in carbon emissions from the built environment by 2020.
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NewsRIBA teams up to produce call climate change 'call for action'
The RIBA has joined forces with architecture institutes around the world to deliver a 15 point “call for action” on climate change in Copenhagen next month.
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AnalysisArchitects Brenda and Robert Vale believe sustainability begins at home
Authors of a controversial new book Time to Eat the Dog? argue that much thinking on sustainable living puts too much emphasis on technology while ignoring the true impact of particular lifestyle decisions
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OpinionLost in the name of sustainability
The demolition of an innovative 19th century steel girder bridge is entirely unnecessary
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Solid evidence
Your editorial “Is global warming hot air?” (November 6) does a great disservice to our profession. To claim a “growing wealth of scientific evidence” that climate change is not predominantly man made, without citing this supposed evidence, either suggests that BD knows something the rest of us don’t, or BD ...
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Keep a cool head
Our profession has a key role in adapting for the consequences of the 10-century-long trend of global warming, but this does not mean we have to dumbly accept the assertions of the “greenhouse gas” proponents. Many of the same climate campaigners were frightening us with a new ice age, as ...