All Sustainability articles – Page 36
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TechnicalClaffey House aims for BREEAM 'excellent'
Aedas' zero-carbon design includes rooftop photovoltaic array and ground source heat pump
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FeaturesRIBA and CIBSE to create ‘carbon-conscious practice’ framework through CarbonBuzz
New on-line platform helps architects benchmark and track project energy use from design to operation
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TechnicalThe environmental cost of leaving the lights on
If all UK offices switched their lights off at night the carbon savings could be phenomenal according to recent research. Time to acts writes Henrietta Lynch
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Features
Is it possible to be green in a downturn?
Phil Clark on why sustainable solutions will become more valuable in a straitened economic environment
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NewsHospital art to take patients' minds off the wait
Sustainable waiting room installation in Rome will be powered by solar PVs
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TechnicalModern-day tree house
Fab Tree Hab designed by MIT architects explores the possibility of growing homes from trees
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News
Office wins top energy rating
Cooper Cromar’s 1,828sq m Solais House has been awarded an energy performance certificate A.
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TechnicalTimber frame lessons from Scotland
Housing expert and writer Mark Brinkley reckons the use of wood north of the border is a lesson on how to properly put up timber frame systems
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Building StudyLeeds eco-apartments with Japanese twist
Tao eco-apartments built using Insulating Concrete Formwork
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NewsSolar power plan to green deserts
Exploration Architecture has announced plans for an innovative scheme combining greenhouses with solar power to provide food, fresh water and energy in desert environments.
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NewsSustainable hub for 1,600 St Albans students
The structure features ground source heat pumps and an equine centre
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Building StudyThrice-recycled dome will host visitors to science first
Globe will be host to 'world's greatest physics experiment'
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NewsSainsbury call on Stride Treglown for eco-store
Architect strives for bold energy and water reduction targets for newly-opened Dartmouth scheme
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TechnicalSheffield Hallam reveals new energy efficient faculty block
Bond Bryan-designed Furvinal Building powered by ground-source heat pumps and city rubbish
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Technical
Offsetting must form part of our carbon-cutting diet
Phil Clark argues the merit of using carbon offset schemes in the quest to reduce global CO2 emissions
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TechnicalEco-refurbishment to pioneer new heat pump technology
Architect Gillard Associates to use Swiss Zehnder low energy system for the first time in the UK on Welsh college
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Carbon emissions in UK housing faces scrutiny
The UK Green Building Council has launched a major study to find ways to reduce carbon emissions from the country’s existing housing stock.
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Tom Russell in eco-village coup
Tom Russell Architects has won a RIBA competition to turn Lawrenny in Pembrokeshire into an eco-village
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TechnicalStudio E’s Woodside Leisure Centre
Cathy Strongman talks to architect Studio E and Max Fordham Consulting Engineers about the sustainable services solutions they choose for Watford’s Woodside Leisure Centre
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NewsDunster’s ZedFactory reveals plans for luxury Bath eco-home
Bill Dunster’s ZedFactory has unveiled plans for a luxury eco-home in an area of outstanding natural beauty outside Bath.