All Sustainability articles – Page 5
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NewsProposals to cut carbon in projects shelved after MP’s promotion
Part Z-inspired plans put on ice four days before scheduled second reading
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NewsFeatherstone Young gets go-ahead for Dartmoor hillside home
Practice’s ’Sky Garden’ will replace 1980s bungalow at spectacular Devon spot
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NewsStiff & Trevillion poised for Holborn Viaduct go-ahead
LSE student accommodation plans set to replace Sheppard Robson scheme for London’s ’greenest hotel’
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TechnicalTechnical Study: The Black & White Building by Waugh Thistleton
The Office Group’s first new-build project will be London’s tallest timber office building when it completes next year. And as for the reduction in embodied carbon compared with concrete – well, the numbers speak for themselves. Thomas Lane reports
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OpinionCreative thinking and collaborative tension can help solve a towering dilemma
High-rise blocks represent a huge challenge for the urban architect if they are to fulfil residents’ needs and have a positive impact on the environment. Eleanor Joliffe calls for some fresh thinking, from conception to construction
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OpinionWhat can we learn from designing for the sacred?
One small Ugandan practice reaches into the past to inform a contemporary monastic complex in the south of the country, writes Ben Flatman
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FeaturesBuilding Design at COP26: The view from Glasgow, part 2
Tom Lowe is covering the vital final days of the climate crisis conference. This is his latest despatch
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FeaturesBuilding Design at COP26: The view from Glasgow, part 1
Tom Lowe is covering the vital final days of the climate crisis conference. This is his first despatch
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OpinionHeat and Buildings Strategy requires major commitment. Let’s hope it works
Property owners are advised to take a holistic approach to the retrofit of their buildings to meet future needs and emissions targets, writes Andrew Mellor
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MultimediaInterview: Tom Bennett on eco-activism and the power of protest
The Studio Bark architect arrested during an Extinction Rebellion demonstration talks about what drives him
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NewsArup pledges lifecycle carbon assessments on all projects
Firm also pledges to withdraw from energy schemes involving fossil fuels
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OpinionManufacturers and suppliers, this message is (mainly) for you
Hitting sustainability targets is an exciting challenge, but Eleanor Jolliffe thinks it almost impossible without the full buy-in of client, design and construction teams
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MultimediaInterview: Two of LETI’s founders talk about how the group began – and what next
Clara Bagenal George and Julie Godefroy share the inspiring story behind Building Design’s Architectural Leader of the Year
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OpinionNo more needless, ego-driven demolition. Conservation is key
Sustainability is about more than the challenges of climate change. We should remember we are custodians of what surrounds us, argues Ben Flatman
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NewsInvestors ‘reluctant to adopt green building practices’
RICS survey finds more than half did not take biodiversity into account on schemes
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NewsFoster: Global warming is a design issue we can solve
Architect draws parallels with space race spawning the environmental movement
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NewsMake net zero buildings the only ones worth building, architects tell COP
’Whole system stacked against doing the right thing’
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NewsIndustry to world leaders: We stand ready – but your inaction is holding us back
Built environment unites to present urgent demands at COP summit
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NewsMore than 95% of firms support mandatory carbon calculations
Survey finds overwhelming majority of industry thinks whole life carbon calculations should determine whether projects get planning
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NewsAllford endorses MPs’ call for net zero to be placed at heart of planning policy
Government will fail to hit 2050 net zero target unless it engages with councils, says select committee chair