• Carillion’s energy-saving drive to shave £10m off bottom line this year

  

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  19 hours ago — written by Stephen Kennett, 2degrees

  Construction business Carillion has saved £10m in the last 12 months thanks to its efforts to reduce energy consumption, according to the company’s chief executive Richard …

• US Congress under pressure to pass energy efficiency legislation

  

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  19 hours ago — written by Stephen Kennett, 2degrees

  A group of campaigners is putting Barack Obama and leaders on Capitol Hill under pressure to pass energy efficiency legislation that is currently working through …

• Daylight: It's free but that doesn't mean we should ignore it

  

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  yesterday — written by Rory Bergin, HTA Sustainability & Innovation

  The levels of daylight in a building can have a significant impact on the energy needed for artificial lighting. But it also delivers health and wellbeing benefits that …

• Energy performance contracts

  

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  21 May — written by Stephen Kennett, 2degrees

  What are your peers in the Built Environment working group looking for on 2degrees? Every month we share the 'search of the month' to let you know what resources you might …

• Does the relationship between landlords and tenants influences their ability to adopt energy efficient technologies?

  

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  12 May — started by Kay Emblen-Perry, Coventry University

  Do you own or work for a business which leases or rents their premises? Or own a commercial building? If so, I would really appreciate your help with my PhD research. I’m …

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• Have you used an energy performance contract?

  

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  2 May — started by Rebecca Dilks, Thorntons

  Has anybody worked with an ESCO on an Energy Performance Contract and would you recommend them? It would be especially useful to get some feedback from other companies in the …

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• Tenanted shopping center retailers ‘failing to address green issues’

  

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  16 May — written by Stephen Kennett, 2degrees

  Retailers situated in the UK’s shopping centers are less interested in tackling sustainability issues than their counterparts located elsewhere because they are …

• How the Enterprise Centre aims to achieve Passivhaus certification

  

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  17 May — written by Benedict Binns, Centre for the Built Environment

  In our series following the construction of the Enterprise Centre, the project team discuss the design with Professor Wolfgang Feist, founder of the Passivhaus …

• Interface announces winner of ‘Reconnect your space’ competition

  

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  17 May — written by Stephen Kennett, 2degrees

  "Rebolo Eco-Park" designed by Jesús Pertuz of Paris has won the Interface, ‘Reconnect Your Space’ competition. The competition invited architects, designers and students to …

• Boston becomes latest US city to enforce energy reporting in commercial property

  

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  16 May — written by Stephen Kennett, 2degrees

  Boston has become the latest US city to mandate that large commercial and residential buildings report their energy use. The Mayor’s Building Energy Reporting and Disclosure …

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