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Passivhaus: How much is it costing?
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By Ben Humphries and Wendy Bishop The recent inaugural UK Passivhaus conference, held at the Barbican over 24 and 25 October 2011, celebrated the growing maturity of the … -
10 things I learned about the Green Deal
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Last week, I attended the first day of RetroExpo at the NEC, spending my time talking to solar energy companies, housing insulators, sustainable builders and a range of … -
Tackling the risk of overheating in new homes
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Given the summer we’re having, few are going to be complaining about being too hot in their homes. Cast your mind back to 2003 though, when Europe last had a serious heat … -
How Social Media Can Help Power the Green Deal
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Be2camp, the built environment social media advocay has published a guide on using social media to improve understanding and application of Green Deal issues. I caught up … -
Getting greater performance from your people and your buildings
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As part of our ongoing commitment to help you tackle your business challenges with your peers, we are planning our next “2degrees Live” event for 25th January 2013. This … -
Summit Table ‘F’ – the Challenges
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How can you really embed sustainability into business strategy, the processes of the organisation and the behaviour of staff? How do you manage to achieve all of that across … -
Sustainable refurbishment part 1: Rising to the challenge
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In our look at sustainable refurbishments for commercial buildings, Sunil Shah considers some of the challenges of transforming existing properties. The question of how to … -
Bill Gates backs solar powered toilet
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The US California Institute of Technology and Loughborough University in the UK have scooped the top prizes in a competition to develop the “next-generation” of toilets, set … -
The UK's Debacle Over Consequential Improvements
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The UK government looks set to veto proposals that would require homeowners to improve the energy efficiency their properties when carrying out loft conversion or extensions … -
Embodied Carbon & Sustainable Construction, Part 2
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In our previous post we described how the property and construction sector has primarily been concerned with reducing carbon emissions from the operation of buildings through …
