Built Environment

What's Next for Sainsbury’s First Eco Store?
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9 Jan. 2012 — written by Paul Hinkin, Black Architecture
Sainsbury’s has announced that it intends to close its pioneering low energy store in Greenwich, South East London, just 12 years after it was opened by a very young Jamie …
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M&S' greenest store sets agenda for future designs
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19 Oct. 2012 — written by Stephen Kennett, 2degrees
Almost six years since the launch of its ‘Plan A’ programme to become the world's most sustainable major retailer, Marks and Spencer has just opened what it claims is its …
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Raising the energy performance of your properties: What are your biggest challenges?
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6 Sept. 2012 — written by Stephen Kennett, 2degrees
As you might already have seen, we’re busy gearing up for the next 2degrees Live event: Raising the Energy Performance of Your Properties, which will take place on 25th …
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How do you go from a DEC rating of 'G' to 'C' in four years? Just ask DECC
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25 July 2012 — written by Tom Idle, 2degrees
As we have argued before on this platform, it is business that is leading the charge to smarter resource and energy efficiency; our political leaders the world over just …
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Eco-labels: The shortcomings of single indicators
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11 Nov. 2011 — written by David Baggs, ecospecifier global
Historically the eco-benefits of products have been based on simplistic characteristics that we can easily measure such ‘recycled content’, ’UK made’, ‘non-toxic’ or the …
Don't Undervalue the Importance of Embodied Carbon
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19 Sept. 2011 — written by Craig Jones, Sustain
It has been a long and painful process to get the importance of embodied carbon onto the government’s agenda. The publication of the Low Carbon Action Plan this year marked a …
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Benefits of green walls greater than first thought
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3 Aug. 2012 — written by Stephen Kennett, 2degrees
According to scientists at the Universities of Birmingham and Lancaster ‘greening’ streets with trees, bushes and living walls, could cut pollution by as much as 30%. This is …
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Waitrose blazes the trail with two more BREEAM 'Outstanding' stores
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16 Nov. 2012 — written by Stephen Kennett, 2degrees
After becoming the first retailer to receive a BREEAM ‘Outstanding’ rating for one of its stores, Waitrose has added two more to its property portfolio. The stores in Cowes …
Redefining Sustainability and the Decline of EcoBuild
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23 March 2012 — written by Paul Hinkin, Black Architecture
So, it is that EcoBuild time of the year again! I gave a presentation in the session “Changing behaviour for the energy efficient operation of buildings” about how buildings …
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Is bamboo a solution for mainstream construction?
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7 Sept. 2012 — written by Stephen Kennett, 2degrees
Technology update: Bamboo has long been used for scaffolding in places like Hong Kong, but could it become a mainstream sustainable material for house construction in the …