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Algae growing building facade shades while generating renewable energy
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17 Sept. 2012 — written by Stephen Kennett, 2degrees
Technology update: The first building to incorporate a facade that generates micro-algae, which are harvested and converted to biomass for energy generation, is under …
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It’s All About the People Stupid!
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11 July 2012 — written by Paul Hinkin, Black Architecture
The latest in our Breakfast on Black events took place last Friday, attended by an invited group of industry leaders with a passion for sustainable development. Our speaker …
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What Makes a BREEAM Outstanding Building?
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10 Feb. 2012 — written by Martin Townsend, BRE
BREEAM Outstanding was added to the BREEAM system of rating buildings in 2008. Previously, Excellent had been the top award. At that time many building projects that were …
Building energy efficiency: How regulation can help deliver radical improvement
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3 Nov. 2012 — written by Dave Farebrother, Faregreen Environmental Ltd
Ahead of the next 2degrees Live event in January, we want you to get you involved with the key topics we'll be debating. In the second of his four part series, Dave …
How do you build a BREEAM 'Excellent' warehouse?
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31 Aug. 2012 — written by Simon Jack, Freelance
Case study: A look at the new ProLogis development for BMW.Developers of large scale property face huge challenges in making their buildings sustainable, whether it is the …
Is Sustainable Retail Design Missing the Point?
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19 Aug. 2011 — written by Paul Hinkin, Black Architecture
It has been more than fifteen years since I led the team responsible for Sainsbury’s at Greenwich, the UK’s first low energy supermarket, and you would have thought that …
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The Office of the Future
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1 Aug. 2011 — written by Paul Hinkin, Black Architecture
The office is changing fast! The days when all that was required was a desk for each employee, arranged in sterile rows within an artificially conditioned box is a thing of …
M&S distribution centre features Europe's largest solar wall
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27 Nov. 2012 — written by Stephen Kennett, 2degrees
M&S' new distribution centre in Castle Donington, Leicestershire will features Europe’s largest solar wall, when it opens in early 2013. The 8,400 m2 carbon-neutral facility …
Electrical shutdown could slash household CO2 emissions
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30 Aug. 2012 — written by Stephen Kennett, 2degrees
Technology update: Which technologies will help the UK meet its 2016 zero carbon homes policy? A new study highlights the most promising. Householders could cut carbon …
Bamboozled by UK Energy Legislation?
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31 May 2012 — written by Stephen Kennett, 2degrees
By Alan Thomson To bring clarity to the wider energy legislation picture, Arup has extracted the salient features, selected key policy and created a timeline going up to …

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