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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Is it time for a rethink on the way we light our buildings?
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18 Dec. 2012 — written by Dave Farebrother, Faregreen Environmental Ltd
According to a new report from the Green Construction Board, the UK will need to cut carbon emissions from the built environment by 77% if it is to achieve its 2050 reduction …
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The top 12 of 2012
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19 Dec. 2012 — written by Stephen Kennett, 2degrees
From sustainable supermarkets to energy efficiency and green walls to timber skyscrapers, it’s that time of year when we look back at what’s been most popular in the 2degrees …
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 …
Low-carbon buildings: Is there really a gap between design intent and actual performance?
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5 Dec. 2012 — written by dave cheshire, AECOM
When a new low carbon building doesn't perform as well as hoped, 'the design/performance gap' is often blamed. But is there really a gap between design intent and actual …
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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