Built Environment

Strengthening the business case for sustainable investments
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22 Aug. 2012 — added by Tom Snape, 2degrees
The Carbon Trust has released a useful guide for people responsible for their organization's energy use such as energy or environmental managers, facilities managers and …
Housing Energy Factfile 2011 for Great Britain
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19 Oct. 2011 — added by Stephen Kennett, 2degrees
The Department of Energy and Climate Change has published the “Housing Energy Fact File 2011” for Great Britain. The document aims to draw together important data about …
Sustainability benchmarking toolkit for commercial property
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1 Feb. 2010 — added by Bose Falk, University of New Mexico
A comprehensive toolkit which details the issues and challenges businesses face when benchmarking the sustainability performance of their buildings. Produced by the Better …
The Practicalities of Delivering Retrofit to Social Housing
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12 Sept. 2011 — added by Stephen Kennett, 2degrees
The full details of the UK's 'Green Deal' and how it will work for the social housing sector have yet to be determined, but Affinity Sutton’s national £1.2m FutureFit project …
'Carrot and Stick’ Needed for Property Industry to Meet Climate Change Goals: Existing buildings
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25 March 2012 — added by Stephen Kennett, 2degrees
The property industry believes market drivers alone are insufficient to encourage owners and occupiers to invest in the energy efficiency required to meet UK government …
Webinar Slides: The Battle of the Buildings - Learn how to cut your building’s energy use by 63%
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6 Dec. 2011 — added by Stephen Kennett, 2degrees
In November the University of Central Florida was announced the winner of the US Environmental Protection Agency’s 2011 Energy Star National Building Competition, which saw …
UK Industry Wastes £1.4 billion a Year With Inefficient Lighting
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29 Feb. 2012 — added by Stephen Kennett, 2degrees
UK industrial and manufacturing firms could save themselves up to £1.4bn and cut carbon dioxide emissions by 10 million tonnes a year by switching to new lighting …
Webinar Slides: Whole house low energy refurbishments
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23 Jan. 2012 — added by Stephen Kennett, 2degrees
The ‘Green Deal’ is the UK government’s flagship policy to improve the energy efficiency of 14 million homes in the next decade. The initiative will encourage householders to …
Buildings and Climate Change: Summary for Decision-Makers
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4 Jan. 2010 — added by Bose Falk, University of New Mexico
Report produced by the United Nations Environment Program, Sustainable Buildings & Climate Initiative (UNEP-SBCI)
Understanding the embodied impacts of construction products [webinar slides]
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18 July 2012 — added by Stephen Kennett, 2degrees
In recent years there has been increased focus on how to deliver a more sustainable built environment, with a particular focus on energy efficiency and renewable energy. …

Built Environment

Strengthening the business case for sustainable investments

Housing Energy Factfile 2011 for Great Britain

Sustainability benchmarking toolkit for commercial property

The Practicalities of Delivering Retrofit to Social Housing

'Carrot and Stick’ Needed for Property Industry to Meet Climate Change Goals: Existing buildings

Webinar Slides: The Battle of the Buildings - Learn how to cut your building’s energy use by 63%

UK Industry Wastes £1.4 billion a Year With Inefficient Lighting

Webinar Slides: Whole house low energy refurbishments

Buildings and Climate Change: Summary for Decision-Makers

Understanding the embodied impacts of construction products [webinar slides]

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