Built Environment

Jones Lang LaSalle's Global Sustainability Perspective
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15 Dec. 2009 — added by Alex Edds, Jones Lang LaSalle
What more appropriate launch topic could there be for our new Global Sustainability website than the Copenhagen Summit. This historic meeting has an impressive array of …
Aviva Investors challenges global stock exchanges to take action on corporate responsibility
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3 Nov. 2009 — added by Geoff Newman, Sabien Technology
AVIVA is to become the first UK listed company to put its corporate social responsibility report to a seperate investor vote at its annual meeting. Can this accelerate the …
Energy efficiency in buildings in China: policies, barriers and opportunities
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17 March 2009 — added by Allen Shaw, 2degrees
German Development Institute report.
Refurbishment costs up 20% in two years
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3 June 2008 — added by Patrick Chalmers, 2degrees
The cost of home improvements has shot up by a fifth in two years because of rising costs of raw materials and transport and a growing shortage of tradesmen.
Green Housing Upgrades Would Create £3.5 Billion Market for Builders, says Oxford University
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9 July 2008 — added by Kate McNicholl, Zerum Renew
Building firms, product manufacturers and suppliers could stand to tap into a new market worth between £3.5 and £6.5 billion per year if the UK developed policies, skills …
GE in solar roofs partnership
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30 June 2008 — added by Patrick Chalmers, 2degrees
In hopes of making solar energy more accessible, GE Energy and GAF Materials Corporation have teamed up to provide solar systems and roofing.
Eco-towns ups and downs
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4 April 2008 — added by Patrick Chalmers, 2degrees
Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins stirs it up with a charge that government eco-towns plans are "the greatest try-on in the history of property speculation".
Islay floats tides project
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6 April 2008 — added by Patrick Chalmers, 2degrees
Scotland's first large-scale tidal energy project is to be installed on the island of Islay. Members of the community-owned Islay Energy Trust have backed creation of the …
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
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6 April 2008 — added by Patrick Chalmers, 2degrees
RICS home site, includes news and position papers on sustainability issues.
The Royal Institute of British Architects
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6 April 2008 — added by Patrick Chalmers, 2degrees
RIBA home site includes sections on climate change, planning and sustainability