Eco-Tower for east London
Posted on March 16th, 2010 by sustainability
Studio RHE has submitted plans to build a 24-storey eco-tower in Newham, east London
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London to host C40 Waste Workshop next week
Posted on March 15th, 2010 by Hattie Hartman
The purpose of the workshop, hosted by the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, is to share knowledge about effective ways to reduce rubbish, increase recycling and exploit new technologies in handling waste.
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CarbonBuzz secures 3 year funding
Posted on March 11th, 2010 by sustainability
It’s great news that CarbonBuzz has received additional funding from the Technology Strategy Board
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Call for green buildings in the northwest
Posted on March 11th, 2010 by sustainability
Northwest Business Environment Awards is calling for entries - newbuild or refurb - for its Built Environment Award 2010.
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Monbiot vs Leggett
Posted on March 11th, 2010 by Hattie Hartman
If you haven’t been following the Guardian debate between George Monbiot and Jeremy Leggett of Solar Century, it’s worth having a read here and and here.
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Ecobuild roundup
Posted on March 10th, 2010 by Hattie Hartman
It’s good to see the occasional manufacturer commissioning quality design.
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Monitoring EcoBuild’s performance
Posted on March 10th, 2010 by Hattie Hartman
Guest blogger Margaret Reynolds of A C Architects Cambridge Ltd
To prove acceptable performance, and to enhance it in your next project, you must get your mind around monitoring and testing results. Mastering design and construction constrained under these terms will, I believe, eventually liberate creative people to find ingenious and elegant design solutions. Anything else is fiddling while Rome burns.
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Studio E on Ecobuild
Posted on March 9th, 2010 by sustainability
Top picks: a patented modular and customisable green roof system, a paving slab harvesting kinetic energy, fast response radiators with 10% of the water of normal radiators and more…
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Jestico + Whiles’ Sian Moxon on Ecobuild
Posted on March 8th, 2010 by sustainability
This year’s Ecobuild has more stalls than ever, in the usual tortuous layout. Surely clearer product sections are needed to aid navigation and prevent green fatigue? The expansion of the seminar programme is far more welcome ― from high-level debates to technical briefings on energy, water, standards and materials.
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Jerry Tate on Ecobuild
Posted on March 5th, 2010 by Hattie Hartman
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