Posted on October 29th, 2009 by sustainability
On the 7 to the 18 December, Copenhagen is hosting the 15th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Governments will meet here in order to agree a global treaty to succeed the Kyoto Protocol, which expires in 2012.
This week in the AJ, Nicholas Stern, Sunand Prasad, Michael Pawlyn, Pooran Desai, Jeremy Leggett, Brian Marks, and BACA Architects told Hattie Hartman what the forthcoming UN talks mean to them.
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Posted on October 28th, 2009 by Hattie Hartman
How often is it that we have an articulate minister at the RIBA? Hilary Benn, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, gave a succint summary of the dire climate predictions facing the UK and what Government is doing about it.
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Posted on October 27th, 2009 by sustainability
Sustainability debates seem to be the order of the day.
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Posted on October 26th, 2009 by sustainability
This is the newst concept from Philips Design Probes, a research team looking into the future of ‘lifestyle’ after 2020.
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Posted on October 23rd, 2009 by sustainability
A new office building in Cardiff by Stride Treglown has been awarded the UK’s highest BREEAM Outstanding award
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Posted on October 22nd, 2009 by Hattie Hartman
Biogen Power recently won planning permission for a waste to energy plant in Doncaster.
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Posted on October 22nd, 2009 by Hattie Hartman
There is a new breed of sustainability expert emerging in California.
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Posted on October 21st, 2009 by Hattie Hartman
China’s growing renewables industry has been a lot in the news recently. Jonathan Porritt of Forum for the Future, who introduced the RIBA Ashden debate last week, is just back from Shanghai where he has been researching a series for the BBC.
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Posted on October 19th, 2009 by Hattie Hartman
Could this be the future? The W+W by Roca and designed by Italian architects Gabriele and Oscar Buratti, reuses water from the basin for flushing.
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Posted on October 16th, 2009 by sustainability
Hab Oakus, a joint venture between Kevin McCloud’s development company, Hab, and housing group GreenSquare, has won planning permission for its first project.
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