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NHBC Foundation welcomes moves to make the EPC more consumer friendly
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New “green” boilers will sav...
Energy experts are advising homeowners that “green” boiler systems are ...
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New Environment and Sustainability Insti...
University’s £30 million Environment and Sustainability Institute (ESI) ...
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Construction company turns staff pool car green.
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Situation Vacant - Chief Constru...
The Government has launched the search for a successor to Paul Morrell as the Government’s Chief Construction Adviser.
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Free learning opportunities an...
International Galileo Project provides free learning and qualifications in Renewable Energy
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£21.9m funding package f...
Around 30 jobs will be created directly on site during the construction of the new six-turbine schem...
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New Welsh wind farm to provide...
Energy Minister Charles Hendry has granted consent to Vattenfall for the Pen Y Cymoedd project, a 29...
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Investment and Jobs in New Ene...
€11 Million Investment and 50 New Jobs at Official Launch of New Energy Management Division
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Sustainable features for maint...
The £27.8m Train Maintenance Facility at Adelaide in South Belfast includes low carbon concrete and...
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Developers wanted to showcase ...
An opportunity to work in partnership with Zero Waste Scotland to design and build an exemplar housi...
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Work to start on £13m su...
Award-winning consultants prepare Wrexham’s former gas works site and former Hightown flats site f...
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2012 Architect in the House ai...
2012 initiative will also be providing all participating architects with a guide to the Green Deal w...
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Industry Award for Energy Effi...
A leader in low carbon technology, is celebrating winning the Air Movement Product of Year category ...
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Home Insulation Agenda Warms U...
Responding to the announcement in early April 2012 from the Scottish Government that the Universal H...
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The art of sustainability for ...
Plymouth College Of Art Workshops aim for BREEAM “Excellent” rating,
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CITB-ConstructionSkills welcom...
CITB-ConstructionSkills has welcomed yesterday’s announcement from Energy and Climate Change Secre...
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From Oil to Wind Energy
Small wind turbine to reduce energy bill by 50 percent and provide energy security
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New project features Code for ...
Pioneering £6.4m AIMC4 project, devised by a consortium of industry leading developers; created to ...
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Business Secretary announces l...
A total of £80 million has been committed to two specialist fund managers - who will make and manag...
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Support for Eco Innovators
Detail of support to help SMEs come up with the low carbon ideas of the future has been announced by...
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Ministerial visit highlights B...
Mark Prisk MP, the Minister of State for Business and Enterprise, has paid a visit to Bicester to se...
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Envelope industry needs to del...
Calls for building envelope industry to deliver up-to-date environmental data, that covers the whole...
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Bicester Eco projects looks fo...
Following the launch event on Wednesday 4 April, a wave of local businesses have logged onto a websi...
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Report indicates renewables re...
The Renewable Energy Association (REA) has released a report on the UK renewable energy industry.
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RWE npower Energy Challenge wo...
A team of undergraduates from the University of Birmingham has won the prestigious RWE npower Energy...
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Are new rules needed to deal w...
Tear up the rule book to deal with climate change now, says new Professor of Innovation
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UK & USA to reach agreemen...
Floating wind turbines are to be the initial focus of a new agreement between Britain and the United...
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20% of property may be forced ...
A fifth of commercial and residential property may be excluded from the rental and lease market as s...
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New Solar Model Shines on Soci...
Major social housing contractor teams up with finance house to fill the funding void left by Governm...
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Solar Community Winner Announc...
Environment action group, Low Carbon East Oxford, and mental health charity, Restore, have jointly w...
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CITB-ConstructionSkills calls ...
CITB-ConstructionSkills has welcomed the announcement of a £540m investment to insulate the UK’s ...
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The award-winning Renewables R...
The national exhibition that visits you is back this autumn and it promises more presentations, demo...
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Accredited Installer Scheme fo...
A new Accredited Installer Scheme aimed at upskilling tradesmen in preparation for the implementatio...
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Call for Construction SME's no...
Are you in danger of missing the business opportunities falling from the Low Carbon Market?
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MCS consultation offers prospe...
The latest update from the Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS) is a positive step towards sec...
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Southampton three estate regen...
Contracts have now been signed for a £28 million Southampton estates regeneration programme.
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Plans to force green home impr...
Proposed Building Rules Will Cost Homeowners Thousands, warns Federation of Master Builders
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BREEAM rating of Excellent for...
Biomass boilers, recycled water tanks and photo voltaic feature in Monmouth County Council office de...
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Accreditation speeded up for G...
Tens of thousands of installers looking to take part in the Government’s new Green Deal scheme wil...
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19 awards up for grabs in the ...
The winner of the Renewables Installer of the year - will walk away with a cheque for £10,000 court...
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£20 million Marine Energ...
The Government has launched its eagerly awaited £20 million Marine Energy Array Demonstrator scheme...
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Nottingham is a key partner in...
The University of Nottingham is a key part of a new research centre that will help to tackle climate...
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Green Deal providers announced
22 organisations sign up to be first Green Deal providers
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CCS industry could be worth &...
Energy and Climate Change Secretary Edward Davey today launched a new competition for Carbon Capture...
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The Worlds greenest rescue cen...
The world beating construction project on the site of the existing Canine Rehoming Centre at Roden, ...
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UK Heat Map Goes Live
Government is interested in understanding more about the potential of low carbon heat networks, whic...
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Government Heat Strategy Publi...
The Government has set out its vision of how it can cut emissions from heating homes, businesses and...
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Cornish centre achieves BREEAM...
BREEAM Excellent standard innovation centre opens its doors in Cornwall
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Mixed feelings as government r...
The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) announced that it is extending the Renewable Heat...
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Solar industry leading certifi...
New certification program for solar installers including warranty extension and service fees for tho...
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Homes going GREEN to help with...
The environment is proving to be a beneficiary of the current economic climate as high energy prices...
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SummitSkills urges future focu...
With the distraction of a third Government legal challenge to the December Feed-in Tariff reduction ...
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Reminder Changes to FIT from 1...
New FITs tariffs for solar installations up to 250kW for those with an eligibility date on or after ...
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Landmark Xero-Carbon store ope...
SIPs helps deliver 25,000 sq ft store, and renewable energy systems.
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Green Construction Board launc...
Sustainable businesses will have the opportunity to provide information and data that will shape how...
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UK Government reveals low carb...
£25m for second phase of household voucher scheme
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Free biomass boilers for comme...
Businesses can green up their energy credentials after the launch of an innovative new scheme to pro...
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Greg Barker reinforces commitm...
In a speech delivered to a conference audience at Eco-Build 2012, Greg Barker has highlighted the op...
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Huge vote of confidence for UK...
Plans announced to build a major manufacturing facility in Leith which will produce the giant wind t...
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Oil Recovery Wins Environmenta...
No spillage as 6.4 million litres of gas oil is removed and recycled, in a carefully managed operati...
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Calls for Government to learn ...
CBI reacts to supreme court ruling on Government’s solar tariff appeal
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Timber systems provider delive...
New open panel system options can contribute to meeting levels 3, 4 and 5 of the Code for Sustainabl...
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Climate Change Act is an examp...
Secretary of State Edward Davey has written a letter to all stakeholders on the outcomes of the Red ...
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New building has lower embedde...
Reduction in the quantity of steel needed reduces proportionately the embedded energy in the structu...
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Editors Impressions of Eco-Bui...
So what caught our editors attention today at Eco Build 2012?
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Action on water shortages can ...
Businesses taking action on water efficiency can save around 30 per cent on their water bills and he...
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LSE achieves BREEAM Outstandin...
The London School of Economics and Political Science’s (LSE) £24 million New Students’ Centre h...
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Commitment to energy managemen...
A distributor of electrical supplies and solutions, announces today at Ecobuild that it has launched...
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New Insulation for inverted fl...
A new generation extruded polystyrene (XPS) for insulation of inverted flat roofs, will be launched ...
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New energy efficient housing f...
Two new contracts in Leyton, totalling £5 million will have several sustainable features.
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Environmental Design Pocketboo...
The Environmental Design Pocketbook described by Angela Brady, President of RIBA as: “an invalu...
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The Renewables Awards 2012 - W...
The Renewables Awards returns to the Ricoh Arena on the evening of Thursday 13 September and we are ...
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RIBA ENTERPRISES to host BITES...
A host of topics from Building Information Modelling (BIM) to social media will feature in
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Insulation manufacturer helps ...
A leading manufacturer of stone wool insulation, has presented a cheque for £2,000 to Glaze Prostat...
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UK Government 100% committed t...
In response to a misleading article that claimed the Government wants to scrap the 2020 renewable en...
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Is RHI in danger of slipping o...
This what a UK Energy Solutions company is expressing concerns over.
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Sustainable Construction Maste...
Free Event in Peterborough with celebrity builder Tommy Walsh.
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First Class Carbon Footprint S...
Solar collector technology at the Royal Mail’s new mail centre in Strood, Kent will deliver up to ...
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Green Investment Bank for Edin...
The Business Secretary Vince Cable announced today (8 March) that the first ever UK Green Investment...
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Revolutionary heat pump for co...
A new revolutionary heat pump will allow businesses to supply hot water far more efficiently which i...
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Cornish homes with an array of...
Living Structures highlights; new research published by the Energy Saving Trust (EST) states 'carbon...
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Green Deal gets Cash Boost
£3.5m to train Green Deal assessors and installers
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Winners of the SHIFT sustainab...
Last week at the glamorous Birmingham Banqueting Suite, those organisations leading the way with red...
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Green Deal has Challenges, but...
‘Challenge Of Upskilling Workforce For Green Deal Cannot Be Underestimated - But SMEs Can Profit...
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World’s biggest event fo...
Countdown to Ecobuild - the world’s biggest event for sustainable design, construction and the bui...
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PassivHaus research leads to B...
Research led by Professor David Coley from the University of Bath's Department of Architecture & Civ...
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Offshore wind co-ordination co...
Energy regulator Ofgem and the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) have today published a...
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Fund to help business develop ...
Finance Secretary John Swinney has announced funding to increase the energy and low carbon support a...
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A UK first- Solar PV power nex...
A 50kW Solar PV system next to the main runway at Gatwick Airport is a UK first- no other UK Airport...
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New CEO puts a Shine on renewa...
Steve Shine OBE has been appointed as chairman of a national renewable energy solutions company.
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Concrete Industry Commits to E...
Building upon the progress made since 2008, new performance targets have been set.
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Build With CaRe Calls For Toug...
A new 40 per cent reduction in primary energy demand by 2050 for the EU - that is proposed in a repo...
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DECC’s Local Energy Asse...
New energy saving project will help residents in Hackbridge, a suburb of the London Borough of Sutto...
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Solar cell-ebration as water f...
Thames Water customers are today benefiting from one of the last industrial-scale solar power projec...
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Building a sustainable future ...
CONSTRUCTION industry professionals from the North East and Yorkshire have the opportunity to meet w...
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Boost for "Eco Towns"...
The Highfield area of Bicester is to receive some special attention thanks to a successful bid by a ...
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'Cool Concrete' sets blueprint...
Lafarge UK will unveil its solution to sustainable housing - a representation of a life-sized carbon...
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Ministerial visit to Barnsley ...
Communities Minister, Baroness Hanham, CBE visits the Think Low Carbon Centre.