Report shines light on the barriers to healthy placemaking
Design Council worked with Social ChangeUK to survey over 600 built environment practitioners across the UK to understand their views
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Housing
Group calls for garden city commitment from ministers
A group of 50 organisations have called on the government to demonstrate its continued support for delivering new garden villages,
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Human and environmental economics: 15 minutes with…Christian Felber, author and economist
Christian Felber is an economist who founded the Economy for the Common Good, an economic model which focuses on the well-being
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Smart cities held back by lack of visionary leadership
Smart city programmes around the world are being held back by a lack of money, infrastructure and visionary leadership, according
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New project launched to study how EVs can power homes
A new project has been launched by Salford University and partners to test how electric vehicle (EV) batteries can be
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Giving communities the tools to monitor pollution
Academics and researchers have published a new guide, which aims to help local communities to monitor air and noise pollution
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Building housing developments in a ‘nature-friendly’ way
New guidelines have been published to show developers how to build greener homes. Published by the Wildlife Trusts, they aim
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District heating and why customer engagement is the key to success
Enfield Council’s energy company, energetik, recently welcomed its first customers. The company’s first heat network is now supplying new homes
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Building eco-friendly on a budget
Some 12% of the UK’s carbon emissions come from domestic buildings and the government has declared that by 2020, all
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From military base to ‘green town’
Being asked to incorporate biodiversity into a new development is challenging enough, but imagine being asked to help transform a
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Gauging public opinion on air quality plans
As councils around the country start to develop plans for low-emission zones, public attitudes to tackling air pollution have been
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Power to the people: supporting community energy
Oldham council won the local authority category at this year’s Community Energy England awards. The council’s deputy leader, Abdul Jabbar, talks
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Sustainability: for housebuilders it’s not an optional extra
There is a misconception that all housebuilders are solely focused on churning out homes without thought for the communities they
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Getting your message across
How do you address the perennial issue of communicating with customers in a changing environment in a way that’s informative,
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How walking and cycling can be used to pave the way for new homes
Across the UK, the pressure is on to deliver more affordable homes. Homeownership is now the preserve of a minority.
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Local authorities can ensure new homes are sustainable
The number of new build houses in the UK is up 21% on 2016. But we still need many more
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Business leaders warn it’s ‘crunch time’ for infrastructure
Nearly three quarters of firms do not believe infrastructure in the UK will improve over the lifetime of this parliament,
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New homes save hundreds of pounds in energy efficiency
New homes in England and Wales are saving homeowners hundreds of pounds a year in reduced energy bills, according to
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Committee calls for more help for fuel poor homes
A government quango has called for the winter fuel payment scheme to be extended to help fuel poor households. The
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Government unveils Clean Growth Strategy
The government has published the details of its eagerly-awaited Clean Growth Strategy, which includes a commitment to invest more than
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