Home is where the smart is
First there were smartphones, then there were smart television sets and now everyone is talking about smart homes. It might
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Housing
Can PAS 402 help reduce waste in building projects?
Paul Cox of skip hire provider Reconomy explains how construction firms and local councils can improve their waste management on
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The energy efficiency project that delivers more than warmer homes
Groundwork Bolton, Bury, Oldham and Rochdale launched the Energyworks programme just over three years ago to respond to the needs
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Why refurbishment is not always the green option
One of the great debates about development is always whether refurbishing existing structures is ‘greener’ than redevelopment. It is often
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Cutting waste on major developments
Paul Cox of Reconomy explains how a new system helped Barratt London substantially reduce waste on its Hendon Waterside housing
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Q&A with Nik Spencer, developer of the Home Energy Recovery Unit
Nik Spencer is the founder, developer and CEO of the Home Energy Recovery Unit (HERU). As well as spearheading the UK’s
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Amazing Crace: designing a sustainable suburb
My hometown, Canberra, is a planned city. Carved out of the Australian bushland in the early 20th century as a
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Milton Keynes: half a century of green innovation
Love it or loathe it, no one can accuse Milton Keynes of maintaining the status quo. The town, which last
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Biodiversity study points the way to more durable green roofs
Using living organisms such as bacteria or fungi as an alternative to chemical fertilisers can improve the soil biodiversity of
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London’s housing situation is so dire we must ramp up the release of government land
The housing crises in London require bold action to deliver more homes in places where people want to live. Every
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Environmental assessments of buildings only tell half the story
Researchers have called for a more wide-ranging approach to assessing a building’s green credentials. It comes after they studied a
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Making eco homes affordable
REACH is a Sheffield based social enterprise training apprentices to use reclaimed and recycled materials to build affordable eco homes
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Garden villages: are we learning from the past?
Capturing land values to benefit local people was one of the key principles that helped put garden cities and some
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How green is my garden village?
The expansion of the garden towns programme, announced by government at the start of January, will see the delivery of
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Village solar trial aims to accelerate roll out
A village in South Yorkshire is to pilot a virtual power plant that could enable more homes to install solar
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Making domestic gardens an integral part of our green infrastructure
As Europe’s largest greenspace initiative, Central Scotland Green Network is focused on transforming the region into a place where the
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Developments vie for new environmental standard
The Building Research Establishment (BRE) has revealed the first developments in line to achieve its Home Quality Mark. Some 4,000 new
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Green belt should be developed to solve housing pressures, report says
New housing should be built on London’s green belt in order to alleviate development pressure in the south east, a
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Stop sidestepping the issue – we must adapt to climate change now
Climate change is real and the UK Climate Change Risk Assessment 2017 evidence report provides the solid evidence needed to refute
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Councils must treat planning applications for green belt ‘consistently’
Councils must apply planning rules properly when considering applications for building on the green belt, the Local Government Ombudsman has
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