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The retrofitting conundrum

Making our existing housing stock more energy efficient through retrofitting will be vital to reducing ...

Energy Features Housing Regeneration

Sustainable buildings aren’t simply about being seen to be green

Sustainability should be integral to the design of public sector developments. But that doesn’t mean ...

Features Waste Waste and Recycling

Has Scotland got the bottle for deposit return schemes?

Deposit return systems – where people purchasing a drink pay a small deposit and get ...

Features Transport Transport & Highways

Putting the brakes on our road building ‘obsession’

Does the case for the government’s multi-billion pound road building plan really stack up? It ...

Features Housing Regeneration

‘Unrealistic’ housing targets are ramping up the pressure on green belt

If green belt should only be developed in exceptional circumstances, why has England seen a ...

Waste Waste and Recycling

Councils need to be more transparent when procuring waste services, report urges

Local government needs to be more transparent when it comes to assessing waste service performance, ...

Housing Regeneration

Councils ‘eroding’ green belt under government pressure, says campaign

There are over a quarter of a million houses planned to be built on the ...

Features

Making the most of sustainability reports

Sustainability reporting provides the chance for local authorities to demonstrate the added value they bring ...

Features Regeneration

Genuinely smart cities strive to integrate

When it comes to city ambitions for sustainability it often seems the concept of a ...

Regeneration

Five cities, 55 projects: mapping ‘good’ local economics in the UK

New Start, CLES and the New Economics Foundation, with funding from the Friends Provident Foundation, ...