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We need a citizens' housing revolution
Stephen Hill
13th January, 2010
Self-builders are no longer a niche segment of society: they are industrious, skilled, innovative individuals who should be helped to create vital, sustainable communities more...
Using compressed straw as the ultimate eco building material
Eifion Rees
20th November, 2009
A new project at Bath University shows that building with straw is not just eco-friendly, but cheap, easily adaptable and fully recyclable at the end of its life more...
Welsh construction centre leads field in sustainability
Eifion Rees
16th July, 2009
The new Construction and Sustainable Energy Centre in Haverfordwest is a blueprint for the newbuild higher education buildings of the future, in Wales and beyond more...
Sustainable cities- rethinking sustainable building
Pat Thomas
1st June, 2009
Sustainability consultant Dr David Strong tells Pat Thomas why the way we think about sustainable building needs to be demolished and rebuiltmore...
Government fails to meet its own building standards targets
News
20th April, 2007
The government is failing to meet targets for reducing energy and resource consumption in its own buildings, an embarassing report by the National Audit Office (NAO) has revealed. more...
Green Construction or Pyramids of Waste
news
28th February, 2007
36 of the UK's leading construction companies, including British Land, Land Lease, HBOS and Barratt Homes, have launched a UK Green Building Council that will aim for "zero carbon, zero water and zero waste", according to its chairman Peter Rogers.more...
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