Sustainable Building News
Nowadays environmentally friendly homes are becoming more common throughout the UK and a place that is most overlooked when having an eco-friendly home is the bathroom. There are numerous ways to make your bathroom more environmentally friendly such as consuming less water or purchasing the correct equipment. There are companies out there who sell … Read moreEnviromentally Friendly Bathrooms
The winners of the 2013 Greenbuild Awards were announced by Patrick Kielty on Wednesday 8th May at the Midland Hotel in Manchester. Recognising excellence in sustainable buildings, the awards focus on projects that can illustrate an understanding of the importance of building performance in use. Judge Kerry Mashford, chief executive of NEF, commented: It has been … Read more2013 GREENBUILD AWARDS WINNERS REVEALED
A subsidiary of RES, Wood Energy has won a Greenbuild award for its Green Heat Module. The module, launched at Greenbuild Expo 2011, was awarded the New Retrofit product category in Manchester on Wednesday evening. Specifically designed to make it easy for those new to biomass heating by enabling them to adopt best practice and make the most … Read moreGREENBUILD AWARD FOR WOOD ENERGY
Plans have been announced for what is described as Europe’s largest straw bale development, a £4m business park in Bradford due for completion in 2012. Inspire Bradford Business Park will be built on a brownfield site close to Eccleshill Community Hospital in the east of the city and comprise two office buildings. The project is … Read moreEUROPE’S ‘LARGEST STRAW BALE BUILDING’
A sheltered housing development that reaches level four of the Code for Sustainable Homes has received the London Planning Awards prize for the best new place to live in London. Ewart House is a Harrow Churches Housing Association (HCHA) extra-care scheme that was developed to provide sustainable housing for the elderly, including those with mild … Read moreSUSTAINABLE SHELTERED HOUSING IN HARROW
Community groups across Britain will be able to install low carbon heating technology for free thanks to an £8m Renewable Heat Premium Payment scheme. Applications are now open for not-for-profit groups such as co-operatives, voluntary groups, social enterprises and development trusts to bid for technologies such as solar thermal panels, biomass boilers and heat pumps … Read moreDECC RELEASES FUND FOR COMMUNITY RENEWABLES PROJECTS
One of Europe’s largest dairy companies, Arla Foods, has carried out lighting refurbishment projects at its Oakthorpe and Hatfield sites in the UK. The work included converting almost all of the light fittings at both sites with Vita Energia’s technology for saving energy. It also improved the quality of light in many areas. It is estimated … Read moreDAIRY GETS LIGHTING REVAMP
A popular lido in the Cotswolds has received a grant-aided, low-carbon refurbishment, which includes a ground source heat pump (GSHP) and solar PV. Chipping Norton’s award-winning outdoor pool, which was saved from closure back in 2003 thanks to a high-profile campaigner, has undergone a two-year renovation programme to help reduce its energy costs. The refurbishment … Read moreLOW-CARBON LIDO
he Government’s Retrofit for the Future programme aims to identify the challenges of refurbishing our existing housing stock and discover solutions. Greenbuild News visits Byron Square, one of the first schemes to be completed. Newbuild is easy, relatively speaking, when it comes to creating low-carbon housing. Refurbishing homes of varying design, construction method and quality … Read moreRETROFIT FOR THE FUTURE
Smart metering of water use gives real-time information that enables businesses to become more efficient, thus reducing water and energy bills, says Jacob Tompkins. We are overloaded by information: 24-hour news channels, internet, smart phones, spam – information is clamouring for our attention. But in this mess we sometimes overlook crucial information, such as water … Read moreGETTING SMART WITH WATER
