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Date Added: 2008-02-07 11:23:24

Technical Guidance to the Code for Sustainable Homes.  Updated April 2008. 

This technical guidance manual sets out the requirements for the Code and the... Details...


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Date Added: 2010-07-06 02:51:01

This report focuses on how engagement between residents, investors and businesses at the local level may boost economic activity and strengthen communities, helping them to build their social capital... Details...


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Date Added: 2010-06-23 03:46:41

British Land leaflet on local biodiversity in central London with suggestions on how to provide more wildlife species with suitable habitats for foraging and shelter, and support more native plant... Details...


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Date Added: 2010-06-22 10:07:17

This document provides information on the key principles that designers can use during the design process and how these principles can be applied to projects to maximise opportunities to Design out... Details...


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Date Added: 2010-06-22 06:10:38

The purpose of the consultation version of Code for Sustainable Homes Technical Guide is to enable Code service providers and licensed assessors to deliver environmental assessments of new dwellings... Details...


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Date Added: 2010-06-21 05:21:31

The aim of Climate Change Adaptation by Design is to communicate the importance of adapting to some degree of inevitable climate change, and to show how adaptation can be integrated into the planning,... Details...


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Date Added: 2010-06-18 03:41:31

This section sets out the context, targets, actions & deliverables and future proposals of The Strategy for Sustainable Construction in the area of climate change adaptation.

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Date Added: 2010-06-18 12:45:58

The Guide is aimed at those decision-makers whose actions directly affect the design, construction, maintenance and regeneration of the built environment – developers, clients, planners,... Details...


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Date Added: 2010-06-17 09:29:55

Information about the threats posed by climate change and the various ways adaptation can help prevent the worst effects and contribute to reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

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Date Added: 2010-06-17 05:41:49

The report considers the possible climate changes which we may expect over the next 1,000 years due to continuing CO2  emissions, and recommends what engineers need to do to adapt to our future... Details...


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Date Added: 2010-06-17 04:41:40

This Plan sets out how Communities and Local Government (CLG) will help people and communities in England adapt and be resilient to future changes in our climate. It draws onthe latest UKCP09 climate... Details...


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Date Added: 2010-06-15 05:05:25

UK-GBC Task Group Report emphasises community-based strategies such as the integrated use of community scale heating, water harvesting, waste disposal and waste re-use.

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Date Added: 2010-06-04 05:01:55

A joint Defra and Communities and Local Government policy statement on water efficiency in new buildings.

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Date Added: 2010-06-04 04:55:41

Article on the sustainable use of water in accordance with the Code for Sustainable Homes

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Date Added: 2010-06-04 04:39:48

Briefing note explaining future greenhouse gas implications for water companies

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Date Added: 2010-06-04 04:34:42

Annual report showing how the water industry is performing in a range of areas related to customers, the environment and society.

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Date Added: 2010-06-04 04:28:51

A report commissioned by the Environment Agency to generate recommendations on how renewable energy generation can be increased in the UK’s water industry.

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Date Added: 2010-06-04 04:23:21

Six short essays from six academic authors who were invited to independently describe their visions for a low carbon water in 2050.

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Date Added: 2010-06-04 04:13:10

Report on quantifying the energy and carbon effects of water saving

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Date Added: 2010-06-04 04:05:01

An examination of the problems surrounding global water security from an engineering perspective.

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Date Added: 2010-06-04 03:55:10

Information for water companies, developers and other partners involved in water cycle studies to help them understand why and when they should be part of a water cycle study. Assistance for Local... Details...


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Date Added: 2010-06-04 03:46:48

The Government’s water strategy for England

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Date Added: 2010-06-04 03:38:20

Technological Options and Scenarios for Infrastructure Systems

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Date Added: 2009-11-20 11:59:15

SDI TG Minutes Water Subgroup 16.10.2009

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Date Added: 2009-11-20 11:58:35

SDI TG Minutes Water Subgroup 30.09.2009

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Date Added: 2009-11-20 11:57:47

SDI TG Minutes Water Subgroup 16.09.2009

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Date Added: 2009-11-20 11:56:50

SDI TG Minutes Water Subgroup 07.09.2009

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Date Added: 2009-07-27 04:31:27

Energy saving initiatives in the home must include measures to reduce hot water use if we are to meet our carbon dioxide emission reduction targets Quantifying the energy and carbon effects of saving... Details...


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Date Added: 2009-07-07 02:06:23

The Minister of State for the Department of Energy and Climate Change, Lord Hunt has launched the Pöyry Energy Consulting / Faber Maunsell (AECOM) report on district... Details...


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Date Added: 2009-07-07 02:03:38

The Minister of State for the Department of Energy and Climate Change, Lord Hunt has launched the Pöyry Energy Consulting / Faber Maunsell (AECOM) report on district... Details...


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Date Added: 2009-03-25 10:46:45

Environmental performance indicators (EPI) concern an organization’s impacts on living and non-living natural systems, including ecosystems, land, air and water. EPIs can show clearly how the... Details...


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Date Added: 2009-03-24 02:11:36

This account of the ecological requirements of the European otter has been produced as part of Life in UK Rivers - a project to develop methods for conserving the wildlife and habitats of rivers... Details...


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Date Added: 2009-03-23 05:09:25

A key publication for water voles.

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Date Added: 2009-03-23 05:05:35

On the 6th April 2008 water voles received an increased level of protection, becoming fully covered by the provisions of section 9 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (as... Details...


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Date Added: 2009-03-23 03:22:51

System widely used by ecological practitioners to score (numerically) the suitability of on and off-site water bodies to support GCN.  Information is then used to inform the requirement and... Details...


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Date Added: 2009-03-23 01:17:06

A brief introduction to the use of ponds and wetlands as urban drainage areas; providing not only safe and sustainable waste water disposal but also wild habitats for wetland species.

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Date Added: 2008-10-31 02:38:38

This report is an assessment of the approach of the top 20 UK homebuilders – a group who last year built over 60% of new homes – to addressing climate change mitigation and adaptation... Details...


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Date Added: 2008-10-06 05:38:29

Eco-towns provide a tremendous opportunity to think creatively about water and our relationship to it and to make significant progress towards sustainable water... Details...


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Date Added: 2008-07-25 03:18:37

Final report from the Conservative's Quality of Life Policy Group, Chaired by Rt Hon John Gummer MP and Zac Goldsmith.

The Quality of Life Policy Group was set up by... Details...


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Date Added: 2008-07-23 03:22:15

An assessment of  the costs and benefits of changing householder permitted development rights to allow them to pave over their front garden without planning permission so long as the surface is... Details...


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Date Added: 2008-07-23 03:17:22

Making Space for Water: Urban flood risk & integrated drainage


IUD pilot summary report

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Date Added: 2008-07-23 03:11:35

Taking forward a new Government strategy for flood and coastal erosion risk management in England

First Government response to the autumn 2004 Making space for water... Details...


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Date Added: 2008-07-22 05:56:04

The UK’s poorly insulated, energy inefficient housing stock could be easily transformed into cheaper to run, low carbon homes by the end of the next decade. But this report commissioned by... Details...


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Date Added: 2008-02-24 09:20:04

The Government has launched its new water strategy for England, Future Water. The strategy sets out a framework for water management in England. This includes:

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Date Added: 2008-02-17 02:12:04

Microgeneration – producing energy at a domestic level – has huge potential for CO2 reduction. It could create a more diverse energy supply, in an age when energy security is a major worry. It creates none of the waste that... Details...


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Date Added: 2008-02-17 11:32:09

The use of microgeneration and renewable energy technologies has been highlighted as one key approach in addressing the government’s ambitious 2016 zero carbon homes target. With less than a decade within which to develop... Details...


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Date Added: 2008-02-17 11:17:44

Ground source heat pump systems use low level heat energy created by solar gain in the near surface layers of the earth which can be used for space and water heating. This potentially limitless supply of energy appears to be a... Details...


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Date Added: 2008-02-17 11:01:40

Housebuilders are under pressure to deliver sustainably-designed new housing in a rapidly changing environment, as a result of ongoing legislative changes and other initiatives to combat climate change and conserve natural... Details...


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Date Added: 2008-02-17 10:51:32

The aim of this guide is to show how sustainable energy can be integrated into the planning, design and development of new and existing communities. The guide is provided for local authorities, developers, investors and... Details...


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Date Added: 2008-02-16 01:22:35

This document contains a checklist and guidance for new developments to adapt to climate change. The main actions are summarised in a simple to use checklist, however, it is not intended to be a design manual, although it does... Details...


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Date Added: 2008-02-10 06:46:48

The Sustainable Development Commission (SDC) is the UK Government’s ‘watchdog’ on sustainable development, reporting to the Prime Minister and the First Ministers of Scotland and... Details...


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Date Added: 2008-02-10 05:30:38

This report examines the potential for improving and making more efficient use of the existing stock of 21 million homes. Existing housing is important to sustainable development because it can... Details...


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Date Added: 2008-02-10 12:44:51

Reducing the environmental impact of homes in the UK is crucial in pursuing sustainable development on a broader scale. In February 2003, the UK government released its Sustainable Communities Plan,... Details...


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Date Added: 2008-02-10 11:52:21

WWF began its Living Planet Reports in 1998 to show the state of the natural world and the impact of human activity upon it. Since then we have continuously refined and developed our measures of the... Details...


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Date Added: 2008-02-08 03:51:19

There is increasing awareness that growth in water demand is becoming unsustainable and we are close to exceeding environmental limits. If we are to maintain the balance of supply and demand and secure sustainable supplies into... Details...


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Date Added: 2008-02-08 03:41:53

This is the Appendix of the consultation seeks views on proposals to set minimum standards for water efficiency in new dwellings and new business premises in England and Wales. The standards for business premises relate only to... Details...


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Date Added: 2008-02-08 03:31:56

This consultation seeks views on proposals to set minimum standards for water efficiency in new dwellings and new business premises in England and Wales. The standards for business premises relate only to domestic uses of... Details...


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Date Added: 2008-02-08 02:32:06

This Interim Code of Practice for Sustainable Drainage Systems (SUDS) aims to facilitate the implementation of sustainable drainage in developments in England and Wales by providing model maintenance agreements and advice on... Details...


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Date Added: 2008-02-08 02:13:21

Communities and Local Government and Defra held a public consultation on proposals for regulations to set minimum standards for water efficiency in new buildings, with a view to making regulations to come into force in 2008.... Details...


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Date Added: 2008-02-07 05:13:37

MTP’s aim is to reduce the whole life environmental impacts of products, through better eco-design. The approach is to communicate and interpret government policy objectives as a set of specific action plans, or roadmaps,... Details...


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Date Added: 2008-02-07 10:33:20

The review of the sustainability of existing buildings aims to identify ways in which existing buildings (both dwellings and non-domestic buildings) can be modified to improve their sustainability, in particular their energy... Details...


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Date Added: 2008-02-16 12:15:54

In the past 50 years, most dwellings in the UK have been built using brick and block or timber frame construction: lenders and insurers are familiar with them and can process applications for loans and insurance cover without... Details...


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Date Added: 2008-02-08 12:01:28

Communities and Local Government and Defra held a public consultation on proposals for regulations to set minimum standards for water efficiency in new buildings, with a view to making regulations to come into force in 2008.... Details...


 

News Results

Date Published: 2010-09-06 09:59:22

Green building supplement published in Times Newspaper today Read more...


Date Published: 2010-09-05 17:43:32

Nick Raynsford MP to host launch of new green initiative Read more...


Date Published: 2010-08-12 17:44:13

Buildings materials giant, Lafarge Aggregates & Concrete UK, has been awarded the Carbon Trust Standard after taking action on climate change by measuring and reducing its carbon emissions by over 24%.  Read more...


Date Published: 2010-08-06 11:28:13

Environment Agency report released  Read more...


Date Published: 2010-07-01 17:26:39

UK-GBC member, BRE are keen to make other members aware of a new source of EU funding for energy efficiency in buildings.  Read more...


Date Published: 2010-05-25 12:51:30

Government right to focus on Energy efficiency in homes and businesses Read more...


Date Published: 2010-04-01 14:18:16

Landlords advised to SHIFT if they want to meet sustainability targets Read more...


Date Published: 2010-03-10 09:26:23

Planning is at the heart of sustainable communities Read more...


Date Published: 2010-02-18 11:37:36

UK-GBC and Zero Carbon Hub launch joint task group report Read more...


Date Published: 2009-12-21 10:54:06

New report from Carbon Trust  Read more...


Date Published: 2009-11-17 11:08:59

Survey results of consumer attitudes released today Read more...


Date Published: 2009-11-12 12:02:26

ATAP receive funding from TSB to retrofit three existing homes Read more...


Date Published: 2009-10-06 10:11:25

UK-GBC welcomes new plans unveiled by the Conservatives Read more...


Date Published: 2009-09-15 21:12:59

Progress report published today Read more...


Date Published: 2009-07-29 13:46:21

Brian Mark in BSD Magazine Read more...


Date Published: 2009-07-27 16:52:27

New EST and EA report published Read more...


Date Published: 2009-07-02 15:56:58

Membership of SITG group confirmed Read more...


Date Published: 2009-06-08 13:28:47

Sustainable District Infrastructure task group Read more...


Date Published: 2009-06-08 12:34:22

Tough new rules on carbon regualtions loom large Read more...


Date Published: 2009-06-08 10:13:44

New UK-GBC task group launched Read more...


Date Published: 2009-03-23 14:10:48

Can a grand architectural statement be sustainable? We'll never learn until performance data is out in the open Read more...


Date Published: 2009-03-03 22:08:07

UK-GBC launches new report today at EcoBuild 09 Read more...


Date Published: 2009-01-16 10:22:07

Sustainability Special looks forward to a year in green building Read more...


Date Published: 2008-10-12 20:23:30

RIBA's prestigious awards and the Indepedent on Sunday featured UK-GBC members this weekend Read more...


Date Published: 2008-07-15 12:50:09

UK-GBC sets up new task group  Read more...


Date Published: 2008-07-15 12:48:04

new industry wide consultation  Read more...


Date Published: 2008-06-26 13:29:07

The Government today published a consultation on renewables Read more...


Date Published: 2008-06-25 10:02:37

Sarah Mukherjee interviews UK-GBC's Paul King Read more...


Date Published: 2008-05-16 11:31:47

Paul King argues that the sheer amount of eco-activities worldwide can end up holding us back by creating confusion Read more...


Date Published: 2008-05-09 17:55:44

Major UK-GBC report released Read more...


Date Published: 2008-04-16 17:50:27

UK-GBC members feature in Career guide Read more...


Date Published: 2008-04-01 12:50:24

By John Alker, UK-GBC Public Affairs Manager Read more...


Date Published: 2008-02-29 17:24:51

This article appeared in the Guardian on Friday February 29 2008 on p33 of the Financial section. Read more...


Date Published: 2008-02-27 16:48:16

27/02/08 Caroline Flint at UK-GBC  Read more...


Date Published: 2008-02-24 16:00:24

New guide to building sustainable homes Read more...


Date Published: 2008-02-05 13:17:26

The USGBC 'Greenbuild' conference was held last month in Chicago. Gary Clark from Bennetts Associates was there. Read more...


Date Published: 2008-02-05 12:50:05

UK Green Building Council to scope out new 2016 zero carbon delivery body  Read more...


Date Published: 2008-02-05 12:43:39

Paul King gains inspiration from one of last century's iconic figures as he grapples with targets that the industry needs to set itself in order to reduce its environmental impact: Read more...


Date Published: 2008-02-05 12:14:39

Energy Minister Malcolm Wicks MP visited M&S eco-store at Labour Party conference this week. Read more...


Date Published: 2008-02-05 11:41:37

This article appeared in the August 2007 edition of Refurb Projects Journal  Read more...


Date Published: 2008-02-05 11:34:07

Commenting on the publication of the Government\'s Housing Green Paper today, Paul King, Chief Executive of the UK Green Building Council, said:  Read more...


Date Published: 2008-02-05 11:30:54

23rd July 2007- Paul King speaks on the day the Housing Green Paper is launched Read more...


Date Published: 2008-02-05 11:25:10

The UK-GBC responds to the Climate Change Draft Bill Consultation  Read more...


Date Published: 2008-02-05 11:13:17

The launch of the UK Green Building Council in London today (27 February) has been well received by the press.  Read more...


 

Events Results

Event Date: 2010-10-05

UK-GBC Regional Event
Langley Point, Birmingham
Tuesday 5th October, 3pm-6:30pm

 

 To coincide with the Conservative Party... Find out more...


Event Date: 2010-09-27

UK-GBC Regional Event:
Number One, First Street, Manchester
Monday 27st September, 3pm-6:30pm
 

To coincide with the Labour... Find out more...


Event Date: 2010-09-14

Guardian Sustainable Business Quarterly

UK-GBC are proud marketing partners of Guardian Sustainable Business Quarterly (GSBQ).  Following the success of the inaugural event last month,... Find out more...


Event Date: 2010-07-28

Booking is now closed for this event - please email events@ukgbc.org

Voted ‘Sustainable Project of the Year 2009’ at... Find out more...


Event Date: 2010-06-27

The Old Home SuperHome project has announced the opening of its 50 SuperHome.  Tony and Patricia Almond have achieved a reduction of 66% of their domestic carbon emissions in their Welwyn... Find out more...


Event Date: 2010-06-16

16–17 June 2010

British Geological Survey, Keyworth, Nottingham

£55 (inc. VAT)... Find out more...


Event Date: 2010-03-28

The Old Home SuperHome network will be opening its doors on Sunday 28th March 2010 for its annual Spring Opening. 

Many of the homes across the UK will be open to... Find out more...


Event Date: 2010-05-26

Greenbuild Expo is an exhibition and conference promoting sustainability in the construction industry, to an... Find out more...


Event Date: 2010-03-31

INTEGRATED HABITAT DESIGN COMPETITION

Integrated habitat design inspires development that maintains the health of the natural systems that we all depend on. The IHDC... Find out more...


Event Date: 2010-03-22

The fifth Annual Waterwise Water Efficiency Conference, entitled “The Future of Water Efficiency – Scaling it up”, is fast approaching: on Monday 22 and Tuesday 23 March 2010 (to tie... Find out more...


Event Date: 2010-02-18

On the 18th February, the UK-GBC and Zero Carbon Hub will be launching the Sustainable Community Infrastructure Task Group Report at the Building Centre. This task group has been examining the key... Find out more...


Event Date: 2010-02-09

A major one day conference on low and zero carbon buildings

9 February 2010

10.00am - 4.30pm (Registration from 9.30am)

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Event Date: 2010-03-04

Joining up infrastructure

Thursday 04 March 12.00 – 13.00, Theatre  

Frustration abounds at the difficulty of... Find out more...


Event Date: 2009-11-17

Sustainable District Infrastructure Task Group

We’re would like to let you know of a change to the... Find out more...


Event Date: 2009-10-14

UK-GBC Edinburgh Event – how green is my university building?

We would like to invite you to the... Find out more...


Event Date: 2009-09-10

Sustainability Regeneration: Morning Seminar
A landmark project involving the radical renovation of a 1950's London office building into an award-winning, new urban amenity

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Event Date: 2009-11-09

UK Green Building Mission to the West Coast

UK Trade &Investment and the UK Green Building Council, invite you to join a five-day Green Bullding... Find out more...


Event Date: 2009-07-30

Deployment of integrated, cost effective, low carbon infrastructure (such as community scale heating, water harvesting, telecommunications) is crucial in meeting the challenges of delivering a... Find out more...


Event Date: 2009-09-30

5th Annual Environmental Law Conference
30 September 2009  |  London  | 6 CPD hours
Practical analysis of the key developments including carbon reduction, climate change and... Find out more...


Event Date: 2009-06-11

AECB Annual Conference
Building for a Sustainable Future: Policy, Research and Design
Oxford Brookes University, 11-12 June 2009

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Event Date: 2009-09-15

With over 30 speakers and more than 500 exhibitors, RWM is the largest recycling and waste management in the UK. RWM already has a number of registrants for 2009 who are from all types of... Find out more...


Event Date: 2009-04-21

The BrightTALK Water Management Summit

Location: Online event, register to attend here: Find out more...


Event Date: 2009-04-30

The Carbon Reduction Commitment:
Implications for Business
Clean, Clever, Competitive Business in a Low Carbon World

An Environmental Industries Commission... Find out more...


Event Date: 2009-06-04

Delivering a customer-focused business plan to improve occupier retention and property performance

 NETWORK WITH MAJOR OFFICE, RETAIL AND INDUSTRIAL OCCUPIERFind out more...


Event Date: 2009-04-30

The Carbon Reduction Commitment:
Implications for Business
Clean, Clever, Competitive Business in a Low Carbon World

An Environmental... Find out more...


Event Date: 2009-03-23

Background
Following on from our popular site visit to BASF House at the University of Nottingham last year, the CIEF is pleased to announce a visit to several energy efficient homes all built on... Find out more...


Event Date: 2009-03-19

 

The Romania Green Building Council is seeking expressions of interest from persons who can deliver virtually or in... Find out more...


Event Date: 2009-05-18

Sustainable Supply Chain Construction Summit 2009
18th and 19th May

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Event Date: 2009-04-15

The fourth Waterwise Water Efficiency Conference, part of UNESCO’s World Water Day events programme, is focused on the practical delivery of water efficiency. It brings together policy makers,... Find out more...


Event Date: 2009-03-25

New Year – New Legislation – New Opportunities
The draft Floods and Water Bill, to be introduced in Spring this year, is set to provide a more efficient framework for both effective... Find out more...


Event Date: 2009-03-25

New Year – New Legislation – New Opportunities
The draft Floods and Water Bill, to be introduced in Spring this year, is set to provide a more efficient framework for both effective... Find out more...


Event Date: 2009-03-03

EcoBuild'09 marks 2 years since our launch, so it feels like a significant milestone. It will be an opportunity to reflect on the impact we have had, to assess the state of play in green building and... Find out more...


Event Date: 2008-12-02

Making a difference: this unique one-day conference and exhibition will bring together senior policy makers, educators, designers and agents of change who are working to improve the way we shape our... Find out more...


Event Date: 2008-12-16

Measuring Your Water Footprint and Identifying Water Usage Hotspots - Both Internally & Across The Supply Chain – To Assess Risks, Reduce Costs & Guarantee Business Continuity.

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Event Date: 2008-12-03

Sustainability solutions experts, BioRegional, are hosting a one day event in central London to bring together an international array of partners, who are delivering cutting edge projects that apply... Find out more...


Event Date: 2008-11-12

Title: Sustainability and the financial crisis: Planning our response

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