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Eco-friendly Football Club

Middlesbrough football club has announced it will turn its Riverside home into an "eco stadium". The plans include the construction of a two megawatt wind turbine, which would be located in the stadium's car park. ...

9 Feb 2006

Renewable Energy Industry Has Responded to Increased Demands

The renewable energy industry has responded well to increased demands from a market that has been stimulated by DTI's Clear Skies renewable energy grant scheme - which is now nearing completion - according to the sch...

8 Feb 2006

Eco-Friendly Home

Councillors are set to visit a site in the Pennine hills today (February 7) to decide on planning permission for an eco-friendly home. Ged Parker has submitted the application for the dwelling at Maythorn near the wi...

8 Feb 2006

Housing Health and Safety

For nearly 90 years houses have been assessed using the Fitness Standard. Houses were either fit or unfit for human habitation. However, all that is set to change. The Housing Act 2004 introduces a new system for ass...

7 Feb 2006

10,000 Starter Homes Could Be Built In 3 Years

Local authorities across Britain should identify up to two acres of land in every rural town and village exclusively for building new first-time buyer homes, says Barratt, Britain’s leading housebuilder. The move cou...

7 Feb 2006

Sustainable Development Review Launched

The government has announced that a review of Britain's energy policy will be carried out by energy minister Malcolm Wicks, with the goal of significantly reducing the UK's carbon dioxide emissions. The Depar...

7 Feb 2006

Future of Sustainable Construction

Minister of State for Industry and the Regions, the Rt. Hon Alun Michael, today launched a new consultation to provide the Government with a framework to guide future progress in the construction industry. The draf...

6 Feb 2006

Recycled Content at the Touch of a Button

To help the construction industry find practical ways of responding to the sustainability agenda, WRAP (the Waste & Resources Action Programme) has launched a web-based tool to assist with the process of setting and ...

6 Feb 2006

Sorting Slips and Trips in Construction

"If you see it - sort it" is the message from Stephen Williams, the Chief Inspector of Construction at the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), as construction inspectors begin a nationwide inspection programme targeting b...

6 Feb 2006

Barratt Homes to Fit Solar Panels

Barratt Homes is to build houses with solar panels as standard for the first time. In conjunction with Chesterfield Borough Council, the developer will construct 283 homes on the site of the former Chesterfield Cylin...

6 Feb 2006

Platinum Glass Tiles Add Glamour

New Platinum tiles transform any surface into a spectacular show of color. Transparent and semi-transparent, Platinum glass tiles possess a special reflective surface which transforms when hit by light into an ever chang...

3 Feb 2006

Brownfield Development Reaches New Record High of 72 Per Cent

The proportion of new homes built on brownfield sites has reached an all-time record level of 72 per cent - up from 56 per cent in 1997, and up a further two per cent on the previous count. Meanwhile, the average dens...

3 Feb 2006

First Eco-Street for Cumbria

Residents of Arthur Street in Penrith are celebrating this week as they look forward to saving money and saving the environment with the help of the Cumbria Sustainable Communities Project and Defra's Environmental Actio...

3 Feb 2006

UK Green Building Council Under Consideration

The UK building industry is considering creating a Green Building Council that will work to make buildings more environmentally-friendly. Modelled on the highly successful US Green Building Council (USGBC), the coali...

3 Feb 2006

Insulation Can Help Houses Meet UK Energy Efficiency Targets

Plans to change the UK house selling and buying process could help to meet energy efficiency targets. New legislation is set to introduce the concept of Home Information Packs to the UK property market in 2007 in an ...

3 Feb 2006