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PassivSystems works with ModCell to target the Building Schools for the Future programme
The Government’s Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme is the biggest-ever school buildings investment programme, with the aim being to rebuild or renew every school in the UK. Two British clean technology firms have combined forces to unveil a blueprint for the eco schools of the future. PassivSystems is to work with ModCell® on the creation of the ModCell Renewable Schools across the UK, targeting the BSF programme. The schools wil... [more]
WRAP fund to help recycle construction, demolition and excavation waste
WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) is inviting applications to a new fund which supports the Government’s target of halving construction waste to landfill by 2012. WRAP’s capital competition aims to stimulate investment in additional capacity to recycle construction, demolition and excavation waste from construction sites into re-useable materials for reprocessors. The programme will operate on a rolling basis and all projects must be ... [more]
H+H aircrete improves the resistance to heat loss and significantly reduces the air permeability of the wall
At Ecobuild, H+H will showcase cost-saving solutions already proven to meet the zero-carbon level 6 of the Code for Sustainable Homes. The Thin Joint bonding system, using the manufacturer’s new Vertical Elements, was used to meet level 6 of the Code on a 3.65-acre housing project by Miller Homes in Basingstoke. The structure of H+H aircrete, which is made up of millions of tiny non-interconnecting cells, not only improves the resistance to he... [more]
Tensartech TR2 earth retaining solution provides the Epic Centre with savings and higher sustainability
Lincolnshire’s new Epic Centre development champions the use of sustainable technologies and materials with the minimal use of concrete and structural steel. The first floor overlooks the showground arena, with a 115m long, 3.65m high viewing terrace over a grassed embankment, which also carries access steps and ramps down to the arena floor. The Epic Centre for sustainable building has strengthened its credentials with a cost saving solution usi... [more]
AIMC4 consortium to construct energy efficient homes that achieve Level 4 through using fabric and primary building services alone
The AIMC4 consortium has been created to build innovative homes that will achieve energy level 4 of the Code for Sustainable Homes without relying on renewable technologies. The consortium delivering the project worth £6.4m, £3.2m of which has been invested by the Technology Strategy Board, comprises six members: developers, Stewart Milne Group, Crest Nicholson Plc and Barratt Developments Plc; plus H+H UK Ltd; BRE and Oxford Brookes University... [more]
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MEED to host conference on green construction in Qatar (MENAFN)
MEED to host conference on green construction in Qatar
A Green Code That Was Worth the Wait (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
The Code Council's International Green Construction Code (IGCC) is the first and only green building code that facilitates a minimum level of sustainability, is based on the same clear, easy-to-use sequence that makes the I-Codes the most accepted code adoption platform in the U.S.
Green Survey: Huge Green Construction Support Continues Despite Recession -- Energy Savings is Number One Reason for ... (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
LOS ANGELES----The Fourth Annual Green Building Survey by Allen Matkins, Constructive Technologies Group and the Green Building Insider reveals surprising results regarding green construction.
Portola Valley may adopt green-building mandates (The Almanac)
Building greener homes voluntarily has proven popular in Portola Valley, planning officials say, and now the Town Council is considering requiring residents to choose from a weighted list of "build it green" elements to incorporate into additions and new construction.
Suffolk Construction and Webcor Builders Awarded Green Miami Science Museum Project (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.----Suffolk Construction Company, Inc., partnering with Webcor Builders of San Francisco, has been awarded the contract to manage construction of the new 250,000 square-foot Miami Science Museum in Museum Park, Miami, Florida.
Monson eyes 'green' status (The Republican)
MONSON - The Board of Selectmen discussed the possibility of Monson becoming a "green community" at its meeting Tuesday night. The discussion was prompted by a letter from a resident, who cited an initiative in a nearby town to become green.
UMass study urges women to seek 'green' jobs (Boston Herald)
A UMass-Boston economics professor says that more women should pursue work in the state's growing "green"...
Green Summit coming here (The Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star)
By RUSTY DENNEN Renewable energy and green industry are the focus of a business session here next week....
State Street construction goes green (WTNH-TV New Haven)
If you've passed by 360 State Street [the 32 story high rise under construction in New Haven] you've seen it's a massive building by Elm City standards taking up at least half a block.
District Attorney Raids Office of Construction Company (New York Times)
Investigators took documents from the Manhattan office of Lehr Construction and also went to the Long Island home of one of the company’s executives.
