Urban Heat Island (UHI) effects, where towns and cities are warmer than surrounding rural areas, have been reviewed in new research into cool pavements, which has found that reflective pavements can reduce temperatures […]
Bath University’s pioneering work with straw bale technology has gained Passivhaus accreditation. For a building design to achieve the Passivhaus standard in the UK, a number of aspects must be achieved including: very high […]
Low Carbon Business Breakfast The Innovation Centre, Bath BA1 1UD “Intelligent Design: Innovation & Construction” 7.45 Tuesday 21 January 2014 Presenters: Mike Roberts, HAB and Dr Kevin Paine, University of Bath Join […]
2Degrees’ Built Environment Group webinar. Tuesday 25 June 2013 UK START: 15:00 (BST) USA START: 10:00 (EDT) WEBINAR Installing on-site renewables to offset your energy costs is an appealing proposition. But what do you […]
As a leading promoter of organic architecture and developer of the Usonian home concept, Frank Lloyd Wright was probably well qualified to say of trees: “The best friend of earth of man is […]
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has opened its new ultra-efficient corporate office building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, supported by Atkins as sustainability consultant. The four-story, 208,000 square-foot building was recently awarded the city’s first double Leadership in […]
BUILDING BETTER: Certificate Course for Sustainable Building Practices and Policies Date: June 3-7 , 2013 Last date for applying: May 20, 2013 Course module: Understand sustainability by deconstructing green building sector Design Technologies […]
The Passivhaus standard originated from a conversation in May 1988 between Professors Bo Adamson of Lund University, Sweden, and Wolfgang Feist of the Institut für Wohnen und Umwelt (Institute for Housing and the Environment, Germany). Their concept […]
Project due to receive recognition at the Passive House Conference in Frankfurt This year’s Passive House Pioneer Award for groundbreaking achievements in the field of energy-efficient construction will go to the Zero-Energy House in […]
Reporting on the latest statistics be released by the Department for Energy and Climate Change, 2degrees‘ Stephen Kennett says that over 1,800 Green Deal assessments have been carried out on domestic properties since the launch […]