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Housebuilders to win reduced carbon target for homes PDF Print E-mail
Written by Amy Smith   
Tuesday, 31 August 2010 15:49

One of the UK's most radical environmental policies – requiring all new homes from 2016 to be "zero carbon" – is set to be scaled back amid pressure from the housebuilding industry.

Read the full article in The Guardian

 
A binding target for energy efficiency PDF Print E-mail
Written by Hanna Blomdahl   
Tuesday, 03 August 2010 15:12

Günther Oettinger, the EU's energy commissioner, said in July that he would assess the need for stronger EU regulation on energy efficiency in the context of the new action plan to be presented in 2011. He is considering to make the EU's goal of improving energy efficiency by 2020 legally binding to bring it in line with the bloc's other 2020 climate targets.

Read the article from Euractive here

 
Office of the future PDF Print E-mail
Written by Jeroen Westendorp   
Tuesday, 03 August 2010 15:04

The University of Groningen is going to play an important role in GreenerBuildings, a European project on saving energy in commercial buildings and offices. This will involve developing software and sensors for a system that will attune the energy consumption in a building to the activities that are taking place there at a certain moment in time.

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Jean Lambert appointed BwC ambassador PDF Print E-mail
Written by Amy Smith   
Monday, 28 June 2010 13:05

Jean Lambert, the Green MEP for London, is appointed ambassador for Build with CaRe. She will serve as an overall figure head in Europe acting as a spokesperson for the project and promoting the aims of the partnership.

“It is an honour to be asked to serve as ambassador on such a progressive, innovative and important project as Build with CaRe, says Mrs Lambert."

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European challenges ahead PDF Print E-mail
Written by Hanna Blomdahl   
Monday, 14 June 2010 15:04

In an article published in Projects magazine, Build with CaRe takes the opportunity to engage in the European discussion on future energy standards and challenges in the existing building stock.

Read the article here

 
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