France's energy shortage could affect UK
Posted: 22/07/2010
If reports that France will see a power shortfall by as soon as 2013 are true, then their difficulties could have a knock on effect in the UK, putting greater pressure on the UK’s dwindling supply and forcing up prices - that’s according to UK energy consultancy, M&C Energy Group. France is facing a growing dependency on electricity imports... more
Source: Green Building Press   

Huntingdon homes reach level 5
Posted: 15/07/2010
An eco-homes scheme which will be among the greenest in the country has been launched in Huntingdon. The 29 flats and houses at Greenhart Grove have been built to the Code for Sustainable Homes Level 5, one step below the highest possible category and are well above the energy-efficiency levels of the typical home... more
Source: Cambridge News   

Celebrations as illegally harvested timber becomes illegal
Posted: 08/07/2010
The activist lawyer's organisation, ClientEarth celebrated today as MEPs voted for an outright ban on the importation of illegally harvested timber. ClientEarth, a Europe based NGO of environmentalist lawyers, has been working since the regulation’s inception to demonstrate to MEPs that the prohibition of illegal timber alongside... more
Source: Green Building Press   

Zero carbon still undefined as cuts loom
Posted: 21/06/2010
Housebuilders and the green building community have expressed fears over plans to cut funding for the Zero Carbon Hub. An intensive programme of work has started to finalise a definition of zero carbon homes as quickly as possible, despite last week’s decision by the housing minister to cut funding to the body designed to implement it... more
Source: Building.co.uk   

Green Homes for West Sussex Tenants
Posted: 14/06/2010
A green and affordable housing development in Lancing is now home to 26 local families. The environmentally friendly, economical homes were built on the site of the former St Giles Day Care Centre in Lancing, West Sussex. The families are all local people who were on the Adur Council housing register.... more
Source: Green Building Press   

'Green' distillery wins third award
Posted: 03/06/2010
A new 'green' £40m malt whisky distillery in Roseisle, Morayshire, the first major new distillery in Scotland for 30 years, has won the Commercial Project category at the Scottish Design Awards 2010. This success follows two recent awards for the distillery in the RICS Scotland 2010 Awards where it won Sustainability Project of the Year and the overall Project of the Year. more
Source: Green Building Press