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Government loses feed-in tariff appeal
The government has lost its appeal against a High Court decision that it acted unlawfully in slashing solar subsidies
Judicial review date set on government's feed-in tariff cuts
The High Court has given permission to Friends of the Earth and solar firms Solarcentury and HomeSun to challenge the government’s plans to slash financial incentives for solar electricity.
BioRegional Quintain to close doors
Super-green developer BioRegional Quintain will wind up its operations once its FAT-designed 80-home Communtiy in a Cube housing block at Middlehaven completes next month
3R Awards debate: Is cost the principle driver for retrofits?
Speakers at last night’s 3R Awards retrofit debated whether cost was the only driver for innovative reuse of buildings
Completed: dm3 reveals 'off-grid' school addition
[First look] Bath-based dm3 architecture has completed this £360,000 stand-alone classroom block at Roe Green Junior School, in Kingsbury, North London
Acme reveals Leeds city centre power station
Acme has submitted plans for a Low Carbon Energy Centre (LCEC) as part of Hammerson’s huge £600 million Eastgate Quarters retail-led development in Leeds city centre
Eco charity resigns over new homes rules
Environmental charity WWF-UK has resigned from a Government taskforce to make homes “zero-carbon” after ministers watered down the rules on making houses greener
Zero carbon hub secures private funding lifeline
A body that provides advice to the housing industry on ‘zero carbon’ construction has secured its financial future after agreeing a funding deal with the private sector
Video: Highlights from AJ/Mace roundtable ‘Future of the sustainable office’
Video: Industry experts talk legislation, embodied energy and the impact of the recession in Arup Associates’ Ropemaker Place. Hattie Hartman chairs the event
Boris unveils London retrofitting project
London Mayor Boris Johnson has heralded large-scale public and private sector retrofitting schemes as key method of providing green jobs and boosting the capital’s low-carbon economy
Max Fordham: Free study and tool on school energy use
Max Fordham has revealed its latest study looking at the difference between predicted and actual energy usage in schools
Ingleton Wood reveals UK’s most sustainable social housing
Multi-disciplinary outfit Ingleton Wood claims to have completed the UK’s first social housing scheme to attain level 6 of the Code for Sustainable Homes
