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The exhibition Green Architecture for the Future elucidates the relationship between architecture and society and the vast field mapped out by discussions of sustainability, with its whole range of challenges.
UK-based international architectural practice RMJM has provided the architectural concept design for a new onshore substation for London Array, the largest consented offshore wind farm in Europe.
The RIAS (The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland) has scored a world first on 1st February, launching an accreditation scheme for sustainable building designers.
The government of the Spanish province and autonomous community Rioja has decided to go ahead with the development of the extension to Logroño. The Eco-City designed by MVRDV in collaboration with GRAS foresees the construction of 3,000 social homes and complementary program.
Zero-carbon Home, Barratt Building, Architects, BRE Eco House, Sustainable Design Materials Zero-carbon Barratt House, England Sustainable English Home at Buildings Research Establishment (BRE): UK Eco Residence 15 Aug 2008 Barratt Zero-Carbon Home, UK Barratt Developments unveils what they claim as … Continued
At an historic ceremony amongst the archaeological treasures of Cyrene in the Green Mountain region of Eastern Libya, Saif al-Islam Gadafi, signed the Cyrene Declaration witnessed by an invited audience of journalists, VIP’s and people’s representatives from Libya and abroad.
Design and engineering consultancy Atkins is undertaking pioneering research and development in the Middle East to investigate the performance of Solar Photovoltaic Panels (PV).
The Scotsman reveals that on the day (5th January) all large public buildings in Scotland were supposed to display Energy Performance Certificates under EU laws many public buildings failed to get a certificate, and of those that have many are poor.
Sullivan Report prepared by a panel appointed by Scottish Ministers to advise on the development of a low carbon building standards strategy to increase energy efficiency and reduce carbon emissions.
BRE Scotland has held a launch event to announce the opening of two new certification schemes – one for Approved Certifiers of non domestic buildings and one for Approved Certifiers of homes.
Reportedly the first house to achieve Level 6 benchmark under the Code for Sustainable Homes, the performance level that all new homes are supposed to achieve in 2016. BRE’s zero-carbon home includes photovoltaics, biomass boiler and ‘wind catcher’
Ministerial Launch of Timber Development Programme & “New Timber Architecture in Scotland” Publication by Peter Wilson – Sustainable Timber Architecture News.
The brief Scottish Natural Heritage required new headquarters to accommodate their relocation to Inverness as part of Scottish Executive decentralisation strategy. The challenge was to design and build a building that could economically meet their highly sustainability-oriented brief.
Planning approval has been sought for a large Biomass plant at Muirton Estate, Perthshire, that will provide heat and power to 330 new homes. Woodchip sourced from local sustainable forests and woodchip bi-product will fuel the plant which will maximise the energy efficiency of the housing scheme.
