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It's not just the big boys in the construction industry that are differentiating themselves through green practices. Small Hampshire-based architects and interior design outfit HPW is making sustainability its point of difference too.
SmartestEnergy, the UK’s leading purchaser of independently generated electricity, has reported a strong rebound in investment in renewable energy projects following the recession.
School children across the UK are set to plant free packs of edible trees this autumn thanks to the Woodland Trust and Sainsbury's Active Kids.
The Scottish Forest Alliance (SFA), a unique collaboration between the public, private and voluntary sectors in Scotland, has created more than 10,000 hectares of new native woodland in Scotland.
Environmental experts from the public and private sectors will speak in over 40 free seminars at this year’s Recycling & Waste Management Exhibition (NEC, Birmingham from 14 to 16 September 2010).
This year’s Recycling and Waste Management Exhibition (RWM ) takes place at the NEC Birmingham from September 14 to 16. Free to enter, the RWM exhibition will feature over 500 exhibiting companies and more than 40 free seminar sessions.
How can leaders create and transition to low carbon cities that benefit us all? This key question was addressed in Shanghai two weeks ago, where The Climate Group co-sponsored the 'Partnership for Urban Innovation' conference with technology company Cisco and Metropolis – a network of over 100 cities.
By 2016 all new homes will have to be zero carbon and building regulations are getting tighter all the time to ensure energy and water efficiency is improved and carbon emissions are reduced in the UK housing stock.
Over 50 international rail experts, from 14 different countries, recently attended the launch of a world-leading laboratory, designed to test hybrid train technology and accelerate its integration into the UK rail network.
PassivSystems, about to launch its unique home energy management product PassivEnergy, has been recognised as one of Europe’s leading privately-owned companies in the prestigious Red Herring 100 Europe 2010.
Serco is leading a new partnership to help Government achieve its climate change commitments through the greater use of the UK's sizable offshore wind energy resources.
From April 1 2010, WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) will provide all advice and support funded by Defra on resource efficiency in England.
Saint-Gobain Building Distribution UK (SGBD), the parent company of leading builders merchant Jewson, has announced it has comfortably beaten its target for reducing waste to landfill in 2009.
Opportunity Peterborough, Peterborough City Council, IBM, Royal Haskoning and Green Ventures have announced a new collaboration which aims to transform Peterborough into the leading sustainable city in the UK.
Exalead, a global provider of search-based business application (SBA) technology, has announced that it is developing search-based tools to enable energy suppliers and consumers to access and exploit detailed information about energy use.