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EcoBroker and The Association of Energy and Environmental Real Estate Hold Green Real Estate Conference

EcoBroker in conjunction with The Association of Energy and Environmental Real Estate Professionals (AEEREP) and other national sponsors formally announced today plans for the Green Real Estate 2008 Conference and Expo i...

20 Mar 2008

Nuclear Reactor Designs Pass Initial Safety, Security and Environmental Assessments

Nuclear regulators, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and the Environment Agency (EA), today announced that the first step of ‘Generic Design Assessment’ (GDA) carried out on four designs submitted for new nuclear power stations had found no shortfalls at this stage - in terms of safety, security or the environment - that would prevent any of them from ultimately being constructed on licensed sites in the UK.

20 Mar 2008

Illegal Construction Crackdown Set To Shake Up Building Industry

The building industry, local authorities and home owners will all benefit from a shake-up to the building control system proposed by Housing Minister Caroline Flint today which cracks down on illegal construction. The...

20 Mar 2008

Investment for Ceratech Sustainable Concrete Admixture for High Strength, Fast Setting Concrete

W. R. Grace and Co. today announced the completion of a strategic investment in CERATECH, Inc., a Maryland-based firm that has developed green, sustainable concrete admixture technologies for formulating high strength, f...

19 Mar 2008

Castle Cement Publishes New Free Advisory Brochures

Castle Cement has published a new series of brochures, aimed at the specifier and full of helpful advice about some of its range of products.

19 Mar 2008

Asbestos Remover Wins Safety Award

Asbestos removal contractors Silverdell (UK) Ltd is proud to announce it as been awarded the RoSPA’s (Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents) prestigious Occupational Health Safety and Health Gold Award. ...

19 Mar 2008

Housing Quality Tool Kit Launched

A new online tool-kit, developed by CABE and funded by the Housing Corporation, will help developers, housing associations and their design teams show planners and funding bodies how their proposed development meets the ...

19 Mar 2008

Big Fine For Roadbuilder After Site Deatch

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is urging construction companies to ensure they carry out proper planning, inspection and maintenance programmes of their projects while construction work is in progress.

19 Mar 2008

Assembly and Delivery Options Added to Skylights from Solar Innovations

Solar Innovations, Inc., a custom manufacturer of residential and commercial skylights, greenhouses, conservatories, sunrooms, folding and sliding glass doors, walls, windows, and screens, announces three assembly and delivery options to meet customer needs.

18 Mar 2008

New High Efficiency Solid State Entertainment Lighting

LUXIM Corp. is pleased to announce the introduction of its new LIFI™ Entertainment solid state high intensity light source product line. The new module outputs up to 12,000 lumens from a small emitter in a forward ...

18 Mar 2008

Eco-Friendly and Responsibly Harvested Hardwood Amish Furniture

Harmonycedar is a "green" company offering authentic handcrafted custom heirloom-quality furniture made by the rural Amish farm communities in Minnesota. They specialize in modern designs such as Mission, Prairie, Arts & Crafts, Shaker and Frank Lloyd Wright- inspired pieces produced from 100% genuine and sustainable winter-cut hardwoods that are harvested and replanted through a Conservation Reserve Program. Each sale directly benefits local Amish craftsmen, sawmills, and land owners - allowing them to continue their centuries-old craft.

18 Mar 2008

Ten Million Tonnes of New Construction Products are Wasted Every Year

Ten million tonnes of new construction products are wasted every year, at a cost of over £1.5 billion. This is the result of a study by the Environment Agency to evaluate the potential economic and environmental benefits of the UK construction sector improving resource efficiency. This is equivalent to about two per cent of the overall construction sector output. Reducing the amount of waste by one per cent would mean annual savings of £15 million and 104,000 tonnes of product.

18 Mar 2008

Longer Time Limits to be Introduced for Breaches of Building Regulations

Communities UK reports that the Building (Amendment) Regulations 2008 (S.I.2008/671) were laid on 13 March 2008. These increase the time, from six months to two years, within which local authorities may bring prosecution...

18 Mar 2008

Environmental Boost With Top London Hotels Going Green

Over thirty high profile London hotels and attractions have signed up to earn awards for their environmental credentials under the London Development Agency’s Green Tourism for London scheme.

17 Mar 2008

Brad Pitt and Bill Clinton Break Ground on Construction of Houses For the Make it Right Project

Former President Bill Clinton joined Brad Pitt and 600 students from around the world to formally break ground on Pitt's Make it Right project, which will construct 150 sustainable and affordable homes in the Lower 9...

17 Mar 2008