Following a review by the Regulating Authorities, developers at Cribbs Causeway Retail Park on the outskirts of Bristol have turned to Stormwater Management’s D-Rainclean™ bio-remediation drainage channel to prevent contaminated surface water run-off generated by a heavily trafficked car park from polluting the nearby River Trym - a delicate ecosystem that is home to a wide range of protected fauna.
Construction
Source control SUDS secures clean future for retail park
- 10 July 2015
Stop demolitions and refurbish instead, says leading architect
- 10 March 2015
VAT rules are undermining sustainable development by rewarding developers who demolish buildings and penalising those who refurbish.
Duncan Baker-Brown, architect of the University of Brightons Waste House, Britains first house made almost entirely of thrown-away materials, is calling on politicians to introduce an award system that encourages green retrofit projects to reduce CO2 emissions and combat climate change.
Green teams take a walk on the wild side
- 09 December 2014
The green surroundings of a nature reserve provided inspiration for a group of Redrow employees tasked with making the housebuilder’s operations more eco-friendly.
Redrow’s ‘green teams’ gathered at theBrandon Marsh Nature Reserve, theheadquarters of the Warwickshire Wildlife Trust (WKWT) in Coventry, to see how the organisation’s work could help them in their own environmental mission.
Redrow scores award for going green
- 04 December 2014
A national housebuilder has been rewarded for its efforts to reduce its carbon footprint at a prestigious awards ceremony.
Redrow Homes, headquartered in Flintshire, North Wales, won the ‘Green Award’ at the 2014 Daily Post Business Awards, which were sponsored by the Welsh Government and Bangor University.
Pipe technology provides home comforts to university students
- 28 October 2014
Students at Arts University Bournemouth are enjoying the benefits of a low carbon district heating scheme designed and installed by contractor Lorne Stewart and featuring a specialist eco-friendly pipe network.
The new accommodation in Madeira Road, Bournemouth comprises 378 en-suite rooms in three buildings, together with communal facilities, with domestic hot water and central heating distributed from the central plant room via Flexenergy's energy efficient Flexalen 600 pipe technology.