The requirement for all new-build homes to be built to a zero carbon standard by 2016 is beginning to look distinctly unrealistic. Not least because the government itself has not even managed to agree what zero carbon actually means. In this report we consider the wider picture by examining the policy background, implications for developers and the market, and even the future of energy distribution.

AXA Insurance launches unique iPhone application to help businesses give away (or ‘donate’), swap or sell unwanted items

App designed to reduce financial and environmental waste at the click of a button

Kineton, Warwickshire – Phi Lighting have announced the addition of a new product to their extensive portfolio, the Modul Ray, featuring a unique design concept that incorporates freeform curves which emit homogenous lighting that is diffused in both an upward and downward direction.

A UK study into rainwater harvesting (RWH) and greywater recycling (GWR) systems reveals that those systems in fact add to the energy use and CO2 emissions of homes, according to the NHBC Foundation.