Today the Energy Saving Trust is highlighting that in order to meet the Government’s home refurbishment target of 7 million homes*, 13,400 homes per week will need to have whole house makeovers by 2020. This refurbishment work would consist of upgrading the basic insulation of a home, and then adding other measures such as water efficiency measures, advanced insulation or microgeneration.
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BTCV,S green gym gets funding boost from development giant
Leading development and investment company John Laing plc has donated £18,000 to conservation charity BTCV to help fund its innovative Green Gym programme.
Architecture conference to focus on climate change
The Scott Sutherland School of Architecture and Built Environment at Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen is set to host a prestigious conference on climate change next month
Enviromental goes mainstream
The first decade of the 21st century (2000-2009) was 10 years of change for the environment, as new environmental issues emerged and existing issues evolved. Here's my take on the top environmental issues of the past decade.
10 things you can do to reduce global warming
Burning fossil fuels such as natural gas, coal, oil and gasoline raises the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, and carbon dioxide is a major contributor to the greenhouse effect and global warming.