Sustainability advice
How to make your new and current buildings greener
John Rowan & Partners head of affordable housing Mash Halai and A2Dominion regional development manager explain how to use renewable energy technology in affordable housing schemes:
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The Strata Tower in Elephant and Castle (pictured below) – which is the first building to ever include wind turbines as an integral part of …
There are ten days than three weeks left to register for the government’s Carbon Reduction Commitment Energy Efficiency scheme. Here, Knight Frank head of sustainability David Goatman gives his view on what you should be doing now:
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You’ve registered right? No? Oh dear.
If you are one of the many property companies …
RICS president Robert Peto has today warned of the threat of a second recession led by cuts to public spending.
Speaking today at the Association of Chief Estates Surveyors autumn conference in Newquay, Peto said that property professionals would “find out the future of our lives” at the government’s spending review …
There is less than three weeks left to register for the government’s Carbon Reduction Commitment Energy Efficiency scheme. Here, Knight Frank head of sustainability David Goatman gives his view on what you should be doing now:
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The final countdown really is upon us.
Based on current guidance it is taking the …
There is officially one month left to register for the government’s Carbon Reduction Commitment Energy Efficiency scheme. Here, Knight Frank head of sustainability David Goatman gives his view on what you should be doing now:
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I’ve got good news and bad news.
The good news is that for those of us who …
Simon Pugh-Jones, director, planning consultancy Barton Willmore explains how to implement the new Planning Policy Statement 5 on protecting the historic environment
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Heritage reforms are like buses. You wait and wait, then three new documents turn up at once.
They are, firstly, the government’s Statement on the Historic Environment for England. Second, …
Winchester’s Ashburton Court was once the laughing stock of Hampshire County Council’s property estate.
The 1960s concrete structure, used as a central HQ, was loathed by staff and emitted CO2 levels way above the legal threshold.
The council, which takes pride in its built environment, had planned to knock it down …
