These are my links for April 30th through May 4th: Bioenergy strategy – Department of Energy and Climate Change – Another document to plough through: "Bioenergy is expected to play a key role in our ability to meet the 2020 renewables target as well as longer term carbon reduction targets to 2030 and 2050. But [...]
McLeod, R.S., et al., An investigation into recent proposals for a revised definition of zero carbon homes in the UK. Energy Policy (2012), http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2012.02.066 I found this paper via one of the many publications I scan via RSS. The paper has two slants to it – an excellent history of zero carbon and the route [...]
These are my links for April 22nd through April 26th: Exclusive: Contractors’ PFI school payments tied to green targets | Online News | Building – "Building understands the government is now planning to ensure that under its Priority Schools Building Programme (PSBP), expected to come to market in September after a six-month delay, the government [...]
Very quietly pushed out on 17th April 2012 (the only press I’ve seen which picked it up were Construction Enquirer – linked further down), a press release buried in the Masonry First website heralded the launch of a new report from ‘think tank’ The Futures Group “Building Better Homes for the Customer” (pdf, 16 pages). Their [...]
These are my links for April 17th through April 18th: Government to slash planning guidance | Online News | Building – “Clark, speaking at a seminar on the NPPF in London yesterday, said: “We’re now conducting a review of the underpinning guidance, which will concentrate on focusing it, finding out what is necessary to be [...]
