Boiler Infographic 2010 for the UK

A better way to build houses – A great letter to the Guardian

It’s depressing that Tristram Hunt’s critique of the government’s approach to housing (Comment, 17 December) rings so true, but this should not obscure the opportunity we now have to think afresh about how to meet the nation’s housing needs, while making better use of our scarce land resources. Strong land-use planning controls which restrict greenfield [...]

Conservative government says they would bring back weekly bin collections and promote recycling without penalising people

Conservative government discusses changes to waste recycling policies.

Green power from household waste

Household rubbish should be used to produce green power rather than being sent for recycling, according to energy experts. At a briefing today to launch a new report by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers on dealing with waste, the authors said that converting waste could provide up to a fifth of the UK’s electricity needs [...]

The Building Green Top 10 Products 2008

BuildingGreen, LLC, publisher of Environmental Building News (EBN) and the GreenSpec Directory, announced its seventh annual Top-10 Green Building Products during the 2008 Greenbuild Expo in Boston. Integrity Block is a compacted-earth block used as a cost-competitive replacement for concrete masonry units. The blocks contain up to 60% pre-consumer recycled content and about half as [...]

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