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Bennetts Associates plans ‘net zero’ tower for Manchester
Bennetts Associates has put forward plans for a high-rise hotel in Manchester, which developers claim will be ‘the UK’s first net zero tower’
Tag: net zero emissions
Profession must speed up carbon reduction efforts, report warns
Embodied carbon emissions in the UK’s built environment have not reduced at the pace required to reach net zero, the UK Green Building Council has found
Five takeaways from AJ Retrofit Live: ‘Net zero is here to stay’
‘There is plenty of reason for optimism’, said AJ editor Emily Booth at the start of Retrofit Live, held in the City of London yesterday (27 September)
‘ULEZ’ charge on buildings could improve air quality, say academics
A ULEZ-style charge on buildings could rapidly bring down levels of nitrogen dioxide (NOx) in London and other UK cities, built environment professionals say
The Regs: How will the UK meet climate-change targets set out in Paris Accords?
Geoff Wilkinson looks at the challenges ahead as the UK prepares to legislate for Net Zero
Piercy&Co wins approval for ‘UK’s largest full timber structure’ office
Piercy and Co has won approval to replace a 1960s Richard Seifert building in central London with what it claims is the UK’s largest full timber frame office block
Fraser/Livingstone wins Forres housing contest
Fraser/Livingstone Architects has won a competition to redevelop land for zero-carbon housing around the former Dallas Dhu distillery near Forres in northern Scotland
Government ‘saves taxpayer £122 million’ by cutting energy use in its buildings
The government says it has saved the taxpayer £122 million over a one-year period by cutting energy use in its buildings.
UK ‘will not reach net zero’ under government plans, RIBA warns
RIBA president Simon Allford has said the government’s net zero plan does not go far enough following its long-awaited publication on Thursday (30 March)
Architects welcome new NHS rules on net zero buildings
Industry figures and the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) have welcomed new NHS guidance on reaching net zero emissions from its buildings