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Three houses built to standards from the 20s, 70s and noughties to help inform new green tech and building practices aimed at reducing carbon emissions in the UK’s existing dwellings, 90% of which will still be here in 2050. First purpose-built, multi-unit housing test facility in the North will be used by innovation and construction SMEs to address sustainability challenges of homes built over the last 100 years. Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) has built…

A new office building – dubbed a “computer with a roof” – has set a new benchmark for smart and sustainable office buildings. The greenest and most intelligent office building ever constructed, The Edge has created a new way of working, thanks in part to sustainable assessment methodology BREEAM, which helped deliver a building based around sustainable technology. The Edge is a 40,000m² office building designed by PLP Architecture for developer OVG Real Estate and…

In a sector marked by volatile pricing, changing regulatory frameworks and increasing financial and security risk, it is necessary for the industry to come together to safeguard and ensure the future of energy & resource efficiency, says Nicola Meadows, event director – Environment, i2i Events Group. With policy change amass and technological advances in abundance, there is now even more reason to visit RWM in 2016. This year the event, which takes place at the…