A new green paper, released today by the UK Green Building Council (UK-GBC) is proposing a significant increase in leadership by cities and local authorities to...
Smart Phones, Smart TV’s and now Smart Homes? In the last 12 months we’ve witnessed the introduction of impressive tech like thermostats that adapt to your...
A survey conducted by the Energy Savings Trust has found that a majority of UK homeowners believe they live in homes with insulation and energy problems...
Leading developer of student accommodation, Unite Students has announced a £21 million energy efficiency partnership with technology company Philips. The deal will help reduce the carbon...
A campaign group has started an initiative that aims to map the extent of unused sites and buildings around the UK. Members of the public are...
The supermarket chain Tesco has accumulated private land worth over £20 billion, with large swathes of it left unused, a new investigation has revealed. The Guardian...
The Social Economy Alliance, a growing consortium of around 400 national and local organisations, is calling for the rewriting of the infrastructure bill ahead of its...
The UK government has spent £63m buying 106 homes as part of a compensation scheme for homeowners living near the proposed route of the controversial HS2...
Some of Britain’s most expensive homes – including those in such desirable London boroughs as Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster – are among the worst for wasting energy...
The energy regulator Ofgem has said that a report published by one of Britain’s largest energy companies contains “incorrect and misleading” data about the cost of...
Andrew Simmonds, chief executive of the Association for Environment Conscious Building (AECB), tells Blue & Green Tomorrow how the organisation’s 1,400 individual and organisational members are...
A new competition has been launched, offering £250,000 to the person who can create the best design of a new garden city to help solve Britain’s...
Mortgages aren’t everyone’s first choice of specialist subject. Most people see them as an important but uninspiring means to an end: owning a home. But what...
Almost half a million UK homes are now fitted with a solar panel array, according to new figures. The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC)...
The St Jude’s Day storm coverage seemed a little apocalyptic. One listener to BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, frustrated at the time devoted to the storm,...