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The Low Carbon Routemap for the Built Environment
Posted on: 15 April 2013
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The Green Construction Board has developed the Low Carbon Routemap for the Built Environment to serve as a visual tool enabling stakeholders to understand the policies, actions and key decision points required to achieve the UK Government target of 80% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions in the built environment against 1990 levels by 2050. The Routemap also sets out actions, together with key performance indicators that can be used to deliver and measure progress in meeting the 2050 target. The Routemap covers both infrastructure and buildings sectors, and addresses segments of operational and capital (embodied) carbon emissions.
Indicators in practice: How environmental Indicators are being used in policy and management
Posted on: 15 April 2013
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This new report produced by the Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) and Yale University, examines the role of indicators in environmental policy making, and quantifies measurable impacts. The lead author Alex de Sherbinin, senior research associate at CIESIN, discusses the findings in a video interview on the Yale University website, where you can also download the report and read a blog discussion.
Consultation on community infrastructure levy further reforms
Posted on: 15 April 2013
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This consultation seeks views on further regulatory reforms to the community infrastructure levy. By making these changes the Department for Communities and Local Government expect the levy will operate and roll out more effectively without the need for further major amendments. The consultation covers a range of amendments to the regulations related particularly to rate setting and the operation of the levy in practice. The proposed relief from paying the Community Infrastructure Levy would cover homes built or commissioned by individuals, families or groups of individuals for their own use and that will be owner-occupied. Comments are requested by 28 May 2013.
The trouble with biofuels: Costs and consequences of expanding biofuel use in the United Kingdom
Posted on: 15 April 2013
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According to research published by Chatham House, transport fuel made from crops or vegetable oils is not a cost-effective way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Hitting the poorest places hardest: The local and regional impact of welfare reform
Posted on: 12 April 2013
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A study by Sheffield Hallam University looked at each element of welfare reform to assess its impact across England’s 379 local authority districts. It found in general that northern areas will be hit harder than southern areas.
Less is more: A lifecycle approach to waste prevention and resource optimization
Posted on: 12 April 2013
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The revised EU Waste Framework Directive requires all Member States to produce waste prevention programmes by the end of 2013. This report aims to assist in the production of England’s waste prevention programme and also raise greater awareness that it is not solely an issue for the waste management industry.
Closing the loop: risk or reward? A White Paper highlighting the opportunities and challenges of a circular economy
Posted on: 12 April 2013
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Market research among both waste producers (businesses) and waste management companies (WMCs) to track how attitudes towards waste and smarter resource management were impacting at different points across the value chain. It questioned how attitudes to waste are changing in both camps and what the likely implications of this will be, both now and in the future. The resulting White Paper provides a narrative to help influence and steer thinking in this area, particularly for the waste management industry, which appears to be in a transitional phase.
Sustainability: Improving performance in existing buildings
Posted on: 11 April 2013
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This report, available from the RICS Bookshop, outlines a road map for integrating sustainability into existing buildings and aims to assist building surveyors in explaining the appropriate options available to clients. The guidance covers the following areas: initial appraisal; metrics, benchmarking and standards; concept design; detailed design and implementation; and completion (in use). Price £20
Post-2015: Global action for an inclusive and sustainable future
Posted on: 11 April 2013
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The European Report on Development (ERD) is the main output of the ‘Mobilising European Research for Development Policies’ initiative, supported by the European Commission and seven Member States (Finland, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom). The ERD 2013 was prepared by a consortium of three independent research centres: the European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM ), the German Development Institute (DIE), and the Overseas Development Institute (ODI). There is considerable debate in establishing a post-2015 global framework to succeed the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and guide global collective action on development. This report aims to provide an independent contribution to the post-2015 debate by focusing on how best global collective action can support the efforts of developing countries to achieve development.
Putting Pitt in the past: delivering SuDS
Posted on: 11 April 2013
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In this blog, the author, a member of the Foresight Future Flooding expert team and an adviser for the Pitt review following the 2007 floods, discusses what we’ve learnt since the 2007 floods and the Pitt report about how sustainable urban drainage systems (SuDS) can be delivered to improve flood risk management, water quality, amenity and enhance the quality of our spaces and places.
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