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London Legacy Development Corporation Local Plan
Posted on: 20 November 2012
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The London Legacy Development Corporation came into being on 1st April 2012. From 1st October 2012 it became the Local Planning Authority for its area. A map of the Legacy Corporation area and more detail about the Legacy Corporation’s planning functions can be found on the Legacy Corporation website. The Legacy Corporation functions also include those related to plan making and as a result responsibility for preparing a Local Plan and any other local planning documents and guidance transfer to it from that date. The Legacy Corporation is now carrying out early engagement with the community and statutory organisations to help them decide what should be in the Local Plan.
Housing Supplementary Planning Guidance: London Plan 2011 Implementation Framework
Posted on: 19 November 2012
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The SPG provides guidance on how to implement the housing policies in the 2011 London Plan (LP). In particular, it provides detail on how to carry forward the Mayor’s view that “providing good homes for Londoners is not just about numbers. The quality and design of homes, and the facilities provided for those living in them, are vital to ensuring good liveable neighbourhoods”. It is informed by the Government’s National Planning Policy Framework and by its Housing Strategy for England.
Energy and climate change: Bending the technological trajectory
Posted on: 19 November 2012
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This publication brings together recent work undertaken at the OECD Environment Directorate with respect to innovation in energy and climate change mitigation technologies (CCMTs) and the role played by public policy. It presents data on innovation across OECD countries over the last three decades. We also present work on the international transfer of CCMTs, as well as evidence on the extent of international research co-operation.
Towards a green investment policy framework
Posted on: 19 November 2012
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This report aims to advise governments on how to create and improve domestic enabling conditions to shift and scale-up private sector investments in green infrastructure, to finance a transition to a low-carbon, climate resilient (LCR) economy and greener growth. This report advances a “green investment policy framework” taking infrastructure investment as a starting point and looking only at climate change mitigation and adaptation. It highlights the significant opportunities and many challenges that exist today in both developed and developing countries to transition to LCR development through investment in both renovated and in new infrastructure. The report suggests it is possible to generate multiple local development benefits from LCR infrastructure investment. It presents a five-point policy framework to guide domestic reforms that can steer use of limited public funds while also enabling and incentivising private investment to support a transition across relevant infrastructure sectors to simultaneously deliver climate change and local development goals.
England’s Schools 1962-88: A Thematic Study
Posted on: 16 November 2012
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The scale of demand for education and better school buildings after the war, a situation which finds a parallel today, necessitated entire programmes of school building and collaboration between architects, educationists and administrators. This report from English Heritage highlights many examples of distinctive regional approaches that were developed in London, Coventry, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Hampshire and elsewhere, and how school projects were often test beds for innovation for smaller, private architectural practices.
Directive 2012/27/EU on energy efficiency
Posted on: 16 November 2012
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This Directive, published in the Official Journal of the EU on 14 November 2012, brings forward legally binding measures to step up Member States’ efforts to use energy more efficiently at all stages of the energy chain, from the transformation of energy and its distribution to its final consumption. Measures include the legal obligation to establish energy efficiency obligations schemes or policy measures in all Member States. These will drive energy efficiency improvements in households, industries and transport sectors. Other measures include an exemplary role to be played by the public sector and a right for consumers to know how much energy they consume.
Achieving aviation’s promise in Latin America
Posted on: 16 November 2012
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Speech made by Tony Tyler, IATA’s Director General and CEO, at the Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Association (ALTA) Airline Leaders Conference in Panama on 15 November 2012, in which he highlighted safety and infrastructure as top priorities for the region.
Great expectations: Understanding why the UN climate talks seem to fail
Posted on: 16 November 2012
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The objective of this briefing paper is to provide an analysis of these great expectations in the context of the UN climate regime. The expectation that the UN meetings as such would reverse global climate change is based on faulty premises and can potentially be damaging. The authors argue that unfair expectations paint international agreements as perpetual failures, providing ammunition for the interests that oppose any form of international environmental regulation. The briefing paper presents a defence of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and suggests that if its role is properly understood, the regime may serve an important function in the response to climate change and in world affairs in general.
Brickonomics building blog
Posted on: 16 November 2012
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This blog site, hosted by Building magazine, reports in trends on construction, housing and property.
Energy Efficiency Strategy
Posted on: 16 November 2012
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The strategy, which is the first output of the Department of Energy and Climate Change’s Energy Efficiency Deployment Office (EEDO) outlines actions to support the financing market, encourage innovations in energy efficiency, strengthen the evidence base and promote the use of controls and education.
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