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How local authorities can reduce emissions and manage climate risks
Posted on: 17 May 2012
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According to a new report from the Committee on Climate Change, there is currently no requirement for local authorities to take action on climate change. This coupled with limited funding means there is a significant risk that local authorities will not develop and implement sufficiently ambitious low-carbon plans. The report also argues that additional incentives will be needed to encourage local authorities to adopt the government’s Green Deal initiative. It ads that a duty should be imposed on councils to produce a low-carbon plan for their area, report on its implementation, and prioritise carbon reduction measures in their budget.
Bold steps for aviation
Posted on: 16 May 2012
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Kent County Council proposes how the UK can meet its aviation needs through the connection of Gatwick and Heathrow with an airside high speed rail link; better use of Manston and Lydd Airports and other regional airports, including London City, Southend, Stansted, Luton, Southampton and Birmingham; and improved connections of these regional airports with London.
BIM Overlay to the RIBA Outline Plan of Work
Posted on: 16 May 2012
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The BIM Overlay to the RIBA Outline Plan of Work builds on the Green Overlay to the RIBA Outline Plan of Work , published in November 2011, and forms part of the response from the construction industry, and in particular the RIBA, to the Government’s commitment to have all its projects utilising BIM from the summer of 2012. This document provides an Overlay that simplifies the BIM processes and clarifies contradictory terms causing confusion in the industry. Core BIM activities are considered in the guidance for each stage of the plan. Together with the Green Overlay to the RIBA Outline Plan of Work these two documents are part of the preparatory work being undertaken prior to a fundamental review of the RIBA Plan of Work that will take place in 2012-13.
HomeWise Campaign
Posted on: 16 May 2012
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The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) have launched the HomeWise campaign because of its concern that new homes being built today aren’t good enough and consumers deserve better. As part of the Campaign, RIBA has issued a report, ‘The way we live now: What people need and expect from their homes’, which provides the only national evidence base setting out how people are using their homes now, what they look for when choosing a home and what they think needs to happen to improve the home-buying experience. The report, described by RIBA as the first of its kind for over 50 years, will be used as evidence by the Future Homes Commission, a national inquiry that is currently developing recommendations for how houses should be designed and delivered in future. It will provide policy makers, house designers and builders much-needed consumer evidence to ensure that new homes are good quality and fit for modern households.
More than bricks and mortar: UK home builders’ progress in creating sustainable communities
Posted on: 16 May 2012
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This report contains the findings of the sixth NextGeneration benchmark, an annual benchmark of the top 25 UK home builders’ sustainability performance. This year’s benchmark examines the home building industry’s success in delivering sustainable communities.
Making strategic planning happen
Posted on: 15 May 2012
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This resource, provided by the Planning Advisory Service, includes a simple guide to strategic planning, analysis of the key issues, case studies and the ten golden rules for effective strategic planning.
Hotels in Russia, the CIS and Georgia: Trends and opportunities
Posted on: 15 May 2012
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The scope of this publication is to assess current trends and future opportunities for the hotel industry in Russia, the CIS and Georgia. This publication briefly discusses the tourism industry and economy overview of Russia, the CIS and Georgia, and looks at the year-end results of hotels’ operating performances across the region.
Living Planet Report 2012: Biodiversity, biocapacity and better choices
Posted on: 15 May 2012
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The ninth edition of WWF’s Living Planet Report has been published. It documents the changing state of biodiversity, ecosystems and humanity’s demand on natural resources; and explores the implications of these changes for biodiversity and human societies. The report highlights that current trends can still be reversed, through making better choices that place the natural world at the centre of economies, business models and lifestyles.
Designing resilient cities: A guide to good practice
Posted on: 15 May 2012
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The Urban Futures Interactive Tool has been developed to help urban designers analyse the resiliency of their sustainability solutions – the things they are doing today in the name of sustainability, such as incorporating greywater recycling into a housing development or cycle paths across a city. The Tool has been developed using four UK-based scenarios and is thus applicable to sustainability solutions being implemented in the UK. However, the user can add alternative scenarios or additional aspects to the existing scenarios and in this way can tailor the tool to any context. A step-by-step guide to using this Tool (Designing Resilient Cities: a Guide to Good Practice) can be purchased from BRE.
Urban adaptation to climate change in Europe: Challenges and opportunities for cities together with supportive national and European policies
Posted on: 14 May 2012
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This report from the European Environment Agency is described as the first Europe-wide assessment of urban vulnerability to climate change. It argues that the distinct design and composition of urban areas compared to rural areas alters climate change impacts in cities, leading to many diverse challenges for cities within Europe. The report provides generic advice for adapting cities to climate change and examples of best practice.
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