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First Green Deal signed on £1.5bn Birmingham contract
The first Green Deal has been signed in Birmingham, five months after Carillion launched its Energy Savers programme worth £1.5bn.
Retailers on the fence as Green Deal interest wanes
Major food retailers including Tesco and Marks & Spencer have put Green Deal and retrofit schemes under review after the collapse of a major supplier, Construction News can reveal.
Delay to Part L revisions is ‘putting construction growth at risk’
The UK Green Building Council has made a plea for the government to push ahead with its zero-carbon policy to avoid ‘putting growth in the construction sector at risk’ as Part L revisions are delayed.
Strong EPCs ‘boost house prices by up to a third’
Energy Performance Certificate improvements boost house prices by 14 per cent on average, and up to 38 per cent in some areas, according to the first large-scale study on EPCs.
29 redundancies as Green Deal pioneer enters administration
A total of 29 employees have been made redundant as Begbies Traynor were appointed administrators to Enact Energy Renewables, the first Green Deal provider in Cornwall.
Southampton fires starting gun for £1bn Green Deal race
Southampton City Council has called bids for its ECO and Green Deal Delivery Scheme, worth between £35m and £1bn.
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Sizewell offshore windfarm gets green light
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Sustainability chief to lead Lend Lease £1.5bn London scheme
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Greater Manchester seeks £400m Green Deal partner
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Three in for £750m Sussex Green Deal programme
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Residents warned of Green Deal fraud
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Drax £700m power station 'first of many' UK Guarantees projects
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Leeds starts search for £5bn Green Deal partners
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£244m funding package secured as Green Deal assessments hit 9,000
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Keepmoat wins ECO contract in Ipswich
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Four appointed to £600m Scottish Hydro substation framework
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British workforce 'not ready' for global nuclear growth
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ISG wins £3m work at Grimsby offshore windfarm
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Green Investment Bank to invest £18m in NHS centre
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Interserve to pass 3% of profits to local communities
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Government reaffirms its commitment to zero carbon homes from 2016 in Budget
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Green Deal assessments number almost 2,000 in first month
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Taylor Wimpey seeks £38m in green supply chain savings
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Green Deal lands £244m boost as wind farm gets green light
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Balfour Beatty plans acquisitions for major gas-fired stations move
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Government 'holding back' on Green Deal - Davey
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'Green' map published for industry
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Downing Street takes top BREEAM award
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Government to reduce commercial renewable heat subsidies
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Three shortlisted for £200m North-east Green Deal scheme
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Contractors top league table on energy efficiency
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Labour calls for zero-carbon homes
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Interserve and Babcock win £60m renewable plant contract
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HMS wins £40m contract to improve Liverpool FC and Everton FC routes
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‘Bat hotels’ to feature in £70m Forest of Dean plans
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Leeds approves two energy from waste plants to create 600 jobs
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Sir Adrian Montague steps down from Green Investment Bank
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Newt halts work on Kier’s £14m Durham police HQ
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Leeds councils ponder £80m Green Deal plan
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MITIE strikes exclusive Green Deal plan with National Landlords Association
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Pickles in conservatory tax legal threat
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Welsh minister launches waste consultation
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Office-to-residential rules 'could save 30% on housing projects'
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Renew's orders boosted after latest Sellafield win
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Travis Perkins buys green heating firm for £8m
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Green Deal launch receives guarded welcome
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Green Deal interest rate set to 6.96 per cent
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FiTs court claim swells to £140m
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New UK-GBC chairman: 'confusing' sector needs one voice
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City of London's 'Scalpel' office given go-ahead
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PwC aims for BREEAM Outstanding at its iconic London HQ
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Passivhaus versus Code on £15m Oldham housing scheme
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Green Deal needs every little help it can get
Every little helps, as they say, and when the UK’s largest supermarket chain considers its options over the provision of Green Deal services, it raises fresh questions over the future of the government’s flagship energy efficiency scheme.
Prepare your business for greenhouse gas reporting
The government has laid regulations on greenhouse gas reporting before Parliament to require 1,100 of the UK’s largest businesses to publicly report their greenhouse gas emissions.
RICS looks to drive green agenda on with 2013 Construction Policy
The coalition has identified the creation of a genuine green economy as a top priority for this government.
