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Orbit launches new environmental sustainability qualification

|Date: 5 November, 2021

Orbit launches new environmental sustainability qualification

Housing provider Orbit has announced the launch of a new environmental sustainability qualification for i ...

Housing provider Orbit has announced the launch of a new environmental sustainability qualification for its colleagues — the first in-house training of its kind in the social housing sector. The cour ...

5 November, 2021
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When a building burns down, what is the cost to the environment?

|Date: 4 November, 2021

When a building burns down, what is the cost to the environment?

Tom Roche, Secretary of the Business Sprinkler Alliance, considers, when a building burns down, what is t ...

Tom Roche, Secretary of the Business Sprinkler Alliance, considers, when a building burns down, what is the cost to the environment? In recent months, there have been a number of newsworthy industrial ...

4 November, 2021
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Tony Juniper joins all-star line-up for ACO’s final Habitat Matters webinar

|Date: 26 October, 2021

Tony Juniper joins all-star line-up for ACO’s final Habitat Matters webinar

Tony Juniper CBE, Chair of Natural England, has been confirmed as the keynote speaker for ACO Water Manag ...

Tony Juniper CBE, Chair of Natural England, has been confirmed as the keynote speaker for ACO Water Management’s final webinar of the ‘Habitat Matters’ series. The environmental activist and author is ...

26 October, 2021
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Councils need to examine potential of soil stabilisation to meet brownfield land targets

|Date: 14 October, 2021

Councils need to examine potential of soil stabilisation to meet brownfield land targets

Councils need to examine the potential of soil stabilisation to help the Government meet its target of bu ...

Councils need to examine the potential of soil stabilisation to help the Government meet its target of building nearly 6,000 new homes on brownfield land by 2024, believes Britpave, the infrastructure ...

14 October, 2021
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The hedgehogs move in: G F Tomlinson continues to protect local wildlife

|Date: 26 August, 2021

The hedgehogs move in: G F Tomlinson continues to protect local wildlife

Midlands based contractor G F Tomlinson continues its quest to protect local wildlife as part of their da ...

Midlands based contractor G F Tomlinson continues its quest to protect local wildlife as part of their day-to-day construction activities and have recently installed by way of example hedgehog highway ...

26 August, 2021
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Orbit Homes showcases its social and sustainable values to new residents

|Date: 9 August, 2021

Orbit Homes showcases its social and sustainable values to new residents

Orbit Homes has made the commitment to plant a tree for every home sold as part of its new welcome pack f ...

Orbit Homes has made the commitment to plant a tree for every home sold as part of its new welcome pack for purchasers. The welcome packs contain contents sourced from sustainable businesses and socia ...

9 August, 2021
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The housebuilding industry can lead the way on biodiversity

|Date: 30 April, 2021

The housebuilding industry can lead the way on biodiversity

A new guide highlights that biodiversity should be considered at the earliest stages of planning new home ...

A new guide highlights that biodiversity should be considered at the earliest stages of planning new home developments to encourage wildlife and help reverse habitat decline. Climate change and the de ...

30 April, 2021
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Sustainable wildlife centre opens in 26-mile-long Essex country park

|Date: 28 April, 2021

Sustainable wildlife centre opens in 26-mile-long Essex country park

A brand-new wildlife discovery centre has opened in Essex’s River Lee Country Park – using fully recyclab ...

A brand-new wildlife discovery centre has opened in Essex’s River Lee Country Park – using fully recyclable materials that will reduce the building’s impact on landfill waste. The £700,000 development ...

28 April, 2021
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Morgan Sindall Construction sets out bold carbon reduction strategy

|Date: 17 March, 2021

Morgan Sindall Construction sets out bold carbon reduction strategy

Morgan Sindall Construction has unveiled a new and transformational approach to collaborative carbon redu ...

Morgan Sindall Construction has unveiled a new and transformational approach to collaborative carbon reduction, designed to support its customers in achieving their environmental ambitions and help me ...

17 March, 2021
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Bucks teams up with Watford to win Green Homes bid

|Date: 8 March, 2021

Bucks teams up with Watford to win Green Homes bid

Buckinghamshire Council and Watford Borough Council, together with delivery partner the National Energy F ...

Buckinghamshire Council and Watford Borough Council, together with delivery partner the National Energy Foundation, have been successful in winning a government grant to help less well-off households ...

8 March, 2021
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