A high street coffee shop chain opened a new ‘Eco Pod’ store at Wrekin Retail Park recently. Featuring innovative building design and energy saving technologies, the Eco Pod is the first ‘zero energy’ coffee shop building in the UK. read more...

Modern and efficient biomass heating systems are extended their reach to the furthest shores of the UK, with the installation of a 999kW Binder wood chip boiler, at a unique Outer Hebridean production plant. read more...

With 28 biomethane plants now injecting renewable or "green" gas into our gas grid, biomethane is on it's way to becoming the UK's leading renewable heat technology. read more...

A UK charity dedicated specifically to built environment research has announced a major three year funding programme to improve the resilience of buildings and infrastructure to the growing threats of flooding, wind damage and overheating associated with climate change. read more...

It’s two years since residents moved in to the LILAC co-housing project in Leeds, and now, snug in draught-free and affordable straw bale homes with fuel bills of next to nothing, they are evangelical about the community they call home. read more...

A panel from the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) have shortlisted the impending Lincolnshire Lakes development for an award under the Excellence in Planning for the Natural Environment category. read more...

Two Manchester schools, Parrs Wood High School in Didsbury and Chorlton Park Primary, have completed the first phase of a renewable energy project, and feasibility studies for both schools are expected to see solar panels installed on their roofs later this year. read more...

Millions of draughty homes are the result of the collective failure of successive governments to tackle energy efficiency, according to UK consumer watchdog Which? In a report published on Tuesday, the organisation calls for a radical new approach to energy efficiency. read more...