A hard wearing and sustainable decorative floor system has been installed at Gloucester Services – a new environmentally-friendly service station on the M5 at the edge of the Cotswolds. read more...

More than 1,000 social housing residents in the south of England are looking forward to warmer homes and lower energy bills after contracts to deliver major energy efficiency works were agreed. read more...

ROCKPANEL is the first cladding manufacturer to receive certification from the BRE complying with EN 15804, an environmental norm for construction products and systems. The product uses basalt rock, a widely available raw material as it's basis. read more...

Legal & General Property (LGP) announces that it is piloting a new voluntary operational rating scheme called VolDECs. Based on Display Energy Certificates (DECs), this represents an innovative approach for private sector ownership of commercial property and responds to the absence of a government rating scheme. read more...

An energy saving restoration project which has transformed the Grade II* listed Liverpool Central Library into a world class facility has achieved a BREEAM ‘Very Good’ rating. read more...

An innovative Bristol based project, the Community Energy Manager, has won the UK’s Energy and Environment Open Data Challenge. It is an online platform designed to help communities cut down on energy bills. It does this by sharing information about energy use, energy efficiency needs and ideas for energy generation. read more...

A sustainable softwood product which provides a durable alternative to tropical hardwood has been used to build a treehouse which will be on display at RHS Hampton Court before being donated to a children's charity. read more...

“Ministers must rethink planned changes to how solar power schemes are supported or risk derailing Britain’s renewable energy revolution", environmental campaigners said today, following the close of a public consultation on the topic. read more...