A recent report suggests that businesses across the UK are finding it increasingly difficult to implement and manage their sustainability policies, with a 20 per cent decline in confidence since last year. read more...

The Enterprise Centre at the University of East Anglia has opened for business following the completion of work on the highly innovative building, which aims to set high standards of sustainability. read more...

Thanks to a grant from the Big Lottery Fund, fifty communities across the UK will receive support to transform unmanaged woodland into opportunities for jobs, leisure, education and services and to improve the health and well being of local people. read more...

The Irish government is fighting plans by a local authority in Dublin to make the Passivhaus standard mandatory for new buildings. The Department of Environment say introducing the standard would slow the construction of new homes. read more...

As darkness falls in Magadi, Kenya, lights come on in the houses - yet not long ago, dusk was a time of unease - farmers began worrying about their cattle, easy prey for hyenas and leopards, while children lit fires to finish their schoolwork, filling homes with smoke. read more...

Building is about to start on the UK's first ever Passivhaus certified Youth Hostel. As well as being first for the hostel movement, the completed project will also be the largest Passivhaus structure in Gloucestershire. read more...

Many household names from across the international construction sector, were among more than 300 people attending an event to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the BRE Innovation Park in Watford recently. read more...

Renewable energy targets and other support policies now in place in 164 countries (up 20 from the year before) powered the growth of solar, wind and other green technologies to record-breaking energy generation capacity in 2014. read more...