February 12th, 2010 by Editor

Bolton Council in the United Kingdom may soon see the construction of its first zero-carbonunderground home. Designed byMake Architectsfor green enthusiast and British football starGary Neville, the one-story, nearly 8,000 sq ft structure has been designed to be beautiful and functional while keeping energy consumption to a minimum.

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January 30th, 2010 by Editor

Researchers have revealed that ‘garden grabbing’ is not on the up, despite rising concerns. A study just released shows that overall there has been no significant increase in building on back garden space across the United Kingdom since 2003, although there are wide regional variations. Most concern about the practice is in rural areas, where there is little other land available for development.
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January 21st, 2010 by Editor

Seven PepsiCo manufacturing facilities in the United Kingdom, including the firm’s largest factory in the country, have gone zero waste and no longer send rubbish to landfill, the company announced last week.

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December 21st, 2009 by Editor

The United Kingdom is splattered with fossil fuel based power plants and concrete cooling towers which are major carbon producers as well as eyesores. Luckily, plans for a new biomass power plantcovered innative grassesin the UK have just been released and they will complement the surrounding ecology as well as decrease carbon emissions by 80% compared to coal or gas fired power stations. Designed byThomas Heatherwick, a London-based firm, the 49.3 MW power plant located on the banks of the River Tees will be a man-made mountain covered in plants and will certainly be a welcome replacement to the older, pollution-spewing plants around the country.

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November 29th, 2009 by Editor

A study of 600 of the United Kingdom’s biggest brands found that only 121 companies are reducing emissions and have set sufficient goals to meet the government’s climate goals by 2020.

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