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New microgeneration planning rules launched in Wales

9/2/2009 3:57:18 PM: Welsh homeowners will be able to install microgeneration power and heating systems without planning permission.

Whitewashing cities could massively cut carbon emissions

5/28/2009 3:11:05 PM: Professor Steven Chu believes painting houses and roads white could significantly reduce the world's greenhouse gas emissions.

North England nuns move into low carbon home

5/22/2009 9:31:08 AM: A group of nuns have traded in their Victorian home for an eco-friendly building that will support sustainable living.

British church raising funds for solar tiles

4/24/2009 4:05:20 PM: Saint Silas Church in London intends to cover its new roof in solar panels in order to significantly cut down its CO2 emissions.

Warehouse gets first ever outstanding rating

3/27/2009 5:48:08 PM: A logistics warehouse has become the first building to earn BREEAM's 'outstanding' rating.

Red tape cut on microgeneration installation

2/10/2009 5:17:07 PM: Beaurocratic requirements for installing microgeneration devices have been eased in Scotland.

'Carbon negative' development breaks ground

1/26/2009 5:37:04 PM: Builders have started work on the UK's first carbon negative development.

Schools get green equipment

1/15/2009 5:37:11 PM: Schools around the country have been benefitting from schemes to make their energy supply renewable.

'Simple steps' can help Brits deal with rising energy bills

11/5/2008 2:32:47 PM: Experts have said that homeowners need to keep taking small steps to become more energy efficient if they want to cut their utility bills.

Car cuts carbon and water bottle waste

10/7/2008 5:22:41 PM: A low emissions concept car that harvests rainwater has been unveiled.

Green roofs urged for capital

9/22/2008 5:37:11 PM: Green roofs that insulate buildings and enourage biodiversity are part of the mayor of London's plan to deal with climate change.

White roofs combat climate change

9/10/2008 5:47:37 PM: Making roofs and pavements reflective could offset a year's worth of the world's emissions.

Charity backs micro-wind turbine for fuel poor

9/2/2008 5:28:58 PM: A charity has backed a proposal by a renewable generator company to donate its profits to help the fuel poor.

NHS carbon cutting mainly local

8/15/2008 5:41:26 PM: The NHS needs to try harder to meet carbon emissions targets, according to its unit for sustainable development.

Botanic centre powered by renewables

8/4/2008 5:41:15 PM: Edinburgh's Botanic Gardens is to be powerered by renewable energy.

City office gets green roof

8/4/2008 5:41:15 PM: An office in central London has been renovated with a green roof.

NI householders look to make homes low carbon

7/16/2008 2:10:53 PM: Householders in Northern Ireland are increasingly seeking low carbon solutions to help them cut back on their energy consumption, it has been revealed.

Scotland's largest solar panel system completed

6/24/2008 4:53:21 PM: Glasgow's Sheriff court has become the home of a £500,000 solar panel the largest in Scotland.

Ground source heat pump to help cut school's carbon emissions

6/23/2008 3:23:13 PM: Under-floor heating is one method by which a Peterborough school is reducing its carbon footprint.

'Greening the home' on design agenda

5/19/2008 5:52:43 PM: Making properties greener or more environmentally-friendly was an aspect of house building recently raised at the Des Res exhibition public weekend last week, it has emerged.