Buildings

GreenLeaders programme highlighting environmentally-friendly hotels expands into 19 European countries including UK and Ireland

Merton Rule allowing councils to set green energy targets for new buildings preserved, but similar powers for energy efficiency dropped

Nicholas Pollard of Balfour Beatty predicts the green building sector is on the cusp of a major breakthrough

Around 50 organisations sign open letter urging Communities Secretary not to remove council power to set clean energy standards for new homes

Fresh from becoming first property company to secure Carbon Trust Waste Standard, Canary Wharf Group reveals how its waste management strategy is cutting costs and emissions

James Cameron of Climate Change Capital reveals how investment in greener buildings is delivering handsome returns

Knauf Insulation's John Sinfield argues the government's 'vision' for the construction industry needs to see energy efficiency as a national infrastructure challenge

"Our shared ambition is to build one of the least wasteful, most energy efficient, most climate friendly societies in the developed world"

Katja Hall's speech to Ecobuild:"Investment and job creation must be undertaken as part of our low-carbon transition, not in spite of it"

Major global report to assess scale of reported health and productivity benefits associated with greener buildings