'World first': Construction begins on CISL's ultra-low carbon HQ in Cambridge

Cecilia Keating
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Cambridge Institute for Sustainable Leadership said its new HQ will set 'world first' for sustainable refurbishment of an older office building

Work has begun in central Cambridge to transform a telephone exchange building built in the 1930s into an ultra-low carbon office building that will set a number of new standards for sustainable energy,...

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