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100 1 _aNemeth, Hannah
245 0 0 _aZero tolerance
260 _c2007
490 _aRICS Business
_vMarch 2007, 12-16(5)
520 _aDiscusses recent green initiatives spanning the property industry and the built environment. Covers: government plans to make new homes zero carbon compliant by 2016 (L135908); tackling carbon emissions in existing buildings; the RICS research ?The city climate challenge for 2050? (L135099); sustainability issues facing commercial property investors; the RICS report ?Green value? (L131391) and sustainable valuation; the energy performance of buildings directive (Directive 2002/91/EC); and promoting sustainable construction by a common European methodology on life cycle costing. Also includes four sustainable case studies: Passive houses in Denmark; Co-operative Insurance Solar Tower, Manchester; the Genesis Project, Taunton; and Honingham Earth sheltered social housing scheme.
590 _aKA
650 2 4 _aDIRECTIVE 2002/91/EC
651 4 _aUnited Kingdom
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690 _aENVIRONMENTAL AND LAND CONSULTANCY-ENERGY-ENERGY USE-ENERGY EFFICIENCY
690 _aBUILT ENVIRONMENT-SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION
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