All Property Week articles in Sustainability May 2008
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Prezza’s punchline
Ahead of his forthcoming memoirs, John Prescott gives Mark Shepherd a sneak preview on Kyoto, the Thames Gateway and the sustainability void he has left in the Cabinet.
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Rooms for improvement
Hotel operators are realising that improving their environmental strategies will boost business.
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Family values
Mark Shepherd meets Helen Bennett, 26, an environmental planner with Cushman & Wakefield, and her sister, Claire Bennett, 24, a graduate surveyor at the same firm
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Degrees of indifference
Hermes has introduced a ‘green lease’, but tenants and other landlords are reluctant to sign up.
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Council rousing
Birmingham and Liverpool are among the big authorities with new sustainability agendas.
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Code dread
Housebuilders believe the new Code for Sustainable Homes will hamper productivity unless critical issues are resolved.
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Burning issue
A European directive on reducing the amount of waste sent to landfill has led to a rush to build incinerators, and environmental groups are up in arms.
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The big smoke
Significant differences in carbon emissions between the London boroughs show the mayor should retain green issues at the top of his agenda.
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Campaign for Real Data is an antidote for ’initiativitis’
Paul King on the need for consistent data on sustainability
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IPD reports lowest Irish returns on record
First quarter property returns in Ireland slumped to their lowest since records began 13 years ago.
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ING launches €1bn European infrastucture fund
ING Real Estate has launched a €1bn (£785m) European infrastructure fund that will purchase assets ranging from wind farms to motorway service stations.