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The environmental impact and sustainability of new places and developments, including energy efficiency, carbon reduction and greening..
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Case study: A new eco-district for the city
In Leeds' South Bank regeneration area, an emerging development is promoting a sustainable form of city living.
Analysis: Building and biodiversity
Nature is often seen as a constraint on construction, but proposals to require development to deliver a biodiversity net gain seek to change that, Josephine Smit finds.
Advice: Addressing overheating risk in new housing
Home design needs to take account of the risks of overheating as climate change means hotter summers and insulation levels have been maximised, finds Ben Kochan.
Case study: Holding a festival to innovate in housing
The Bristol Housing Festival is a five year experiment involving city players and general public to find solutions to the housing crisis, finds Josephine Smit.
Advice: Encouraging sustainable travel choices in new housing
Sustainable travel plans are increasingly required as part of planning applications for major housing schemes, but residents also need to be encouraged to use buses, walk or cycle, finds Ben Kochan.
Analysis: Feeling the heat
The Environmental Audit Committee is the latest body to call on government to act to tackle overheating in UK homes, writes Josephine Smit.
Advice: Securing low carbon design and energy performance in new housing
Councils can set challenging targets for the environmental performance of new homes, but it is important to follow through to see they are delivered, writes Ben Kochan.
Need to know: UK must trial low carbon options for home heating
First national infrastructure assessment highlights need for community level trials of hydrogen and heat pumps within three years.
Advice: Planning and designing housing settlements to manage flood risk
Sustainable housing development can be practical in areas subject to flood risk, but a strategic approach and careful design are needed, finds Ben Kochan.
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