Many rooms enjoy the benefit of natural light from windows and/or roof lights. Daylight sensors, or photocells, adjust the artificial lighting according to the amount of daylight, reducing energy use by as much as 40%.
Climate change pushes farmers in India to the tipping point – in pictures
Gerry Judah, born in Kolkata, returned to India after more than 50 years to see how people are tackling the effects of global warming
Tue 21st May 2013
What do emptier waters look like? This web aquarium shows declining fish populations over the past 100 years - and it uses more than 200 datasets to d...
Tue 21st May 2013
Wates switches teams in £200m Green Deal race
Exclusive: Contractor joins with British Gas after original partner Npower drops out of the Newcastle contest, with race down to two teams
Tue 21st May 2013
Government doubles renewable heat subsidies
Renewable Heat Premium Payment increases to help boost industry while another government scheme is delayed
Tue 21st May 2013
Worst natural disasters of 2012 by numbers displaced – in pictures
Flooding, often during monsoons and sometimes accompanied by typhoons, displaced the most people last year
Mon 20th May 2013
More research on climate change needed, but too late!
Certain academics claim that we may not have as severe a rise in temperature as is generally believed. On the other hand, they admit we have no idea w...
Mon 20th May 2013
Atkins helps GSK HQ achieve green standard
Consultant Atkins work on GlaxoSmithKline’s new headquarters in Philadelphia has helped the building achieve double LEED platinum certification.
Mon 20th May 2013
