One Planet Products is a free web service designed to help make sustainable construction easy for the UK house building sector. We provide expert commentary and summaries of our research, targeted at housing associations, architects, developers, construction companies and others. Our information is topical and accurate, and helps users to purchase and specify green construction products and build knowledge in sustainability.
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Eco products you didn’t needWhich? magazine recently put the eco-claims of a number of products to the test – read the results.
One Planet Products users surveyIt has been nearly a year since we updated the One Planet Products website, so we decided it was time to conduct a survey of users to get some feedback.
Retrofit trial in Sutton learns key lessons for Government’s Green DealFindings from an energy saving home improvement trial, indicate that homeowners are not only motivated by immediate financial savings on their energy bills.
Free support on reuse for construction SMEsBioRegional are offering free support and events promoting reuse within the construction sector.
Buying a new tap? …some eco considersationsSummary of some of the devices that can be used to reduce water consumption in domestic taps.
Save water… take a bath?When offered the choice of a bath or shower, One Planet Products would historically have advised taking a shower, based on the lower water consumption.
Retrofitting projects in SuttonBioRegional is currently very active in implementing retrofit projects in the local community and this post explains what’s going on.
8 Bertram Street: a north London retrofitBioRegional’s visit to an innovative retrofit project in North London that achieved CO2 reductions of 70%.
Did the budget finally kill the zero carbon ambition?The budget announcement to drop household appliances from the ‘zero carbon home’ definition means up to a third of household carbon emissions are now exempt.
Our reflections on EcobuildBioRegional returned to EcoBuild a couple of weeks ago, the world’s largest event for sustainable construction and the built environment.
