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Well, things looked promising as sat down for our movie shortlisting session.

Next week, on 9 November at 2.30pm, Kevin McCloud and Paul King (UK-GBC chief executive), will be joined by Greg Barker – Minister of State for energy and climate change – for  a live “webinar” in which they will be dissecting the Green Deal at your dictat.

Start is an initiative inspired by HRH The Prince of Wales which aims to reach out to as many people as possible with the message that sustainability is something that everyone can be part of and - like every great journey - can 'start' with a single step.

When filling out an application form recently I felt somewhat discombobulated when it came to the 'occupation' entry. Property developer or environmental campaigner? Environmental campaigner or property developer? They don't at first glance seem to marry particularly well. But they do, thankfully. Absolutely and utterly.

It’s that time of year again.  Speculation builds on what is going to happen to our taxes, what will happen to fuel duty and then on Budget Day the Government claims the Budget will help the environment.

Linking up government policy and practice can oftentimes be tricky. In the home refurbishment arena, pioneering low energy retrofits are pretty few and far between across the UK and getting them promoted to an appreciative political audience is a thankless task in the high-octane circus that is the media cycle.

Success for the Great British Refurb!  For the last year we have been calling for the Government to introduce financial incentives such as Stamp Duty or Council Tax rebates for people who improve their home energy efficiency.