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12th February 2024 Does your community have a comprehensive plan to support a transition to a zero carbon Britain? Here are some tips to get you started…
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19th January 2024 Dr Carl Meddings introduces the work of some of our recent graduates from the final year of their studies on CAT’s Masters in Sustainable Architecture (MArch).
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18th December 2023 The global agreement on climate change agreed last week in Dubai has been described as “the beginning of the end” for fossil fuels and as devastatingly insufficient for the urgency…
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The price of Photovoltaic (PV) solar panels has dropped rapidly in the last ten years. A domestic PV array can now be cost effective without any subsidy. You can sell…
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Domestic energy saving measures are vital if we are to achieve the goal of a zero carbon future. Reducing the UK’s energy demand will make it much easier to meet…
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