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Published by BRE Trust

Wednesday 19 June 2013 OPINION

Mark Oliver Does the UK need a domestic building products and materials industry?

16/6/2013 > by Mark Oliver

Mark Oliver, managing director of H+H, charts the decline in British manufacture of building components, outlines the difficulties hampering any potential revival, and proposes a strategy to reverse the trend read on

Interview: Steve Whyman, managing director, Broadgate Estates

28/5/2013 > by Jo Smit

Broadgate Estates manages some of the UK’s most high profile and sustainable developments. How does it deliver? Managing director Steve Whyman explains read on

Comment: We need to build now for a harsher future climate

3/5/2013 > by Bill Gething

We’re beginning to build sustainably but is the industry looking far enough ahead? Bill Gething looks at how well it is adapting to design for a very different future read on

Interview: Anwar Harland-Khan, chief executive, Sustain Worldwide

29/4/2013 > by Jo Smit

Leisure development led Anwar Harland-Khan to co-found Sustain Worldwide. He sees sustainability as essential to success and believes that only companies with embedded green principles can rise to the top read on

Comment: What's the potential of the public sector?

3/4/2013 > by Brian Green

Public sector buildings need to be more sustainable, and that means retrofitting – which could be good news for the industry, says construction industry analyst and commentator Brian Green read on

Comment: Is refurb the new newbuild?

13/3/2013 > by Brian Green

Construction industry analyst and commentator Brian Green considers how technology and behavioural change could see retrofitting come to dominate the industry through austere times read on

No time to ditch sustainability

27/2/2013 > by Dr Peter Bonfield

Anyone who suspects that in these times of austerity being green is an expensive luxury should think again, explains Dr Peter Bonfield, chief executive of BRE read on

Comment: Why the green deal needs an informed public to succeed

12/2/2013 > by Sir Tony Hawkhead

Now the green deal is here, the public needs clear and credible information on how it works, argues Sir Tony Hawkhead, head of the environmental charity Groundwork read on

Interview: Doug King

19/11/2012 > by Jo Smit

Consultant Doug King is a proponent of energy efficient buildings, simply because they make sound business sense. The biggest danger to a sustainable future is eco-bling, he tells Jo Smit, while its greatest hope lies in integrated education for engineers read on