Uncommon Good is an on-profit organization that helps fight against poverty in their local community of Claremont, Calif. The organization works to break the poverty cycle in families as well as benefit the earth through sustainable means. Uncommon Good takes things a step further by creating a new superadobe building that will benefit the residents of Claremont and the earth.

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Housing Minister Grant Shapps today announced the Government is on track to turn its commitment for greener homes into a reality, and set out the next steps to new homes being zero carbon from 2016.

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If the UK government is to meet its goal of a zero-carbon building market, its going to have to do a lot better at persuading the construction industry that that target is achievable.

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Pick Everard’s growing reputation for affordable and sustainable building design took centre stage this week at one of the most influential events on the construction industry’s calendar.

As sustainability consultants and structural and civil engineers, Pick Everard is part of a design project team on The Creo Insulated Concrete Formwork Structure being exhibited at INSITE ’09 at the BRE Innovation Park in Watford.

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