All Archive Titles articles – Page 183
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Archive TitlesFace off for 12,000 staff
Bioscrypt’s VisionAccess 3D face reader is so fast that only 13 of the units are needed to clock in 12,000 staff at the world’s largest casino, the Venetian Macao.
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Rainwater and greywater can achieve 50-70% efficiency
A third of our water use goes on flushing toilets, yet this precious resource needn’t end up down the drain. Give greywater and rainwater reuse a chance, says Davis Langdon Mott Green Wall
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LCC scheme accredited
CIBSE Certification has received UKAS Accreditation for its Low Carbon Consultants scheme, which covers building design, operation and computer-based simulation of environmental performance.
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Archive TitlesEnvironment Agency Offices achieve excellent BREEAM rating
The Environment Agency got a BREEAM excellent rating for its office on a rural business park, but how do the occupants rate it? Ashley Bateson follows up the results of a user survey, which shows the project is in keeping with its green image
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Archive TitlesHalogen for all occasions
Osram claims to be the first manufacturer to offer a complete range of halogen lamps, both in mains and low-voltage versions.
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BSRIA tries for ‘owner’s manual’ approach to improving building operational ratings
If only buildings were like cars, delivered with a clearly written, well illustrated owner’s manual. Instead, according to BSRIA’s 2006 Key Peformance Indicators, reality is more likely to be a handful of drawings, product literature and jargon-filled technical manuals packed into ring binders.
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Solar city for Arizona
Arup is planning the world’s first solar city, in Phoenix, Arizona.
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How a photovoltaic array performed in a low energy home
More than two years on from completion of his low-energy home in Devon, Richard Quincey reviews how his photovoltaic array has been performing
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Shadow boxing
Set the challenge of taking pictures to illustrate the theme of light, entrants in the 2007 BSj/Zumtobel Photographic Competition impressed us with a host of intriguing, well composed images. Here’s the pick of the crop from a high-class field
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British Land rethink lighting schemes for York House
Tired of seeing money and energy wasted on Cat A lighting schemes that were ditched at Cat B stage, British Land was determined to do better with its York House development.
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Product road-mapping: good for business, good for people, good for the planet
Lifecycle costing was one of those things oft mentioned but rarely acted upon until recently.
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Call for zero carbon offices
Government considers 2020 deadline for all new commercial buildings to be carbon neutral
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Energy performance certificates can inspire improvement
Energy performance certificates should be seen as a starting point for improvement, not an end in themselves, says John Armstrong
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Euro certification for controller
Honeywell’s XL10 fan coil unit controller has attained European Building Automation Controls Association (eu.bac) certification, making the company one of the first in the industry to receive this new EU energy efficiency standard.
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Che Wall: Sustainability Champion of the Year
Ché Wall, Sustainability Champion of the Year at the Building Services Awards, is a man of the world but he believes keeping it local is the key weapon of the green movement. Will Jones talks to the Brit, living in Australia, who’s named after an Argentine Marxist
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New climate science website
Designers will be able to access detailed information predicting wind speed, air temperatures and rainfall under the impact of climate change from a government website to be launched later this year.
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Archive TitlesCost-effective sub-metering
Carlo Gavazzi claims its EM10 energy meter is the most cost-effective solution where sub-metering is required.
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Graduates still in decline
The shortfall in engineering graduates in the UK is unlikely to change in the near future, according to the Engineering and Technology Board.
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Fans for Docklands
Flakt Woods will supply fans for 20 Churchill Place, under construction at London’s Canary Wharf.
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Dump the skip
There is a danger in thinking of lighting purely in terms of energy in use without considering its manufacture, installation and, eventually, demolition.