All Archive Titles articles – Page 197
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Eight firms on GLA’s energy audit shortlist
Atkins, Dalkia and Alfred McAlpine Business Services are among the eight companies shortlisted as part of the tender process for making the Greater London Authority’s buildings more energy efficient.
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New system is a safe bet
David Faulds, safety, health and environmental director for contractor PC Harrington, was very happy with his paper systems.
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Archive TitlesBoKlok blog
What has been taxing Gavin Skelly this month? Find out in the latest installation from the Avebury regional construction manager who is overseeing the UK’s first development of Ikea’s BoKlok Homes for developer Live Smart@Home.
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WYG and Hilson Moran build foreign presence
Engineering consultancies White Young Green and Hilson Moran have made purchases to increase their overseas presence.
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User buy-in
Good facilities management is essential if low energy buildings are to live up to their design concept. While building services consultants and contractors are the key to delivering the main energy-consuming elements of a project, it is the facilities manager who ensures their efficient operation.
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Archive TitlesZero carbon Mission: Impossible
Changes to the Code for Sustainable Homes, as well as the SAP2005 revisions to Appendix M, have made it almost impossible sensibly to provide a zero-carbon home.
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Archive TitlesChapter and verse
Peter Koch, author of the revised CIBSE Guide C Chapter 4, explains why it contains some radical changes
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Charity merger talks
The Corgi Trust and the Electrical Safety Council are discussing a possible merger. The combined charity would aim to be the most influential UK body for gas and electrical safety issues.
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Archive TitlesChivers delivers MBO
Chris Chivers has just come through his second takeover at Killby & Gayford, and this time he’s at the helm. He spoke to Kristina Smith
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Choosing fire suppression systems
As the primary association for installers of water- based suppression systems, the British Automatic Fire Sprinkler Association was concerned about some of the content of Steven Cooper’s article (BSj 10/07).
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CHP ‘needs financial incentives’
The Combined Heat and Power Association (CHPA) has criticised the government’s latest report on CHP for failing to create financial certainty for the technology.
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CIBSEs Nobel winner
Geoff Levermore, vice-chair of the North West region of CIBSE and professor at Manchester University, has won the Nobel Prize for Peace with colleagues on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The panel was joint winner with Al Gore.
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Archive TitlesCome out fighting
Services engineers must be more assertive if BREEAM is to thrive, says Hammerson’s head of sustainability Paul Edwards. He gives Will Jones a pep talk
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Archive TitlesWired-up communities
The last, but not the final, example of the application of smart home solutions is in helping to recreate communities.
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Conference heads for Tyneside
The CIBSE and ASHRAE National Conference 2008 will focus on the increasing importance of environmental engineering with the theme “Sustainability from niche to norm”.
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Archive TitlesBe a part of Construction Diplomas
Contractors can sign up with schools and colleges to provide teaching, work experience and site visits as part of the new Construction and Built Environment Diplomas which will be available to 14-19-year-olds from September 2008 and which could replace GCSEs and A levels.
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Archive TitlesHorses for courses
Bicton Arena equestrian centre in Devon has a new management centre as green as its parkland setting, thanks to the client’s commitment to sustainability
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Archive TitlesWatching the detectors
Smart homes technology will soon be affecting many aspects of our lives. Mike Perry, principal consultant at BRE, explains what it is and where it’s leading. In a subsequent article he will examine how the technology is being rolled out.
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Different schools of thought
Your article on the John Madejski Academy (BSj 10/07) outlines what has become a fairly conventional natural ventilation strategy for schools.
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Profit outlook takes a dive
The construction profit outlook for the UK has been dealt a blow by the slowing of the housing market, according to the RICS.