All Archive Titles articles – Page 197
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Archive TitlesPublic transport monitoring
Smart homes technology can increase the attractiveness of public transport by delivering information on how services are running to users in their homes or offices. These information systems are run in partnership with local authorities and public transport companies.
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Make a name for yourself
Thinking of setting up your own business? Then choosing the right name is vital.
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Stopping SARS – it’s not rocket science
Having read the article (BSj 10/07) on the Hong Kong Sars outbreak with interest, but also with concern, it begs the question of where was the public health engineer in all this?
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When it’s hip to be square
The new Home Office HQ in Sheffield may look an unremarkable block but it is setting the style for green workspace
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Give us the tools
The morass of regulation is hindering green building design, say young engineers Mark Richardson and Damian Markham-Smith
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Archive TitlesPar excellence
BSj and EMC’s first industry golf tournament climaxes in a thrilling finale at The Belfry
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Archive TitlesHeelis National Trust’s HQ reviewed by Max Fordham engineer
Heelis, the National Trust’s HQ in Swindon, is two years old. Senior engineer at Max Fordham Guy Nevill, who helped design it, takes a look at how it’s been performing
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Home energy use
More than 25% of all energy consumption in the UK takes place in our homes. If we could all better monitor and manage energy use at home, it could help achieve significant reductions in carbon emissions.
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Archive TitlesKnow when to hold em
Thinking about withholding payment to a contractor? The legal issues are by no means clear-cut, warns Rachel Chaplin
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Archive TitlesHome education
Smart home solutions have a significant role to play in the delivery of educational content into the home.
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Logbooks gather dust
A new survey into the use of logbooks by facilities managers suggests engineers' efforts to create energy-efficient buildings are going to waste.
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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.
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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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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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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 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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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 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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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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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.