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Archive TitlesLicence to chill
Dallas isn’t renowned for its green credentials or its rappers, but at the ASHRAE winter meeting there, sustainable design, environmental degradation and rap music were on everyone’s lips, says Tim Dwyer, chairman of the CIBSE ASHRAE Group
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CIBSE opposes DEFRA scheme
CIBSE has opposed proposals by DEFRA for an emissions trading scheme in the large non-energy intensive business and public sectors because it would place too much emphasis on saving money rather than carbon.
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CIBSE National Conference
CIBSE will use its national conference on 24 and 25 April to launch a simulation division of its Low Carbon Consultants Register.
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Civic offices in Woolwich
Planning consent has been given to new civic offices in Woolwich town centre. The £45 million scheme will include a reception, public library, public services centre, business centre and gallery.
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Consult, not insult
The government has gone into consultation overdrive. It seems like only yesterday it was asking for industry comment on the Energy Review. Following this, there was the consultation on the proposal for energy billing and metering. Then along came the consultation on measures to reduce carbon emissions in large energy ...
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JCTs newest contract
Professor Peter Hibberd, secretary-general of JCT, answers our questions
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Archive TitlesDesktop controller
Mitsubishi Electric has introduced the G50 virtual air conditioning controller.
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Olympics costs – the latest
There was a spate of escalating Olympic budget stories last month.
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Archive TitlesKnot what the doctor ordered
Before contractor Stradform could get started on a £2.5m office job in Bristol, it had to get rid of an unwelcome visitor: Japanese Knotweed.
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Archive TitlesLiving the dream
Engineer Richard Quincey achieved a long-held ambition to self-build a low energy home for his family in 2005. Here, he assesses whether the house has achieved their high expectations for a low carbon footprint
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Tests will not solve Drug problems
While employee drug testing has its place in any workplace alcohol and other drug policy, there are some concerns I would like to raise in relation to your article on drugs (CM, February 2007).
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Archive TitlesLow energy heating
To accompany its guides to renewable energy, Viessmann has published a series of case studies on residential and commercial buildings using solar, heat pump and other systems.
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Show us the evidence
The proponents of “green” or sustainably built buildings and spaces are quick to promote their benefits. Yet they almost never provide factual measured data to support the claims. Before publishing stories about these buildings, editors should require the following facts to be printed.
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Archive TitlesSetting a green example
The new HQ building for the Irish Office of Public Works, designed with low energy in mind, kicks off this month’s IT product focus
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Archive TitlesThe tallest tree in the forest
If the proposed new visitor centre for Sherwood Forest gains lottery funding, it will provide a carbon-neutral landmark with space for a restaurant, shop, exhibitions and even conferences
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Free waste training
Government agency Envirowise is offering free construction waste training to small building firms across the north-east, north-west, Yorkshire and Humberside, following a successful pilot project in London and the south-east. Companies employing 50 people or less are eligible for two 30-minute training sessions, delivered on-site.
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Global warning
I am writing in response to my “fan-mail” (BSj, 02/07). As has been said, “repeat a lie often enough and the people will believe it”. So it is with global warming and, for that matter, overpopulation. The world population density is 48 people per square kilometre. I should think there’s ...
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Archive TitlesThe government is switched on
I refer to the BSJ article “At your disposal” (BSj, 01/07), concentrating on industrial/commercial recycling schemes for lamps and luminaires.