All Building articles in Archive Titles – Page 302
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Archive TitlesIs the future bright for PVs?
BSJ has obtained a draft report of a DTI trial of photovoltaic systems in UK dwellings: the first study of its kind. The trial, which covered 28 schemes, will be used to inform the building and energy industries about the technology’s suitability for homes. So how well did it perform?
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Climate Bill
The British government is set to launch a Climate Change Bill setting out long-term targets to cut the country’s carbon emissions.
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Archive TitlesSeeing the bigger picture: a green guide
CIBSE’s recently launched Sustainability Guide aims to broaden engineers’ understanding of the issue to increase their influence.
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Basing our case on hard data
As we reach the end of the 100 Days of Carbon Clean Up campaign, our horizons are naturally moving forward to new challenges and our thoughts are focused on what comes next.
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Archive TitlesRoche win awarded for head office
Roche’s head office, has won three major British Council of Offices awards.
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Archive TitlesAsk green Jeeves
ESD’s Steffie Broer reveals how a little lateral thinking – and an eco-concierge – could help reduce carbon emissions in new developments
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Arup challenges designers to produce clean drinking water
Consultant Arup has launched a £3000 competition to come up with a device to produce safe drinking water. According to Arup, one sixth of the world’s population does not have access to safe water and two fifths live without adequate sanitation. The Drawing Water Challenge is aimed at designers and ...
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Archive TitlesBreath of fresh air
The design team behind the refurbishment of the NFU Mutual’s HQ - a pioneering building in its time - was determined not to resort to air-conditioning, despite popular demand. Stephen Kennett finds out how they did it
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Archive TitlesAir quality pioneer dies
The pioneering Danish researcher, Ole Fanger, has died aged 72. A senior professor at the International Centre for Indoor Environment and Energy at the Technical University of Denmark, Fanger was one of the world’s leading experts on the effects of indoor air quality on humans.
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NICEIC aims to launch self certification for Building Regs
NICEIC is set to offer a full range of competent person schemes that will enable its registered contractors to self-certify all notifiable work under Parts F, G, J, L and P of the Building Regulations.
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Archive TitlesTurner & Townsend on £35m stem cell research centre
3:40PM Firm to offer planning advice on university project
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Ridge buys two Birmingham firms
2:35PM Davidson Group sells two of its businesses to expanding consultant
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'Extravagant towers' to be shelved
12:50PM Development activity in London is falling, survey warns
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Kelly Holmes opens new West Sussex school
12:30PM RLF worked on new £2.2m West Sussex primary facility
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Hill to oversee new Ohio energy plant
11:00AM Firm wins construction management contract with provider Broin
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Archive TitlesMDA completes QS for Potters Bar church
5:15PM QS consultant and Francis Weal & Partners complete new Roman Catholic Church scheme
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Cyril Sweett is costs consultant on new John Lewis Portsmouth store
4:45PM John Lewis reveals design for its contribution to the £350m retail scheme in Portsmouth
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Rhead launches recruitment drive
4:15PM Warwick consultancy group searches for QSs, risk and property managers
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Bucknall Austin wins Barnsley regeneration contract
2:15PM Consultancy appointed for Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council regeneration framework