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Building for a Sustainable Future: Construction without Depletion
Building for a Sustainable Future: Construction without DepletionInstitution of Structural EngineersSETO£3096 pagesThis is a concise listing of all the quantifiable design and analysis tools the engineering profession must start using to minimise their collective environmental impact. The book is worth buying just for the embodied energy tables in the appendix. ...
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These buildings are rubbish
Literally. Doncaster's Earth Centre is made of used radiators, old cement and reclaimed timber – and it's the cutting edge of design.
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The green century
With the failure to agree a deal in The Hague, the EU is set to take the lead on climate change. For European construction, it looks like everything is about to go green.
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The clean machine
The fuel cell is a reliable, sustainable and efficient source of energy. So far, it hasn't been economically viable, but a project in Surrey suggests things may be about to change.
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Construction life stories
Construction teams are increasingly turning to whole-life costing and Ecopoints analysis to assess the economic and environmental impact of their projects. Three case histories show how the two techniques are being integrated to provide the real life stories of buildings.
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Green gauges
Building visited Sainsbury's eco-store in Greenwich and asked members of the public how green they were.
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Managing Green Issues
Managing Green IssuesTom CurtinMacmillan£18.99205 pagesIf you subscribe to the belief that people-carriers are "gas-guzzling fecundity symbols", you probably won't like this book's cynical appraisal of both the protagonists and critics of the environmental debate. The problem with debasing environmental issues by relabelling them as marketing campaigns is that they still ...
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Just the job
Dave Hampton tells Lucia Graves how he encourages clients to create buildings that are better for people – and greener.
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Wessex man
Rab Bennetts' headquarters for Wessex Water set a new mark for low-energy buildings, but how can this standard become standard practice? Well, actually, it's perfectly simple …
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All shook up
What a year. From the wobbling bridge to the dome, nothing quite went to plan over the past 12 months. Building looks back over the industry's rollercoaster millennium experience.
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Appointments
ContractorsIan Lawson (right), previously with Bickerton Group, has joined Kier Group as managing director of its PFI division, Kier Project Investment.George Shields has been promoted to director, projects unit, at Balfour Kilpatrick, the multiservices and power systems business of Balfour Beatty. He will be supported by Gerry Black who has ...
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Bah, humbug!
William Wiles talks to Ebenezer Scrooge about how a little Christmas spirit transformed his company.
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From Mo Mowlam to Michael Palin - The best of Wonders & blunders
Six years ago, Building had an inspired idea for a new column: why not ask people to tell us about their favourite and least favourite buildings? Wonders & blunders made its debut in the magazine on 3 June 1994, when Phillip Ward, then director of construction sponsorship at the Department ...
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King of the castle
The energetic lawyer leading the £2bn regeneration of the unloved Elephant explains how it will be transformed.
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Virtual Christmas
So what does the internet have to offer at this time of year? From the really useful to the spectacularly tacky, don't miss this guide to festive web sites.
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Eat your heart out, Nigella
Construction has its own domestic gods. Alan Crane, Richard Ryder and Malory Clifford get busy in the kitchen, while Building columnists taste test 10 wines.
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Prescott's village rises slowly from the mud
As John Prescott opens the first four units of the Greenwich Millennium Village today, is it living up to his vision as a "showcase to the world" or simply another Milton Keynes?