All Technical articles – Page 9
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NewsCITB launches SMEs green regs service
Countdown alert system aimed at demystify regulation changes
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NewsChinese firms target UK market with counterfeit crane parts
Suppliers are selling lower quality parts through websites
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CommentLargest ever Passivhaus scheme kicks off green conference
Mark Elton reports on his experiences from the 15th International Passivhaus conference in Innsbruck, Austria, but first, a trip to the biggest Passivhaus development yet
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FeaturesRegs round-up
A whole alphabet of regulations may be changed soon, as the government aims to tighten up energy efficiency, while not overburdening businesses. It’s already rewritten the definition of zero carbon. Here’s what’s in force and what’s coming up
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FeaturesPart L in practice
It was always going to be a big ask to meet the new energy performance and carbon reducing standards. But this project team seems to have found some (not too expensive) answers
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CommentA path to zero carbon?
Welcome to this year’s guide to codes and regulations, including Part L, energy research projects and innovative products
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BIM: Designing tomorrow
BIM is the word on everybody’s lips - but do we really know what it is? David Light says we won’t make the most of building information modelling until we start asking the right questions
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NewsGerman cladding giant Lindner buys Prater
Acquisition of one of the UK’s largest specialist contractors will be announced on Monday
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BuildingTV: Europe's tallest living wall springs into life
Bennett’s Associates use 180,000 plants to create 11th-storey green wall at the Mint Hotel in London
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NewsUKGBC: commercial buildings must have DECs
Energy use certificate should be rolled out across commercial sector, says green building group
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NewsCrossrail reveals full-size model of station platform
Mock-up will help engineers with design and specification of platforms
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NewsGerman solar panel giant to enter UK market
Solarwatt says it plans to supply domestic and commercial photovoltaics into ’lagging’ UK market
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FeaturesRefurb: Comparing Passivhaus and Decent Homes
The government’s target of an 80% reduction in carbon emissions by 2050 means that housebuilders need to implement changes, starting now. But with so many ways to reduce emissions in new and existing homes, how do you decide which regulations to follow?
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FeaturesStandardised schools: Here’s one we made earlier
Thanks to a streamlined procurement and design process, councils can now choose a school from a brochure and get it delivered in just 13 months. Is this a revolution in the classroom
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Changing the rules: Make's straw bale cladding at University of Nottingham
Architect Make decided a new university biosciences building deserved the UK’s first straw curtain walling system. So how did they do it?
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NewsKingspan acquisition clears competition hurdles
Insulation group’s £102m takeover of CRH Insulation Europe given green light in Germany, Holland and Ireland
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FeaturesHow Balfour Beatty drained its site using state-of-the-art 'blotting paper'
The contractor used 55,000 strips of permeable polyseter to enable work on a saturated site to start in months rather than years
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Top insulation firms fight advertising battle in the High Court
Kingspan takes Rockwool to court over an advertising campaign questioning the effectiveness of Kingspan’s products
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CommentInnovation in blockwork: The Wi Beam
In an industry notoriously cautious of innovation, it’s quite something to meet a brickwork contractor who’s not only inventive but also prepared to see his inventions through