All articles by Thomas Lane – Page 17
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FeaturesPost occupancy: Is your green makeover really so green?
Do low energy buildings really deliver results? Last month, Thomas Lane found two new-build offices that failed to live up to all their green credentials. Here, he reveals if two refurbished offices performed any better
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FeaturesBIM: The inside story
In recent weeks we’ve heard all about BIM - its advantages, the sharing principle, the downfalls,the training needed and the cost, but what does it all actually mean? Thomas Lane follows one BIMed-up project from beginning to end
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NewsUKTFA alleges timber frame report is biased
The UKTFA is calling for the report by lobbying body RISCAuthority to be withdrawn
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Features10 ways to make your office outstanding (in BREEAM’s eyes, at least)
These days the corporate world is falling over itself to improve its environmental credentials. Thomas Lane takes a look at the newest, greenest, office building on the block and finds out how your office can be ’outstanding’ too
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NewsLafarge sells 80% of its gypsum business
Sale generates cash for construction products giant and allows it to retain stake in gypsum business
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NewsBetter building services the key to making non-domestic buildings zero carbon
New report suggests there is no point in making building fabric performance tougher than current standards
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NewsCouncil calls for fruit and nut tree audit as condition of planning
Firms operating in Brighton and Hove must also submit embodied energy calcuations
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FeaturesCase studies: houses built to 2016 zero-carbon standards
The government’s recent announcement that ’zero-carbon homes’ need not include appliances will allow future green housing to ditch peculiar solar panel-toting designs to resemble, well, normal houses. Building tours some schemes that fit the bill
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FeaturesToulouse School of Economics: An education
How do you get lots of natural light into a university building without it getting too hot? Thomas Lane finds out how to shut out the sultry Toulouse sun using medieval building materials and fresh air
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CommentFailing eco-buildings: how to tackle the gas guzzlers
Post-occupancy evaluations show our buildings are not as green as design predictions – something needs to change
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NewsHub finalises zero carbon definition
Proposals will see developers and contractors compete to offer carbon reduction schemes
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FeaturesPost occupancy: Is your building really so green?
How do low-energy buildings perform? The best way to find out is to test them once they’ve been used. In the first of two articles, Thomas Lane reveals whether two new offices lived up to their promises
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NewsEco-homes from the 1970s meet 2016 zero carbon targets
Pioneering council scheme in Salford uses a quarter of the heating energy of a typical UK home, study reveals
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NewsBIM Academy launched by Ryder Architecture
New academy launched to promote collaboration using building information modelling
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NewsSoftware tool to automate BREEAM assessements
Software specialist Integrated Environmental Solutions adds a BREEAM calculation tool to its building energy design package
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FeaturesKing's Cross station's £500m redevelopment: King of King's
King’s Cross station was long ago toppled from its architectural throne by neighbouring St Pancras. But a £500m refurbishment is about to make it a terminus worthy of the people
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FeaturesTesco's green specification process: Every little helps
Supermarkets don’t like to be beaten on price - or on their environmental credentials. To get ahead of the competition, Tesco is now testing every bit of green kit it can lay its hands on to build zero-carbon stores. Building reports on the savings
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FeaturesThe shape of Scunthorpe
Scunthorpe leisure centre rises from the landscape as a series of interlinked domes, more in number than the Eden Project. We find out how you specify roofing for such a complex project, where nearly every element is unique
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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