http://www.building.co.uk http://www.building.co.uk http://www.building.co.uk/magazine/graphics/logo.png http://www.building.co.uk http://www.building.co.uk/buildings/technical/specifier/design-and-specification/solar-pv-panels-heavy-loads/5036590.article http://www.building.co.uk/buildings/technical/specifier/design-and-specification/solar-pv-panels-heavy-loads/5036590.article Photovoltaic panels are becoming ever more numerous as prices drop, but they can be a heavy burden on your roof if not carefully installed, says Peter Caplehorn Fri, 25 May 2012 00:00 GMT http://www.building.co.uk/buildings/technical/specifier/kingspan-insulation-collection-scheme-waste-away/5034054.article http://www.building.co.uk/buildings/technical/specifier/kingspan-insulation-collection-scheme-waste-away/5034054.article Kingspan has piloted an insulation collection scheme in Dudley that aims to help contractors edge closer to their zero-waste-to-landfill targets Thu, 5 Apr 2012 00:00 GMT http://www.building.co.uk/buildings/technical/specifier/designing-a-dancefloor-rambolls-new-moves/5033378.article http://www.building.co.uk/buildings/technical/specifier/designing-a-dancefloor-rambolls-new-moves/5033378.article When Ramboll was faced with the problem of designing a lightweight, long-span floor capable of withstanding the combined weight of a school dance class, it needed to come up with some exciting new moves … Building reports Fri, 23 Mar 2012 00:00 GMT http://www.building.co.uk/buildings/technical/specifier/design-and-specification/quadruple-glazing-fancy-a-fourth-layer?/5027599.article http://www.building.co.uk/buildings/technical/specifier/design-and-specification/quadruple-glazing-fancy-a-fourth-layer?/5027599.article It’s winter and our thoughts turn to keeping warm by any means necessary. Is quadruple glazing the solution? Thomas Lane peeks out from behind his curtains to ask the experts Fri, 25 Nov 2011 00:00 GMT http://www.building.co.uk/news/sectors/retail/tescos-green-specification-process-every-little-helps/5018630.article http://www.building.co.uk/news/sectors/retail/tescos-green-specification-process-every-little-helps/5018630.article 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 Fri, 3 Jun 2011 00:00 GMT http://www.building.co.uk/buildings/technical/embodied-energy-the-next-big-carbon-challenge/5000487.article http://www.building.co.uk/buildings/technical/embodied-energy-the-next-big-carbon-challenge/5000487.article Reducing the amount of embodied energy in building materials won’t be easy – but it’s essential Fri, 4 Jun 2010 00:00 GMT http://www.building.co.uk/the-big-brother-houses-monitoring-residents-energy-use/3163348.article http://www.building.co.uk/the-big-brother-houses-monitoring-residents-energy-use/3163348.article Housebuilders can specify all the green technology they want, but what happens when human beings get left in charge of the thermostat? Buro Happold installed sensors to find out, then told Thomas Lane what they discovered Fri, 14 May 2010 00:00 GMT http://www.building.co.uk/ashley-primary-school-any-colour-as-long-as-it’s-green/3160494.article http://www.building.co.uk/ashley-primary-school-any-colour-as-long-as-it’s-green/3160494.article Ashley Primary School is run with such zeal for the environment that when an expansion became necessary, it grabbed the chance to increase its sustainability credentials Fri, 26 Mar 2010 00:00 GMT