All Archive Titles articles – Page 72
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Steve Fotios on ways to reduce lighting load
Changing the lamp type could help reduce lighting load without plunging workers into gloom. Steve Fotios reports on recent research
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Global focus: UAE
The United Arab Emirates has signed up as a member of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)
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How to enhance your online presence
Web guru Ed Sexton offers tips to put your website at the top of the search engines
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Dodgy plumbing
SummitSkills has sounded a warning about substandard training courses in plumbing
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DECC launches energy saving consultation
Focus has shifted to existing building stock in the government’s campaign for zero carbon buildings
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Protect yourself from insolvency in the construction industry
Protect yourself first, offer assistance later, is the advice from Jake Davies for any business that suspects it is working with a firm in jeopardy
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Are you prepared for the Carbon Reduction Commitment?
Letters are on their way to those who will be liable for the Carbon Reduction Commitment. Krystal Sim finds out what lies in store
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Buro Happold designs Hilton hotel in Wroclaw
Construction starts this month on Ovo, a mixed-use development in Wroclaw, Poland’s fourth largest city
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Lend Lease chief Daniel Labbad on need for sustainable building code
Some argue against a sustainable building code, saying the ones we’ve got are bad enough. Surely all the more reason to clarify the green agenda
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Three more join BSD's editorial board
BSD has welcomed three more top industry figures to its editorial advisory board, which is helping to steer the direction of the new magazine
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Your digital world: Ben Smith, Faber Maunsell
Ben Smith of Faber Maunsell shares his cyber secrets, while the BSD blog site is now in full swing. To join the debate, click on www.bsdlive.co.uk/blog. You can also sign up for our weekly newsletter and register for BSD’s digital edition
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Global focus: Azerbaijan
Danish engineer Ramboll and BIG Architects have put forward a masterplan for a proposed carbon neutral resort on Zira Island, in the Caspian Sea
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Should designers walk away from unsustainable projects?
Is it time for designers to walk away from a project that could be branded unsustainable?
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Scottish Parliament awarded EPC rating, featuring flythrough
The Scottish Parliament building in Edinburgh has received an energy performance certificate (EPC) rating of B, despite being designed more than 10 years ago
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Atelier Ten uses desiccant to help cool greenhouses
Desiccant is the key ingredient in the sustainable cooling strategy for Singapore’s giant waterfront greenhouses. Here, Atelier Ten explains how the system will work
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News Analysis: government announces energy saving strategy for homes
That’s what the energy secretary has dubbed the government’s strategy for tackling the carbon emissions of existing housing stock. Tracy Edwards examines the key proposals
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Strange but true: sustainable air-conditioned greenhouse by Atelier Ten
First design two giant greenhouses for Singapore, then try to cool them – sustainably. Is this the construction equivalent of a Jamaican bobsleigh team?
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Battle McCarthy scheme in Delhi uses plants to reduce air pollution
Can smothering buildings in plants reduce air pollution, improve health and save the planet? A developer in Delhi is giving Battle McCarthy the chance to find out
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Mary Rose museum given go ahead
Portsmouth council has approved the planning application for the £35m Mary Rose museum, designed by Wilkinson Eyre Architects with Gifford acting as structural and M&E engineer