All Building articles in Archive Titles – Page 114
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Help us beat MRSA, says NHS
Air-conditioning and ventilation firms with products or innovations that could help prevent the spread of MRSA and similar infections are being asked to join an NHS initiative.
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Planning permission granted for BDP Mullingar development
Planning permission has been granted for this £200m mixed development in Mullingar, Ireland, designed by BDP.
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Magnetic cooling promises new ways to avoid conventional refrigerants
Magnetic cooling holds exciting potential for avoiding conventional refrigerants and saving energy. Karl Sandeman of Cambridge University reports on the research
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C average for energy ratings
Commercial buildings are scoring an average C energy rating, according to the first results since introduction of energy performance certificates (EPCs) to the commercial sector.
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Holistic approach reduces heat load of servers in data centres
With growing power and heat loads, and the need to minimise energy use, data centres are a challenge to the building services designer. Nick Vaney recommends a holistic approach
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Windows offer radically simple alternative for classroom ventilation
Windows are a cheap, efficient and sustainable solution to fresh air and climate control in schools, once teachers learn to use them properly, says Andrew Mylius
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HSBC’s air-conditioning review halves carbon emissions and running costs
At a time when financial institutions are writing off debts by the billion, it is nice to see that HSBC is looking at ways of saving cash and reducing its carbon footprint.
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Earth ducts supply fresh air to Luton office village
Beneath an office village in Luton lies a system of concrete pipes that promises to supply fresh air using a fifth of the energy of a normal fan-coil system. Roderic Bunn salutes its simplicity
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Call for more building ‘aftercare’
BSRIA wants project teams to stay involved as users get to grips with premises
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Another accolade for your magazine
Building Services Journal has won the International Building Press award for Subscription Magazine of the Year for the second year running.
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Buro Happold to engineer Abu Dhabi Louvre
Buro Happold will carry out engineering design for the new outpost of the Louvre in Abu Dhabi.
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Valliant’s VTK 570 ups the solar gain
Vaillant’s auroTHERM exclusive VTK 570 vacuum tube collector generates the highest annual solar gains per m2 of the company’s range.
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UK Green Building Council tackles 2019 target
An industry-wide task group is to explore what form the code for sustainable buildings should take if the UK is to achieve the 2019 zero carbon target.
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CIBSE launches 100 Hours of Carbon Clean Up campaign for 2008
On 15 August CIBSE will launch its third annual carbon reduction initiative – with an emphasis this year on energy certification
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Zero-carbon barns aim for Level 5 and 6
Developer collaborates with Itho to convert barns that aim to meet Code for Sustainable Homes Levels 5 and 6
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Taylor Wimpey puts construction arm up for sale
After months of speculation, the housebuilder has put Taywood Construction on the market.
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Skanska boss resigns after posting £41.5m loss
David Fison has been replaced as chief executive of Skanska UK days after the company reported its results for the first half of the year.
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Archive TitlesFraud hits 40% of companies working abroad
Pricewaterhouse Coopers report sets the average loss per construction company at £1.5m, up from £600,000 in 2005.
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Microgeneration quality mark scheme to grow
Government announces plant to expand certification scheme following a trial project run by the BRE
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Reader's blog: climate change is not the problem
Finnish reader Dr. Antti Roine argues that population and energy dwarf climate change as global problems requiring urgent action