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Barriers for deconstruction and reuse/recycling of construction materials
Posted on: 25 March 2014
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This report has been produced by CIB Working Commission W115 “Construction Materials Stewardship”. The mission of Working Commission W115 is to drastically reduce the deployment and consumption of new non-renewable construction materials, to replace non- renewable materials with renewable ones whenever possible, to achieve equilibrium in the demand and supply of renewable materials and ultimately to restore the renewable resource base, and carry out these tasks in ways to maximize positive financial, social and environmental and ecological sustainability effects, impacts and outcomes. This report is the fifth product of W115 and provides an overview of barriers for deconstruction and reuse/recycling of construction materials across the world through a series of country reports from Canada, Germany, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Singapore and United State of America.
Advanced construction and building technology for society
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These are the Proceedings of the second joint CIB IAARC W119 CIC Workshop. The workshop concentrated on international researchers, practitioners and selected top-students originating from 8 different professional backgrounds (Architecture, Industrial Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Business Science, Interior Design, Informatics, Mechanical Engineering).
Skyline Project
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SKYLINE is an exploratory research project that combines collaborative and comparative approaches to investigate the political, economic and social dimensions of an increasingly contested urban landscape: the skyline. The project aims at filing the existing lack of conceptualization of the skyline, in a context where urban public bodies are considering lifting height ceiling limits while multiple conflicts have emerged across European cities (Paris, Lyon and London) against various projects of tall buildings.
Gatwick Obviously
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As Gatwick unveils a campaign, Gatwick Obviously,- to step up its case for expansion, emerging findings from new research that will be submitted to the Airports Commission in May 2014 show that with a second runway at Gatwick there would be more connections to more destinations than with a third runway at Heathrow. Work led by Sir Terry Farrell also shows how expansion at Gatwick would provide better balanced growth for London, the region and the UK.
15 inspiring transport measures that can change your city
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The Transport Innovation Deployment in Europe (TIDE) project on innovative urban transport and mobility measures has published its innovation toolbox. The toolbox showcases the innovative transport measures covered by the project, organised into the project’s six thematic clusters: new pricing measures; non-motorised transport; advanced network and traffic management to support traveller information; electric mobility; and public transport innovation.
UK commercial leisure: 1st quarter 2014
Posted on: 25 March 2014
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Savills has issued its latest quarterly report on the cinema, health and fitness, and food and beverage markets in the UK.
Property investment: 5 tips to maximize your buy to let investment
Posted on: 25 March 2014
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This blog argues that while it is still possible to make a good return on buy to let investment, this is not always as easy as portrayed in the media. An investor will need to carefully plan their investment to have any chance of achieving a good return.
Air tightness and ventilation in UK dwellings – A sensitive balance!
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This blog argues that it will only be possible to determine how our buildings are reacting to increased air tightness, together with ventilation, when these buildings have been occupied and used for a number of years.
Barker Review: a decade on
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The Barker Review of Housing Supply, authored by economist, Kate Barker, was published in March 2004. It had been commissioned by the Labour government to examine the operation of the housing market and address land and planning issues that contribute to market volatility and a lack of supply. This report from the Home Builders Federation considers its impact on the policy environment and framework for housing supply in the decade since its publication.
The 11th International Conference on Urban Health. Manchester, 4-7 March 2014
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The International Conference on Urban Health is considered to be the world’s premier international forum for information-exchange among urban health stakeholders and attracts delegates from across the world and from every kind of social, economical and ethnic background. Abstracts are available online. As part of this event, a group of participants grappled with the ways in which climate change will affect urban health, based on experiences of both the threats and opportunities of managing health risks in countries including India, Tanzania and Vietnam. Further information on this can be found here.
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