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Posted on: 14 November 2013
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The final edition of Estates Gazette London in 2013 s the state of the capital’s market, including the South Bank and Canary Wharf.
The coming age of a smart grid and smart buildings
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This presentation provides an overview/intro to the current state of the smart grid and smart buildings. Previous presentations are also available, covering such topics as ventilation and air conditioning, dampness, BIM and life cycle costing of building services.
Residential Development Sentiment Survey Addressing the nation’s housing needs
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New research from national commercial property consultancy, Lambert Smith Hampton’s (LSH) residential development focuses on identifying measures that could be implemented to increase housing supply, and looked at the views of the UK’s leading house builders, investors, developers, landowners, professional services and public sector bodies.
Guidance for making the case for climate change adaptation in the built environment
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Difficulty in making the financial or economic argument for investing in adaptation measures has been highlighted as one of the main barriers to climate change adaptation in the UK built environment sector, reflected in a recent survey of built environment professionals. This guidance is for those working in the built environment sector, including planners, developers and designers. It provides guidance and information sources on: how to begin to assess and communicate the business case for climate change adaption in the built environment; and how to realise developments which are resilient to the effects of a changing climate. It includes recommended reading and web-based resources.
The housing (right to transfer from a local authority landlord) (England) regulations 2013
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This paper is statutory guidance for tenant groups who wish to explore their right to transfer their social housing stock away from the control of the council and to a private registered provider.
Housing Transfer Manual: Period to 31 March 2015
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This guidance is for local authorities and tenant groups who are looking to transfer their housing stock to a private registered provider.
Tackling the climate reality: A framework for establishing an international mechanism to address loss and damage at COP19
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This report is the fourth in a series of collaborations between ActionAid International, CARE International and WWF International. They have come together as organisations concerned about the lack of concerted action taken by developed countries to tackle climate change to date. They also want to call attention to the consequences of inadequate action by developed countries to follow through on their commitment to support the adaptation needs of developing countries under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
Innovative insurance solutions for climate change: How to integrate climate risk insurance into a comprehensive climate risk management approach
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A new report by the Munich Climate Insurance Initiative and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ) examines how insurance fits into a country’s comprehensive climate risk management strategy. The report explores how insurance can enhance existing risk management approaches to assist affected populations and enhance prevention and risk reduction. Including risk transfer tools like insurance may in some cases also speed up recovery efforts after extreme weather events. By transferring some of the risk and the financial burden to a third party, the report finds evidence that some insurance programs have shielded national budgets of governments. Furthermore, insurance availability is correlated with better economic performance after shocks such as weather-related hazard events (e.g. typhoons, hurricanes). On the household level, insurance has been shown to manage risks that would be too large for individuals to cover on their own after losing their assets in a natural catastrophe. The report also finds evidence of limitations and identifies opportunities for using insurance to manage climatic risks. Programs should be designed and implemented as part of an integrated climate risk management strategy involving a balanced mix of approaches.
Pushed to the limit: Evidence of climate change-related loss and damage when people face constraints and limits to adaptation
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The research findings presented in this report illustrate that communities in different geographic areas already face constraints and limits that prevent them from fully adjusting to current and expected negative impacts of climate change. A key question, and the focus of this report, is what happens to key development goals when efforts to adjust are insufficient or not possible? What patterns of loss and damage emerge in human systems around these barriers and constraints to adaptation?
Better streets delivered: Learning from completed schemes
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Since 2009 the Mayor’s London’s Great Outdoors and Better Streets programmes have helped transform the Capital’s public spaces and street network. A range of interventions are making streets work and feel better for all, while increasing the vitality and sense of place in communities across the city. This book is a celebration of that ambition and the success of recent public realm projects across London. They show how moving around and living in the Capital can be improved significantly by careful planning, creative thought and good design, applied to different locations and settings at a range of scales.
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