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BIM Journal
Posted on: 11 November 2013
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BIM Journal is a free online monthly newsletter that draws on the experts to demystify BIM and present it as a necessary and integral part of the design, construction and operation process. BIM Journal is aimed at everyone involved in the construction process, – Owner, Developers, Project Managers, Consultants, Engineers and Contractors. The journal seeks to deliver information that is unbiased, current and relevant to industry professionals at all levels of BIM experience. The monthly issues uncover emerging trends, new developments and showcase exemplar projects from around the world.
Designing with data: Shaping our cities
Posted on: 8 November 2013
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This report provides a starting point to smart architecture and planning, but there is further work to be done to roll this approach out. Three recommendations are made for the UK Government to take place making into the digital age, and to extend the economic, social and environmental benefits of big data to the spatial disciplines of planning and design. This paper identifies four main approaches to working with data for architects, urban designers and planners: using data to help designers meet user needs; experimentation and modelling using data; analysing data to improve local and national policy making and implementation; and using data to improve transparency to speed up development processes.
2013 Home Energy Conservation Act (HECA) reports
Posted on: 8 November 2013
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This page provides links to Home Energy Conservation Act 1995 (HECA) reports from 296 English local authorities (where links have been provided) setting out the energy conservation measures that the authority considers practicable, cost-effective and likely to result in significant improvement in the energy efficiency of residential accommodation in its area. An independent analysis of all the reports received up to 9 July 2013 was carried out by consultants on behalf of DECC. Details of these reports are captured in the attached database. The database can be used, for example, to see an outline of local authorities’s plans for Green Deal, ECO and fuel poverty activity, local targets such as CO2 reduction, information on housing stock data, activity planned on FITs/RHI, details on planned area-based approaches, an outline of partners and details of co-funding where appropriate. The database may therefore be particularly useful for prospective partners to identify any opportunities to work with particular local authorities.
The politics of housing
Posted on: 8 November 2013
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Evidence suggests that recent governments have been less effective than their predecessors in tackling the underlying problems in the housing market. The Social Market Foundation was commissioned by the National Housing Federation for their Hothouse 2033 project to analyse the last hundred years of housing supply policy. This research assesses why this might be the case, seeking to answer two questions: To what extent have successive governments since 1918 succeeded in addressing housing supply challenges? What factors explain whether governments have pursued and achieved these objectives? The report also looks at how this might be changed.
Going going gone? England’s disappearing landscape
Posted on: 8 November 2013
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This report from the Campaign to Protect Rural Areas collects cases from across the country highlighting threats to National Parks and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Taxing issues? Reducing housing demand or increasing housing supply
Posted on: 7 November 2013
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This report from the Policy Exchange examines the barriers to home ownership, including the pros and cons of introducing new land and property taxes. The report argues that the best way to bring down the cost of home ownership and tackle market volatility is to scrap increases in property taxes, urging policymakers instead to focus on building 1.5 million new homes by 2020.
Increasing the sustainability of air transport
Posted on: 7 November 2013
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Contributing to economic growth and development, and to integration and cohesion in Europe, sustainable air transport is a central part of EU transport policy and research. With ever increasing passenger movements and freight volumes, the challenge is to facilitate sustainable growth while reducing environmental impacts and maintaining high levels of safety and security in the air and on the ground. This Policy Brochure aims at sharing important information about the critical role research plays in policy making and planning in the air transport sector. It is part of the series of Policy Brochures that TRIP issues on the major transport policy priorities set by the EU.
Horizon 2020: Work Programme 2014-2015. Smart, green and integrated transport!
Posted on: 7 November 2013
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Horizon 2020 is the European grant and subsidy framework for innovation and R&D. Running from 2014 to 2020 with a €70 billion budget, Horizon 2020 is the foremost opportunity for academia and industry to finance research and development activities. The draft work programme for surface transport has been published.
11 Key Issues Tourism Ministers will sweep under the carpet at WTM London
Posted on: 7 November 2013
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The author of this article compiles a list of 11 key issues that will impact travel and tourism industry well into the future.
Residential Property Focus
Posted on: 7 November 2013
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This report from Savills for the fourth quarter of 2013 describes a UK housing market that is diverse and fragmented, where conflicting signals on activity and price growth confuse those who are trying to put together the jigsaw puzzle of house price forecasts.
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