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Evaluating operational energy performance of buildings at the design stage (TM54)
Posted on: 4 October 2013
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This difference between expected and realised energy performance has come to be known as the ‘performance gap’. There are two main reasons for this performance gap. The first is that the method of calculating energy use for the purposes of compliance does not take into account all the energy uses in a building. The second reason for the performance gap is related to site practice. This Technical Memorandum (TM) addresses the first reason. It provides building designers and owners with clear guidance on how to evaluate operational energy use more fully, and accurately, at the design stage. After a brief introduction, which explains the need for the guidance in more detail, it explains the importance of making an accurate estimate of the operating hours and likely occupancy of the building. It then sets out how the operational energy required for the building can be estimated. As well as covering lighting, heating, ventilation and cooling and provision of hot water, it also considers lifts and escalators, small power loads, catering, server rooms and other plant and equipment. This document is available for purchase.
Programmes on low carbon refurbishment and retrofit
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Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) is the standard setter and authority on building services engineering in the UK and overseas. It speaks for the profession and supports career development. This series of programmes on the Business Channel.tv aims to provide a master class of expertise to help construction and building engineering organisations and CIBSE members refurbish and retrofit offices, plants, hotels, leisure and shopping centres, hospitals and schools with low carbon technologies and products. Contributors include CIBSE, the Carbon Trust and the UK Green Building Council. Four programmes are available on innovative engineering and building performance, and three episodes on the retrofit plan.
A guide to UK offshore wind operations and maintenance
Posted on: 4 October 2013
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A new whitepaper, prepared by GL Garrad Hassan on behalf of Scottish Enterprise and The Crown Estate, aims to outline the scale and nature of the opportunities offshore wind operations and maintenance presents. Registration is required to download document.
Your solution for a co-ordinated BIM
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As leading providers of information to the UK construction industry, NBS offers a range of software tools and information resources that support the design team across the project timeline and enable the production of co-ordinated digital information.
National Construction and Contracts Law Survey 2013
Posted on: 4 October 2013
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A survey of the UK construction industry by NBS, part of RIBA Enterprises, has revealed an increase in the number of disputes over the last 12 months. Undertaken with the help of the membership of more than 20 industry bodies, the 2013 Survey of over 1,000 clients, contractors and consultants found that 30% had been involved in one or more contract entering into dispute in the last 12 months compared to 24% in the previous year, with 7% reporting that they had been involved in three or more disputes.
Flights of fancy: getting real on aviation
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Submission from Essex County Council to the Airports Commission, commenting on options for long term aviation capacity in the UK.
Gatwick unzipped
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The Gatwick Area Conservation Campaign has presented a paper for the Airports Commission commenting on the plans for a new runway at Gatwick.
The Real Estate Gazette
Posted on: 3 October 2013
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DLA Piper has issued the 13 edition of its quarterly publication containing articles and comments on recent legislation and case law affecting every aspect of real estate from around the globe, including investment, finance, tax and corporate/funds issues, as well as planning/zoning, construction and dispute resolution. Highlights of this issue include the overseas expansion of Chinese insurance companies into the real estate market.
Practical considerations in doing research inclusively and doing it well: Lessons for inclusive researchers
Posted on: 3 October 2013
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This Methodological Review paper from the National Centre for Research Methods follows on from an earlier Review, Conducting qualitative research with people with communication, learning and other disabilities: Methodological challenges (2008). That earlier review concluded that the practical, political and ethical challenges of inclusive research, together with the sensitivities of the process, were being embraced not just by the pioneers in the field but by researchers in different disciplines who would no longer be conducting research on people with learning and communication difficulties but with them. This paper builds from the conclusions of that earlier review, but is distinctive in that it is concerned only with doing research with, rather than on, people with learning disabilities and others. The focus is on the practicalities of such research, often known as participatory research, that is research that ‘involves those being researched in the decision-making and conduct of the research, including project planning, research design, data collection and analysis, and/or the distribution and application of research findings. The paper also looks at research done by people with learning disabilities, often labelled emancipatory research. The focus is on researching in ways that are respectful and inclusive of the community being researched, on problems they feel ownership of, in ways that support them and that involve collaboration and openness.
Improving outputs on social housing lettings: Summary of imputation and weighting methods
Posted on: 3 October 2013
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This report presents the outcome of a project to improve the quality, coherence and commentary around data published on lettings of social housing.
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