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Health, wellbeing and productivity in offices: The next chapter for green building
Posted on: 24 September 2014
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This report from the World Green Building Council puts forward the best and latest information on the building design features that are known to have positive impacts on the health, well-being and productivity of office occupants, and points to financial implications.
You only live twice
Posted on: 24 September 2014
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The article describes how an inexorably declining part of Glasgow has been resuscitated, first as an athletes’ village for the 2014 Commonwealth Games and now as a residential community.
Global cities: the 2015 report
Posted on: 24 September 2014
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This report aims to highlight the future trends in real estate.
Writing planning policies
Posted on: 23 September 2014
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A guide to writing planning policies which will address the issues that matter to your neighbourhood plan.
OECD participation in the UN Climate Summit
Posted on: 23 September 2014
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The UN Climate Summit takes place on 23 September 2014 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. Contributions to the debate from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development are available online.
Better not bigger: Why strategic roads need a green retrofit programme
Posted on: 23 September 2014
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A new report by environment and transport groups including the Campaign to Protect Rural England and the Campaign for Better Transport is calling for £3 billion to be invested over the next five years in a range of ‘green retrofit’ improvements for existing roads in the upcoming Road Investment Strategy, which will be published by the Government in Autumn 2014.
Prime London residential market: Autumn 2014
Posted on: 23 September 2014
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As prime London enters a new phase of the cycle, this latest report from Savills considers which direction it may take.
Box of Broadcasts (BoB)
Posted on: 23 September 2014
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BoB (Box of Broadcasts) National is an innovative shared online off-air TV and radio recording service for UK higher and further education institutions. BoB enables all staff and students in subscribing institutions to choose and record any broadcast programme from 60+ TV and radio channels. The recorded programmes are then kept indefinitely (no expiry) and added to a growing media archive (currently at over 1 million programmes), with all content shared by users across all subscribing institutions. A series of webinars is scheduled in the coming term covering all aspects of BoB National, including a broad introduction to the main aspects of the service. There will also be 30 minute webinars covering specific aspects of BoB, including the best way to embed clips, tips for discovering content and more information for admins.
Trends and opportunities: Israel hotel market overview
Posted on: 23 September 2014
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This article provides an overview of Israel’s Hotel Market by illustrating trends and opportunities in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Eilat, Dead Sea and Haifa.
The BIM Toolkit
Posted on: 23 September 2014
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NBS is to take forward the development of the BIM toolkit. This digital toolkit for BIM has the potential to transform the procurement of buildings and infrastructure. Free to use, the BIM toolkit will make available a digital plan of work and a classification system which incorporates definitions for over 5,000 construction objects at each of the delivery stages throughout the life of a built environment asset. It is a vital part of the jigsaw required to reach level 2 BIM by 2016. NBS will be posting updates and news on this site keeping enabling the entire construction industry to be engaged and involved in this important development.
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