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Handbook of Constructive Details
Posted on: 2 July 2012
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The British Board of Agrément and Robust Details have formed a joint venture, Constructive Details (CDL), working with the industry to provide solutions for linear thermal bridging. Linear thermal bridging, described by a psi-value, can contribute to up to 30% of heat loss in a building. To combat this, CDL has launched the first Constructive Details handbook of masonry detail junctions developed for the Aircrete Products Association. The handbook follows the principles of the Robust Details Part E scheme handbook and contains 16 details for partial fill external wall and five details for full fill party wall. CDL said that the details had been designed to provide “significantly lower” psi values than those featuring in Accredited Construction Details (ACDs), resulting in a 60% improvement of the overall y-value. The handbook can be downloaded for free on the CDL website.
CIBSE ASHRAE Technical Symposium 2012. London, 18 – 19 April 2012
Posted on: 29 June 2012
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This event provided an opportunity to discuss the latest practice and research in building services. Papers, presentations and posters are available online.
Thinking ahead, building together: New Cities Summit 2012. Paris, 14-16 May 2012
Posted on: 27 June 2012
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The Summit, organised by the New Cities Foundation, aims to place the city at the heart of the global discussion. This invitation-only event is new in both content and form. It mixed high-level conversations featuring some of the most recognized global urban thought leaders and decision makers, including mayors, CEOs and business leaders, academics, architects, technologists, media leaders and entrepreneurs, with innovative demos and interactive thematic workshops. Workshop topics included: mobility, the creative and connected city, the just city, water, greener buildings, infrastructure finance, and regional sessions. China, India and Latin America were a particular focus area. Videos and an e-book are available online.
Conference on Green Homes. Pune, India, 15-16 March 2012
Posted on: 27 June 2012
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The Confederation of Indian Industry and the Indian Green Building Council organised this conference, focusing on: architects’ perspective on green homes; green homes design, materials and appliances; Net-Zero homes, sustainable water and sanitation; landscaping and terrace gardening; and waste management. Presentations are available online.
Are zero energy buildings really zero? From operational efficiency to embodied energy and carbon. Brussels, 21 June 2012
Posted on: 27 June 2012
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This RICS half-day conference, with guest speakers and experts from the construction and building sector, real estate, policy and academia, highlighted the importance of embodied energy and carbon in the built environment and their relative importance to achieving the EU’s energy saving and carbon reduction targets.
DVDs on sustainable building design and refurbishment
Posted on: 25 June 2012
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CIC Start Online aims to embed sustainable building design and refurbishment into practice. Following the success of its first two conferences, CIC Start Online has issued DVD packs of these events for purchase. The DVDs are professionally produced, printed and packaged, with digitally remastered presentation slides for clarity, and good quality audio. The DVDs are playable in any DVD player, or using the DVD drive in your computer. The conferences in question are: Build tight, ventilate right: Air quality in housing and The Green Deal and sustainable refurbishment of traditional buildings.
Zoom in on your roof: Raising awareness of loft insulation
Posted on: 21 June 2012
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Using a thermographic satellite image, the city of Antwerp allows its residents to, literally, ‘zoom in on your roof’. The idea behind the project is to raise awareness of the importance of roof insulation for household energy efficiency. However, raising awareness is just the first step. The city, in partnership with the regional government, offers grants to residents interested in installing loft insulation. They also offer advice on green loans, designed to finance energy saving initiatives. Details of the scheme are set out in this 2-page case study.
A survey of low and zero carbon technologies in new housing
Posted on: 21 June 2012
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The recently published Today’s attitudes to low and zero carbon homes: views of occupiers, house builders and housing associations highlighted the need for low and zero carbon (LZC) technologies that are reliable, perform to expectations and are capable of being used by home occupiers to achieve their design potential. To provide further guidance on these issues, this report investigates LZC technologies currently being used and likely to become dominant in the market. Through in-depth interviews with homeowners, carried out by the School of Construction Management and Engineering at the University of Reading, this research reports on their day-to-day use and attitudes towards these technologies. Additional findings from the study of occupiers living in homes fitted with low and zero carbon technologies will be presented in a report once the research is concluded later this year.
Going for green: Sustainable building certification statistics Europe
Posted on: 19 June 2012
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This is the second year that the Sustainability working group of RICS in Germany collects and comments on the data displayed by the four leading international certification systems BREEAM, LEED, HQE and DGNB, with the aim of creating greater market transparency by providing an up-to-date pan-European overview with regard to ‘green’ certification of buildings.
BREEAM Domestic Refurbishment Assessment
Posted on: 15 June 2012
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BREEAM Refurbishment for domestic buildings has been launched following a pilot scheme involving more than 200 homes. The assessment method is suitable for use on projects from home improvements, such as replacing windows and fitting new insulation, to developments, whether multiple to single dwellings. It has also been developed to align with the government’s green deal, the incentive scheme for energy efficiency improvements. It pinpoints those elements of the refurbishment that will bring the greatest returns and provides a methodology, software tool and certification for those responsible for the delivery of sustainable domestic refurbishment projects. As well as addressing overall sustainability issues, the scheme can help specific initiatives to tackle fuel poverty, reduce flooding and security risks, and enhance the health and wellbeing of tenants and householders. The BREEAM Domestic Refurbishment technical manual is now available on the BREEAM website, along with case studies from some of the pilot projects.
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