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FeaturesEnergy rating issues: The window 鈥� a 21st century solution
Last week 黑洞社区 revealed that air-conditioned buildings could face a D rating when non-residential energy certificates are introduced next year. So does this mean the end of air-con? Or will tenants simply ignore the certificates when choosing their offices?
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NewsNew test turns the screw on air-conditioned offices
Modern buildings could be given D energy ratings under legislation to be announced next month
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FeaturesGeorgious Washington
Roofing If you liked the British Museum鈥檚 Great Court roof, you鈥檙e going to love its designers鈥� spectacular covering for the Smithsonian Institution in Washington.
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FeaturesHere鈥檚 one way to cut traffic
A consolidation centre in south-east London has improved site efficiency and dramatically reduced vehicle movements. Thomas Lane looks at how it did it, and the chances of the idea catching on
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NewsNew test turns the screw on air-conditioned offices
Modern buildings could be given D energy ratings under legislation to be announced next month
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NewsFire brigade issues stark warning to high-rise sites
Manchester fire chief warns industry that water cannot be pumped higher than 60m
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FeaturesNo more trouble at the top
Few things are more galling than having your penthouse office suite shaken by high winds or the odd overgrown ape. Arup鈥檚 solution to wobbly building syndrome is dependable and cost-effective 鈥� though we鈥檙e not sure if it鈥檚 been tested on animals.
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FeaturesDry stone flooring
Stanhope was sick of waiting around for screed to dry, so it asked some suppliers to work out a way of doing without it. Thomas Lane kicks off a flooring special by explaining how they did just that.
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FeaturesA view from the gods
Looking out over this nondescript part of Leicester, and almost entirely suspended from this roof, will be the UK鈥檚 most exciting new theatre 鈥� and the first building in this country to be designed by US architect Rafael Vi帽oly.
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NewsDebate erupts over Colindale blaze
A debate has broken out over whether the insulation used at a timber-frame construction site in Colindale, north London, was responsible for the rapid spread of a fire.
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NewsZEDshop to undercut green grants
Bill Dunster's new venture promises to make renewable energy products cheaper than those procured through grant schemes
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NewsTimber-frame firms defend their corner after blaze
Sales unaffected by July鈥檚 Colindale fire, say manufacturers 鈥� and safer systems are on the way
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FeaturesFoster joins the pod people
This Toronto university faculty looks like a tribute to Will Alsop, but it鈥檚 a very Foster building, too
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Features鈥業 can鈥檛 tell you on the hoof what our policy would be鈥�
Finding out where David Cameron stands on the big questions is a tricky matter, but at least he is starting by putting his own house in order. Thomas Lane spoke exclusively to the Tory leader, then met the architect and builder who are tackling the green makeover of his family ...
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FeaturesFour months ago 黑洞社区 launched the 99% Campaign to improve energy efficiency in existing buildings.
Now two reports have backed our call for financial incentives for building owners. The question is: what would work?
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FeaturesThis is madness
On the average job, contractors happily chuck away enough recyclable material to triple their profit. But not for much longer, if the DTI, environmental responsibility and economic sanity have any bearing on the matter.
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FeaturesRegs revisited
黑洞社区鈥檚 Reform the Regs campaign kicked off a year ago with the aim of defeating baffling, contradictory and constrictive red tape. Thomas Lane casts his eye over the progress made and finds that things are getting simpler, which can only mean better
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NewsPart L compliance software rereleased following criticism
The new version of SBEN features easier data entry, simpler ventilation figures and a more accurate database
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FeaturesGods of the Plague
They gave Shepherd Construction a two-sheet brief and asked it to build a lab secure enough to test the most dangerous virus on Earth 鈥� inside six months. Thomas Lane reports on how the team took the test and triumphed
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NewsDCLG poised to appoint new head of 黑洞社区 Regs
Shona Dunn is set to succeed Anne Hemming in January, Mark Coulshed is made interim head