Collaboration is coming!
2nd September 2015The culmination of the research blogs presented in this series[i], [ii], [iii], [iv] have aimed to promote an appreciation of the importance of collaborative working … View the full post
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Business legitimacy: The unexpected enemy of low carbon construction?
22nd July 2015The concept of legitimacy in business is the perception that the way in which an organisation behaves is desirable or part of the socially constructed … View the full post
Low Carbon Assessment (LCA) tools and collaboration
20th April 2015life-cycle assessment (LCA) is an objective, quantitative evaluation of construction, use and end-of-life energy consumption of building projects. It is a powerful tool that contributes … View the full post
Lowering CO2 emissions in the construction Industry: Thoughts on network supply chains and client influence
17th April 2015LCA technology can be found in abundance in the construction industry, in recent times there has been what can only be described as a market … View the full post
The human question: Solving the construction industry’s carbon crisis
4th March 2015Concerns over the climatic effects of increasing anthropogenic CO2 emissions have pressured many industries into making positive environmental changes. The construction industry is no exception … View the full post
Sustainable Development – BREEAM Domestic Refurbishment & More
7th August 2014Once upon a time you could buy a plot of land, submit plans, get them approved and go ahead more or less willy nilly, building … View the full post
BREEAM Code for Sustainable Homes ‘New Construction Scheme’ Beds In
25th July 2014Sustainability is big business, good news when all the evidence reveals human-generated climate change is a reality and is affecting our lives in all sorts … View the full post
BREEAM Code for Sustainable Homes Proposes Voluntary Sustainability System
2nd July 2014BREEAM is the world’s best known environmental assessment method and rating system. So far, since its launch in 1990, a quarter of a million buildings … View the full post
Oliver Heath Impresses at the Eco-Technology Show
30th June 2014Our Brazillian summer intern, Ana Vilela Felix, was delighted to meet her hero and eco-interior design maven, Oliver Heath, at the Eco-Technology Show in Brighton … View the full post
BREEAM Assessor News for May 2014
27th May 2014It’s all go in the world of BREEAM, with plenty of exciting new initiatives underway to improve the quality of people’s living and working environments. … View the full post
