Can the planning system reduce the environmental burden of nappies?
By Rob Borruso Having recently wrecked my environmental credentials by having a second child my world is again one of nappies and sleepless nights. Of course we’re told the most sustainable nappy is a...
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Part L updates – bringing more CO2 emissions to a building near you?
Rob Borruso As the next set of “improvements” to Part L of the Building Regulations gets nearer, some of the counter-productivities that the current rules throw up will, to my mind, move from being...
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Sustainability tools – time to look at value
By Chris Hocknell, eight associates www.eightassociates.co.uk Our current approach to ‘green’ buildings has left me feeling as though we’ve lost sight of our real aim. We need to reiterate what...
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Environmental Design to the rescue of Passivhaus
Rob Rickey of LHC architecture www.lhc.net There is no doubt that the PassivHaus standard delivers very low energy buildings. It delivers on comfort and air quality as well, and post-occupancy surveys...
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Part L 2013 has finally arrived
Thomas Vazakas of RPS Health, Safety and Environment www.rpsgroup.com The much anticipated Part L 2013 which was due to come into force in October 2013, following consultation that began in January...
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Missing The Fracking Point
Lucy Pedler, The Green Register www.greenregister.org.uk Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, was developed in the 1940s to recover gas from conventional wells and has more recently ‘revolutionised’...
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Wastewater heat recovery – a better option than greywater recycling?
Cath Hassell ech2o consultants www.ech2o.co.uk Greywater recycling I often say that, at its core, harvesting rainwater is beautifully simple. I would say that the exact opposite applies to...
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Daylight can help us to live more healthily
By Cora Kwiatkowski, Senior Associate for Stride Treglown http://www.stridetreglown.com/ Architects are continuously on the look-out for the better insulation, the paint with no solvents, the more...
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