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Empty Homes Agency Good Practice Awards 2005

The Empty Homes Agency Good Practice Awards scheme recognises organisations and individuals that have made an outstanding and innovative contribution to returning wasted and empty buildings to residential use. Nominat...

8 Jul 2005

Scottish Construction Industry Gets a Touch Of Colour

The Scottish Construction and Demolition (C&D) industry is being urged to reduce, reuse and recycle building and demolition waste through the launch of Waste Aware Construction, a new tool to tackle construction wast...

8 Jul 2005

Meet the SussEd team at the AECB Ecobuilding Conference

At this years AECB Eco Building Conference the new AECB initiative Sustainable skills and Education (SussEd) will be putting on a poster display and members of the team will be happy to meet and discuss this exciting new...

8 Jul 2005

Planning Application Submitted for Stores Enclave

Since the Second World War, the Stores Enclave at South Yard in Devonport has been in the ownership of the Ministry of Defence and closed to the public for security reasons. English Partnerships, the national regenera...

8 Jul 2005

AECB Annual Eco-Building Conference and AGM - 2005 July 15th And 16th

AECB Annual Eco-Building Conference and AGM - 2005 July 15th And 16th Last few tickets remaining. This year the AECB Eco-Building Conference is being held at the Somerset College of Arts and Technology in Taunton wher...

8 Jul 2005

Push Continues for California's SB1 Million Solar Roofs Initiative

Crucial Committee Vote Expected July 6 Voice Your Support Now! If you are a resident of California please take a minute today to contact your Assembly member and let them know how important it is that California not m...

6 Jul 2005

It's Clear: The Start of Summer is Here - Time For Better WIndow Care

June 21 is the first official day of summer, a season when the main focus is clearly on the outdoors. But after a long winter, that focus may be a little blurry due to grimy glass windows and patio doors. To improve the ...

5 Jul 2005

Knauf Insulation's Rock Stars

Following a multimillion-pound investment, Knauf Insulation has rebranded its versatile Rocksil® Rock Mineral Wool range of insulation products. The new brand, Rocksilk® Rock Mineral Wool Insulation, builds on...

5 Jul 2005

Inverted Roofing Systems - Cold Applied and Seamless

Following the huge success of the Cold Fusion Bonded Built-Up Roofing System, Liquid Plastics is now launching a completely cold applied Inverted Roof System, which differs from its conventional counterparts because of i...

5 Jul 2005

Hearth & Home Technologies Joins Effort to Provide Cleaner Air

Hearth & Home Technologies Inc., the world’s largest fireplace manufacturer and a subsidiary of HNI Corporation, announced that it is teaming up with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Hearth, Patio...

5 Jul 2005

NIST World Trade Center Investigation Team Calls For Improvements

At press and public briefings in New York City on June 23, investigators from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) called on organizations that develop building and fire safety codes, standards and p...

5 Jul 2005

Solving Building Occupant Discomfort At The Design Stage

Following the occupants discomfort in a lecture theatre, the consultants JDP Ltd planned a refurbishment of the hvac system. They asked BSRIA to investigate and analyse the problem in the original design and predict c...

5 Jul 2005

Wind Flow And Pollutant Migration Predictions

BSRIA Microclimate centre was commissioned by Zisman Bowyer and Partners to carry out a CFD study of airflow and chemical dispersion at a research centre. The ZBP site consisted of a number of research laboratories, s...

5 Jul 2005

Low Carbon Buildings And Renewable Technology Showcase

resource05, a three-day conference and exhibition of innovative low carbon and renewable technologies for buildings, is being held at BRE in Watford on 13-15 September 2005. resource05 is a showcase for low carbon bui...

5 Jul 2005

Wal-Mart Set To Open First 'Green' Store

Wal-Mart Stores says it will unveil its first store designed to minimize impact on the environment. The new store, a Supercenter, is one of two experimental units that will incorporate features to conserve energy and ...

23 Jun 2005