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Code for Sustainable Homes Guide

Travis Perkins has put together a guide, in line with its own environmental policy, to aid the industry in understanding what the Code for Sustainable Homes is, the benefits it offers to both the environment and its different stakeholders and in navigating and simplifying the practices required to support its ideals. ...

Gensler's Faulty Towers Report

Unsustainable buildings - an investment time bomb?

The UK property market is at low ebb. The combination of a slowing economy and oversupply in parts of the market are go

Spotlight on illumination

We take a look at some of the winning designs from this year’s Lighting Design Awards including The Richard Desmond Chi

Avoiding future flooding

"Action must follow words to avoid future flood devastation", experts warn...

BCOs hold the key to insulation choices

More than 60 percent of builders believe that Building Control Officers are still the most important party in influenci

Brick is the top pick in RICS price probe

Brickwork costs less than just about any other competing cladding material – and that’s official. An investigation by t

Timber doors and eco-ratings

Andy Gordon, technical manager for veneered doors specialist Vicaima UK, discusses how the Code for Sustainable Homes a

Projects celebrate victory in Waterways Renaissance Awards 2008

Projects from across the UK are celebrating after scooping top honours at this year’s Waterways Renaissance Awards, run

ABC&D May 2008

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