Built Environment

Carillion helping Nationwide's sustainability drive
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2 April — added by Tom Robinson, Carillion Plc
The Carillion Facilities Management team have implemented a range of sustainability measures at the Nationwide HQ and throughout the building society's sites across the …
Connecting the community
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27 March — added by Tom Robinson, Carillion Plc
The Business Connector programme from Business in the Community (BITC) creates positive impacts in local communities by harnessing expertise from business to tackle local …
Urban Retrofit, by Simon Marvin Professor of Low Carbon Cities at Durham University
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17 March — added by Tom Robinson, Carillion Plc
The critical challenge for contemporary urbanism is how cities will develop the knowledge and capability to systemically 're-engineer' their built environment and urban …
Save our surfaces campaign to be launched at Ecobuild
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12 Feb. — added by Cathy Baillie, Plastic Surgeon
Visitors to Ecobuild 2013 will be able to see a range of surface repair techniques in the Save Our Surfaces Repair Clinic - to mark the launch of the nationwide Save Our …
US Design guides for energy efficient offices
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12 May 2011 — added by Stephen Kennett, 2degrees
The US Department of Energy has published the first in a new series of Advanced Energy Design Guides to aid architects and engineers in the design of energy efficient office …
TEM in Partnership with BNP Paribas switches the Christmas lights on for The Crown Estate
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4 Dec. 2012 — added by Amelia Morgan-Giles, Carbon 2018 Limited
Leading sustainability and energy consultancy TEM was instructed by BNP Paribas Real Estate to install the Christmas lighting power supply for The Crown Estate’s Jermyn …
White Paper: Embodied carbon in buildings a distraction
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15 Sept. 2011 — added by Stephen Kennett, 2degrees
A new report by the the Low Carbon Workplace says a disproportionate focus on the carbon in building materials threatens to distract the property industry from the urgent …
Better Buildings Partnership Best Practise Case Studies
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27 Oct. 2011 — added by Christopher Botten, Better Buildings Partnership
The Better Buildings Partnership has published a suite of best practise case studies which highlight the opportunities that exist for improving the environmental …
San Francisco Creates Green Leasing Toolkit for Commercial Buildings
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24 Oct. 2011 — added by Stephen Kennett, 2degrees
The city of San Francisco and the Business Council on Climate Change have published an online guide for property owners, managers and tenants on the process of green leasing, …
Practical Law Company Legal Update: Multi-jurisdictional legal guide on environment law
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20 Feb. 2012 — added by Stephen Kennett, 2degrees
The Practical Law Company has published a multi-jurisdictional legal guide on environment law. The guide includes country chapters written by local specialists and articles …