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Lumispec App Enables More Efficient Light Assesement for European Consumers
Nov 25, 2015The main obstacle that currently blocks mass-market acceptance of LED lighting, both domestically and commercially, is widespread lack of understanding and knowledge to make qualified purchasing decisions. That is all set to change, ...
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LEED Plans to Recognize Living Building Challenge Energy & Water Requirements
Apr 13, 2015The U.S. Green Building Council will now recognize energy and water requirements from the Living Building Challenge (the Challenge) green building system within the LEED green building program. “USGBC and the International Living ...
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USGBC Announces Recognizing Energy and Water Requirements
Apr 7, 2015The U.S. Green Building Council has announced that it will now recognize energy and water requirements from the Living Building Challenge (the Challenge) green building system within the LEED green building program. “USGBC and the ...
Tags: The U.S.Green Building Council, LEED, green building rating system
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Six of The Stadia for FIFA World Cup in Russia Will Be Assessed Under BREEAM Standard
Aug 22, 2014Six of the stadia for the FIFA World Cup in Russia in 2018 will be assessed under the BREEAM standard. A key sustainable feature of the new stadia will be highly energy efficient lighting designed to achieve international best ...
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A Sustainable Approach Need Not Add Significantly to Building Costs
Aug 12, 2014A new report has analysed the costs and savings associated with a range of sustainable building strategies and challenged the perception that sustainable buildings are more costly to construct. The report commissioned by The Building ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration
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Jaguar Land Rover Has Completed The Installation of The UK's Largest Rooftop Solar Panel
Apr 22, 2014Jaguar Land Rover has completed the installation of the UK's largest rooftop solar panel array at its new state-of-the art Engine Manufacturing Centre at i54 South Staffordshire. The new facility has been designed with sustainability ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Solar, solar panel
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A Version of BREEAM for New Homes Called Ecohomes Was Launched in 2000
Apr 14, 2014Work on creating BREEAM began at Building Research Establishment (BRE) (based in Watford, UK) in 1988, and the first version for assessing new office buildings was launched in 1990. This was followed by versions for other buildings ...
Tags: BREEAM, certification
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BREEAM Assesses Scientifically-Based Criteria Covering a Range of Issues in Categories
Apr 14, 2014BREEAM works to raise awareness amongst owners, occupiers, designers and operators of the benefits of taking a sustainability approach. It helps them to successfully and cost effectively adopt sustainable solutions, and provides market ...
Tags: BREEAM, certification
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Eight Thousand Solar Panels Have Been Installed on The Roof of Wolseley UK's NDC
Apr 10, 2014Eight thousand solar panels have been installed on the roof of Wolseley UK's National Distribution Centre (NDC) in Leamington Spa, capable of generating enough electricity to power around 450 homes a year*. Wolseley UK is part of Wolseley ...
Tags: Solar, solar panels
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Kingspan Insulated Panels Launched Kingspan Energy, a Solar Energy Solution Provider
Mar 5, 2014Kingspan Insulated Panels has launched Kingspan Energy, a fully-funded solar energy solution provider making low-carbon energy generation effortless for UK businesses. Kingspan Energy will enable more companies to benefit from the lower ...
Tags: Kingspan Energy, Mineral
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The EPDs Give Customers Independently Verified Information on The Performance of Products
Feb 22, 2014British Gypsum is making the selection of sustainable solutions simpler for customers following the introduction of its first batch of environmental product declarations (EPDs). The EPDs have been designed to give customers independently ...
Tags: Gypsum, Construction, Decoration
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Glass Develops Into a Structural Component of The Building
Dec 27, 2013Our products are at the heart of modern architecture, engineering and construction. They play a beneficial role in addressing some of the major environmental challenges of buildings, new and old. Architects increasingly seek to bring ...
Tags: glass, decoration, environment
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Voltage Optimisation Has Been Delivering Energy Savings and Cutting Carbon Emissions
Dec 19, 2013Voltage optimisation has been delivering energy savings and cutting carbon emissions for a decade now.It is a proven and reliable technology,and one of only three technologies applicable for a new batch of carbon reduction funding,having ...
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Smart Home Is Expected to Generate an Average of 3,500kWh of Electricity Per Year Directly
Oct 21, 2013The entire daytime electricity needs of the refurbished British Gas-owned Smart Home development in Watford are expected to be met thanks to an innovative transparent solar PV glass atrium, according to the Cambridge-based company – ...
Tags: electricity, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
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New Developments in Glass Coating Technology Lead to The Coated Glasses Production
Sep 29, 2013Over the past few years advanced architectural coated glass has improved dramatically. New developments in glass coating technology have lead to the production of some of the most advanced coated glasses to date. New double and triple ...