Priorities for a greener spec: priorities for greening your specification were outlined at a recent RIBA seminar. The details will follow with a new version of the NBS
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The recent RIBA seminar, 'Advances in Technology' set out ways to reduce the duplication by designers in developing greener specifications. Priorities for a concentration of effort were suggested, along with previewing a greener version of the NBS. Nigel Howard of Davis Langdon Consultancy suggested a checklist that designers should concentrate on to reduce environmental impacts, such as the elimination of air conditioning, promoting water economy, designing for efficient structures and using locally sourced recycled materials.
Publication Name: Architects' Journal
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0003-8466
Year: 1996
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Retrofitting to save energy: A recent seminar offered ideas for retrofitting offices to save energy and improve indoor comfort and tips for greener specification
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Refurbishment should be seen as an environmentally friendly option, according to Simon Burton of ECD, speaking at the RIBA Advances in Technology seminar. He introduced a design exercise being undertaken by ECD, looking at the potential for retro-fitting offices. Nigel Howard of Davis Langdon Consultancy spoke about weight being a key indicator of embodied energy, and called on specifiers to concentrate on a few priority materials, instead of a complexity of embodied energy calculations.
Publication Name: Architects' Journal
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0003-8466
Year: 1997
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The greening of steel: Is steel a green material? A recent steel conference brought together the evidence in favour, from embodied energy to the role of metal ceilings
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The international Steel in Green Building Conference aimed to make an informed environmental case for steel. Steel is less resource-consuming for re-use as a structural meaterial, but is not without costs. Designers could promote re-use by specifying used material. Keith Eaton of the UK's Steel Construction Institute, emphasised the need to develop an understanding of materials with regard to functional units rather than mass.
Publication Name: Architects' Journal
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0003-8466
Year: 1998
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