The Greenhouse Gasses Produced By The Construction Industry

The construction industry has a rather bad reputation for producing greenhouse gasses. At the current time, the industry contributes to around 50 percent of all climactic change. This is not just due to gas production. Natural resource extraction is considered... View Article

Landlords: 5 Tips for Managing Blocks of Flats

Managing a block of flats is a challenging endeavour, especially with so many different areas for issues to arise. Therefore, you must have relevant knowledge and a full commitment to the task. You will need to carry out regular inspections,... View Article

Sustainable fire safety

Kelly Westwood from Knauf Insulation discusses the critical need to combine fire safety and sustainability in buildings of the future COP26 in Glasgow brought a renewed focus and urgency to the long-term sustainability of the built environment. This is reflected... View Article

Striking a balance

The importance of ventilation and ensuring a healthy and comfortable interior environment is an essential part of building design. Andy Moul from Construction Specialties (CS) looks at factors which need to be taken into consideration when specifying external louvres as part... View Article

Innovative Ways To Build a Sustainable House

Nowadays, many people try to live sustainably — and for a good reason. Our climate has already undergone massive changes, with more on the way. One of the best methods to stop (or at least slow down) this process is... View Article

Launching Edition 10 – The NEW Urban Design Guide!

GreenBlue Urban are delighted to announce the publication of Edition 10 – The new and enhanced Urban Design Guide, featuring our new product grouping Green, Blue, Smart Space and Air. The comprehensive publication contains: –  Enhanced product information ... View Article

Ways Businesses Can Reduce The Likelihood Of Regulatory Penalties

Despite all their grandiose marketing and bold claims, companies don’t always behave as they should. Even the most competent-looking professional can oversee poor or deliberately dubious workplace practices.  Unfortunately, some accounting firms even try to mislead the entities charged with... View Article

T Range: 6–42 persons

The T Range Biodigester is a total aeration sewage / waste water treatment plant manufactured in glassfibre (GRP) for simple underground installation. A small air blower is used to provide a supply of air so that naturally occurring micro-organisms grow and degrade... View Article

Under the skin

The Royal College of Physicians’ new WELL Platinum teaching base in Liverpool has been designed with an appropriately scientific approach, resulting in one of the world’s healthiest buildings, including a bespoke patterned envelope. James Parker reports A medical education facility designed... View Article

Shining a light on embodied carbon

The lighting industry is changing fast in order to gear up for net zero – Tim Bowes from Whitecroft Lighting explains how supply chains are cutting embodied carbon The construction industry is often criticised for its slow pace of change,... View Article

Facing the threats

A growing range of perimeter security measures have been developed by industry to meet ever-changing security threats, with full accreditation to give specifiers and clients confidence. Sally Osmond from Frontier Pitts explains the options With a range of potential threats... View Article

A helping hand from nature to become carbon negative

Keller Kitchens and parent group, DKG, are delighted to report that the ambition to be carbon negative during 2022 is well on track to becoming reality. In addition to the numerous steps, measures and investments the business has taken to attain “manufacturer”... View Article