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FeaturesIn control: building inspectors
Forget Britain鈥檚 Got Talent, last week a Channel 4 documentary finally gave the unsung world of building control its moment in the limelight. Emily Wright finds out what the inspectors involved, and the rest of the industry, thought of it...
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FeaturesAutomated design: checking the regs
So you鈥檝e squeezed every last minute and penny out of the construction process. But what about all the frustrating to-ing and fro-ing with the drawings? Stephen Kennett meets a man who thinks he has an answer to that
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FeaturesNeighbours: Lovell and Tarmac on reaching code level four or above
The house on the left aims to meet code level four, but next door they鈥檝e got even loftier pretensions. Stephen Kennett reports on goings-on at a site in Nottingham
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好色先生TVBill Dunster completes first code level six homes
The six Zedfactory homes on sale in Upton meet level six of the Code for Sustainable Homes
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好色先生TVVideo: Housebuilder casts doubt on renewable add-ons
Stewart Milne Group says micro renewables on Sigma House at BRE did not perform as it had hoped
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好色先生TVEco-ventilation health scare prompts regulation change
Government to issue guidance in Part F as draft BRE study finds widespread failure to maintain filters
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好色先生TVBCO specification: the incredible shrinking office
The latest British Council for Offices specification is the leanest and greenest yet
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好色先生TVPlaying by the regs
This year there are more government consultations on greening the built environment than ever before
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好色先生TVMechanical ventilation
Vortice has launched a mechanical extract ventilation unit to help designers meet Code for Sustainable Homes criteria
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好色先生TVHot water heating
Alpha Heating Innovation鈥檚 FlowSmart hot water system has been added to the BRE鈥檚 SAP Appendix Q list, which allows the energy performance of new technologies and advanced versions of existing technologies to be evaluated for SAP assessments
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好色先生TVHeat pumps
Aermec has launched the VXT geothermic heat pump, which can provide heating, cooling and domestic hot water needs for residential applications in a single unit
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好色先生TVGreen Haus: how to do Passivhaus
The UK has long admired the German Passivhaus method for building homes with rock-bottom carbon emissions. Now the gold standard has come to Sunderland
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Triple glazing
Pilkington has expanded its energiKare range with the introduction of a triple-glazed unit which, it says, optimises the amount of heat lost through windows whilst still allowing useful solar gain
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Water saving devices
Product supplier the Green 好色先生TV Store has launched a package of water-saving products to help specifiers meet levels three and four of the Code for Sustainable Homes
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好色先生TVEco regulation: cutting through the green tape
The Code for Sustainable Homes and redefining zero carbon are well intentioned but, says Pooran Desai, we鈥檙e going to need a far more radical rethink if targets are to be met
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High-performance composite windows
The ENERsign window and door range is now available in the UK through the Green 好色先生TV Store
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好色先生TVCombined daylight and ventilation
Glidevale has launched a combined unit for delivering natural ventilation and daylight into commercial and domestic buildings
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好色先生TVRegulation trends: Hard cash and plenty of change
The regulatory landscape is shifting in all directions, but some patterns can be picked out. Nick Jones identifies the major landmarks from our regulations round-up... and wonders how we鈥檙e going to pay for it all
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好色先生TVGuide to future building regulations: In-tray
The government is busy legislating to make contractors build eco-houses and homeowners improve existing stock. Thomas Lane takes a look at what regulations are already in place, and what may be coming up
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好色先生TVMeet the government's new best friends: Victorian refurb
Renovation will play a vital role in meeting the government鈥檚 target of an 80% emissions reduction by 2050. And it鈥檚 the owner occupier who鈥檒l be doing the work. Two south London residents found out what it takes