Pollution from oil spills in England is significant with 16% of all incidents of pollution and 12% of the most serious incidents (category 1 and 2) being attributed to poor handling and storage of oil.
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The importance of recycling polymer waste products from the construction industry has been long recognised. The problem lies in ensuring that different types of plastic are not mixed together.
Identification is usuall...
One of the greatest environmental threats to buildings and possibly the hardest to combat is flood. Until now the humble sandbag has been the primary weapon in the front line of flood defence but the UK has pioneered the...
Mild steel rebar is the most commonly used material in the reinforcement of concrete slabs or in the construction of straw bale walls. The common acceptance of this material overlooks some environmental issues; the produ...
Tried and tested over 25 years is the KAMI roofing range from Lafarge Roofing. The metal tile form roofing system already covers over one million square metres of Britain, including HM Prisons, and the range is now avail...
WoodStalk is a fibreboard composite made by Dow BioProducts using waste wheat straw and Dow Chemical’s polyurethane resin. The lack of formaldehyde in the product makes it a much safer alternative to products like ...
Made in Germany by Preform Manufacturing are a wide range of office partitioning systems that utilise environmentally responsible materials. Marketed under the Classic Panel and Decato brands, the majority of materials u...
Authentic Roof by Crowe Building Products is a building material specifically designed to look like, but be an improvement on traditional slate tiles. Authentic Roof is made from TPO, which is a material made by combinin...
People the world over would agree that their most comfortable and treasured item of clothing is an old pair of denim jeans. Now Americans can give that snug and comfortable feeling to their entire home with cotton insula...
Constructing buildings from old tyres is not a new thing. The technique has been developed over the last 30 years in the United States but the first building made from car tyres in Britain is now under construction near ...
From 30th September 2003, all new commercial and public buildings with a gross floor area of 1000 m2 or more must meet the new airtightness standard of 10 m3h-1m-2.
This is covered by Part L2 of the Building Regulatio...
Lincolnshire architect, Jerry Harrall, is conducting an experiment to prove earth sheltered buildings can provide a viable and sustainable alternative to existing building construction without the need for additional hea...
Property analyst, Hometrack, has reported in it’s May market survey that housing prices have remained stagnant in one quarter of the northern counties with the others slowing sharply. The South continues to fall bu...
The Colchester skyline is dominated by a much loved, but now empty Victorian water tower nicknamed, Jumbo. Controversial work to transform Jumbo into a luxury penthouse building is expected to commence before the years e...
It’s not due to open until next year but already 90 floors of the 101 floor “Taipei 101” skyscraper are built.
When complete it will add 200,000 sqm of office space to the Taiwanese capital and the g...
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