Review the environmental issues and performances relevant to insulation in the Green Guide to Specification with this report and reduce the environmental impact of your buildings.
Understand the benefits and impacts of windows and identify opportunities for improvements to their environmental performance. This report reviews how window units and frames have been assessed within The Green Guide to Specification.
Understand the significant benefits and impacts of biomaterials and biomass over their whole life cycle and identify opportunities for improvements to... Læs mere
Review the environmental issues and performances relevant to floor finishes in the Green Guide to Specification with this report and reduce the environmental impact of your buildings.
A guide to fire safety engineering for the novice and a reference source for experienced practitioners. Describes key topics and highlights the issues that must be considered at the design stage and by fire safety enforcers.
This guide provides practical information on assessing the risk of fire and enhancing the security of places of worship of all faiths.
A practical guide to assessing the risk of fire and enhancing the security of retail premises. It identifies the important issues, and encourages an approach in which good fire safety and security practice become familiar and normal to employees.
The funding of UK carbon reduction projects is explored by surveying potential sources of supply and demand for such emission reductions and examining regulatory hurdles. A comprehensive reporting framework is recommended.
Learn how to best use wood residue from the urban timber resource. This guide gives details on selecting species and processing methods to enable both common and exotic UK urban tree species to enter the solid wood market.
A BRE handbook produced to assist engineers and designers in the interpretation of BS 6399 Part 3 on imposed roof loading, especially in the calculation of snow loads on roofs.
A summary of unique research to quantify how much the improvements to social housing arising from the Decent Homes programme (2001–2010) have reduced costs to the NHS in treating housing-related injuries and illnesses.
This is a practical introduction to an issue that is all too often overlooked in new building and refurbishment... Læs mere