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Birkhauser Press

Building with earth, 2006
Offers a practical systematic overview of the many uses of clay and techniques for processing it. Its properties and physical characteristics are described in detail, with numerous accompanying photographs and drawings. The presentation reflects a rich and varied experiences gained over thirty years of building earth structures in Germany and abroad.
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Building Research Establishment

Environmental Publication EP62 Rammed earth: design and construction guidelines, 2005
Compiled specifically to inform, develop and promote the use of rammed earth wall construction in the UK. Seeks to encourage the greater use of rammed earth, free from additives such as cement, as an alternative, sustainable wall building material. Covers general design considerations, material properties, testing and selection, engineering design, wall construction, construction details, and maintenance and repair procedures.
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Chelsea Green Publishing

Buildings of earth and straw: structural design for rammed earth and straw bale architecture, 1997
Buildings of Earth and Straw fills in the gaps for professional builders, contractors, engineers, inspectors, lenders, and architectural students. It includes special construction requirements of earth and straw, design capabilities and limitations of these materials, and documentation of testing data for use in addressing the concerns of officials.

ITDG Publishing

Earth construction, 1994
A handbook on the world's oldest and most widespread building material. Although earth is extremely versatile and can be used at low cost, it is essential that users have a good knowledge of its real potential in order to use it to best effect and to avoid misuse. The text is supported by illustrations throughout, and deals with the essential aspects of earth construction decision making, planning, design and the realisation of a project. There is a chapter devoted to disaster-resistant construction techniques, and bibliographies throughout for those who require more details about a particular subject area.

New Society Publishers

Earthbag building: the tools, tricks and techniques, 2005
Guide to all the tools, tricks and techniques for building with bags filled with earth -- earthbags. . A reliable method for constructing homes, outbuildings, garden walls and much more, this enduring, tree-free architecture can also be used to create arched or domed structures of great beauty -- in any climate, and at home, in developing countries, or in relief work.

Earth sheltered houses, 2006
A practical guide for those who want to build their own underground home at moderate cost. It describes the benefits of sheltering a home with earth, including the added comfort and energy efficiency, low maintenance, and the protection against fire, sound, earthquake and storm afforded by the earth. Covers all of the various construction techniques involved including details on planning, excavation, footings, floor, walls, framing, roofing, waterproofing, insulation and drainage. Specific methods appropriate for the inexperienced owner-builder are a particular focus and include pouring one's own footings and/or floor; the use of dry-stacked (surface-bonded) concrete block walls; post-and-beam framing; plank-and-beam roofing and drainage methods and self-adhesive waterproofing membranes.
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Permanent Publications

Building a low impact roundhouse, 2001
The author shares his skills and techniques through vivid descriptions of the processes involved including making the living roof, in-filling the walls, laying out the rooms and adding renewable, autonomous technology. A truly sustainable building that is also visually pleasing.

Solar Survival Architecture Press

Earthship Vol 1 Earthship: how to build your own, 1990
First describes the idea of a self-contained 'earthship' -- a home that provides for it's own power, sewage, food and water needs, then about the structure, the ideas behind it, and why it works. The rest of the book covers the actual construction of an Earthship and clearly outlines the basic concepts.

Earthship Vol 2 Earthship: systems and components, 1991
Talks about the concept of the Earthship, how to build them, how they work, and how to live virtually independent of the large grid of services available. The ideas contained in this book have evolved and been thoroughly vetted in real life in 3 developments. The structures are partially buried, with load bearing walls made of earth rammed old tyres, non load bearing walls built of cans, with greywater systems supported by rainwater collection. PV and wind powered, with food and other plants grown in the house, the premise is as close to total self sufficiency as one might be able to get.

Earthship Vol 3 Earthship: evolution beyond economics, 1993
An exposition of Mike Reynolds's ideas about building and its place in the scheme of societies.

University of Arizona Press

Adobe and Rammed Earth Buildings - Design and Construction, 1989
Provides technical information to architects, engineers, and building officials. Answers most technical questions and provides alternative design details to meet all situations and climates, providing a technical manual to access this low cost, environmentally oriented basic building material.

WIT Press

Earth Construction Handbook, 2000
Provides a survey of applications and construction techniques, and explains the material's specific qualities together with the possibilities of optimizing these. The information given can be practically applied by engineers, architects, builders, planners, craftsmen and laymen who wish to construct cost-effective buildings which provide a healthy, balanced indoor climate.

Earthworks/foundations/piling/retaining walls

Arboricultural Association

Trenching and trees, 1994
A code of practice for digging trenches near to tree roots.
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Leaflet 11 Trees: excavation and highway maintenance, including trenching, kerbing, surfacing and entrance crossings, 1997
This leaflet gives advice on protecting tree roots when carrying out excavation and highway maintenance, including trenching, kerbing, surfacing and entrance crossings.
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Arboriculture Research Note 120/94 Pre-view cable TV routes, 1994
Urban areas of Britain are currently being serviced with a network for the supply of cable television. In many instances, the service is being buried in pavements; this can result in severance of tree roots. This Note reviews the legal framework under which the cable TV companies are operating.

Arboriculture Research Note 36/97 Tree roots and underground pipes, 1997
Advises on how to recognise and avoid problems, regarding tree roots and underground pipes.

British Standards Institution

BS 5228-4:1992 Noise control on construction and open sites. Code of practice for noise and vibration control applicable to piling operations (AMD 7787), 1992
Recommendations for noise and vibration control measures which can be adopted to ensure good practice and enable piling to be carried out economically with as little disturbance to the community as is practicable.
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BS 8002:1994 Code of practice for earth retaining structures, 1994
A complete revision of the Civil Engineering Code of Practice No 2 issued by the Institution of Structural Engineers in 1951 on behalf of the Civil Engineering Codes of Practice Joint Committee.
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Building Research Establishment

Good Repair Guide 35 Earth, clay and chalk walls: inspection and repair methods, 2006
Focuses on inspection of existing earth, clay and chalk walls and the use of traditional repair methods to rectify defects. Also discusses a number of earth-walling construction techniques.
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Chelsea Green Publishing

Buildings of earth and straw: structural design for rammed earth and straw bale architecture, 1997
Buildings of Earth and Straw fills in the gaps for professional builders, contractors, engineers, inspectors, lenders, and architectural students. It includes special construction requirements of earth and straw, design capabilities and limitations of these materials, and documentation of testing data for use in addressing the concerns of officials.

CIRIA

Use of vegetation in civil engineering, 2000
This book explains the different functional engineering effects of vegetation and gives information on the selection, establishment and management of vegetation, to enable the engineer to interact effectively with the other disciplines involved. A key section provides a procedural framework which guides the reader in evolving a suitable approach to vegetation use for a particular site and application, involving consideration of planning, investigation, design, construction, establishment, maintenance and contractual aspects. A major section on applications provides practical information on the design and implementation of vegetative methods for slope stabilisation, water erosion control, watercourse and shoreline protection, wind erosion control, shelter, noise reduction, surface protection and trafficability.
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Publication C522 Sustainable urban drainage systems - design manual for England and Wales, 2000
This manual describes current best design practice in England and Wales and sets out the technical and planning considerations for designing sustainable urban drainage system (SUDS) for surface water. Drainage methods inspired by natural processes are introduced, and guidance is given on how the design team should select and design a suitable system.
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Special Publication SP 108 Remedial treatment for contaminated land: Volume VIII: Ex-situ remedial methods for contaminated groundwater and other liquids, 1995
Volume VIII examines the design and operation of various treatment techniques for contaminated liquids (e.g. surface and ground water effluent, leachates) produced during remediation of a contaminated site.
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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Groundwater protection code: Petrol stations and other fuel dispensing facilities involving underground storage tanks, 2002
Advice is given on how to protect groundwater when storing liquid hydrocarbons in underground storage tanks (USTs.) Operational and management practices are outlined including the key elements to ensure groundwater protection (environmental risk assessment, engineering requirements, management systems and controls and emergency plans/procedures.) Details are given for the commissioning, operation and decommissioning of facilities.
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Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Aggregates Advisory Service Digest 058 Improving poor ground conditions: lime and cement stabilisation in weak clay soils, 1999
This digest briefly describes the method of lime/cement stabilisation to improve weak clay soils, so they can be used in-situ rather than removed and replaced with imported materials.
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ITDG Publishing

Earth construction, 1994
A handbook on the world's oldest and most widespread building material. Although earth is extremely versatile and can be used at low cost, it is essential that users have a good knowledge of its real potential in order to use it to best effect and to avoid misuse. The text is supported by illustrations throughout, and deals with the essential aspects of earth construction decision making, planning, design and the realisation of a project. There is a chapter devoted to disaster-resistant construction techniques, and bibliographies throughout for those who require more details about a particular subject area.

New Society Publishers

Earthbag building: the tools, tricks and techniques, 2005
Guide to all the tools, tricks and techniques for building with bags filled with earth -- earthbags. . A reliable method for constructing homes, outbuildings, garden walls and much more, this enduring, tree-free architecture can also be used to create arched or domed structures of great beauty -- in any climate, and at home, in developing countries, or in relief work.

Permanent Publications

Building a low impact roundhouse, 2001
The author shares his skills and techniques through vivid descriptions of the processes involved including making the living roof, in-filling the walls, laying out the rooms and adding renewable, autonomous technology. A truly sustainable building that is also visually pleasing.

Solar Survival Architecture Press

Earthship Vol 1 Earthship: how to build your own, 1990
First describes the idea of a self-contained 'earthship' -- a home that provides for it's own power, sewage, food and water needs, then about the structure, the ideas behind it, and why it works. The rest of the book covers the actual construction of an Earthship and clearly outlines the basic concepts.

Earthship Vol 2 Earthship: systems and components, 1991
Talks about the concept of the Earthship, how to build them, how they work, and how to live virtually independent of the large grid of services available. The ideas contained in this book have evolved and been thoroughly vetted in real life in 3 developments. The structures are partially buried, with load bearing walls made of earth rammed old tyres, non load bearing walls built of cans, with greywater systems supported by rainwater collection. PV and wind powered, with food and other plants grown in the house, the premise is as close to total self sufficiency as one might be able to get.

Earthship Vol 3 Earthship: evolution beyond economics, 1993
An exposition of Mike Reynolds's ideas about building and its place in the scheme of societies.

Steel Construction Institute

Publication 199 Environmental assessment of steel piling, 1999
This publication outlines the environmental issues concerning piling and substructures and the potential advantages that steel substructures offer. It looks in particular at retaining walls and bearing piles, and focuses mainly on the construction and demolition stages of a substructure's life. A brief appraisal of the factors relating to an embodied energy assessment is included.
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Transport Research Laboratory

Viridis Publications - Report VR 5 Civil engineering applications of tyres, 2004
Tyres have been used in a number of different applications throughout the world, though potential for their use is just becoming accepted and known in Europe. Tyres have been used in a number of forms of civil engineering applications including; tyre bales for construction, whole tyres for use as landfill cover, tyre shred for use in drainage applications, and tyre crumb for use as aggregate in lightweight cement. This publication reviews potential post consumer tyre uses, the relevant standards and specifications that must be complied with and experience with each application in the UK and elsewhere.
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University of Arizona Press

Adobe and Rammed Earth Buildings - Design and Construction, 1989
Provides technical information to architects, engineers, and building officials. Answers most technical questions and provides alternative design details to meet all situations and climates, providing a technical manual to access this low cost, environmentally oriented basic building material.

Educational facilities

Architects' Journal

Architects' Journal Buildings Classrooms of the future. AJ 20.05.2004, 2004
An exploration of five design models from the government's nationwide Classrooms of the Future programme. Each is a different take on tomorrow's learning environment.
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Building Research Energy Conservation Support Unit

Good Practice Guide 29 Good housekeeping in schools, 1994
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Good Practice Case Study 38 Energy efficiency in schools: condensing gas boilers, 1991
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Good Practice Guide 39 Managing energy in schools: a guide for headteachers and governors, 1976
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General Information Leaflet 4 Opportunities for saving energy in schools, 1992
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Good Practice Guide 40 Saving energy in schools for school energy managers, 1994
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Good Practice Guide 41 Opportunities for energy efficiency during refurbishment of schools, 1976
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Good Practice Guide 45 Managing energy in schools: a guide for school caretakers. 1995 edition, 1995
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Good Practice Guide 55 Good housekeeping in school swimming pools: a guide for school staff, 1976
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Good Practice Guide 56 Saving energy in school swimming pools: a guide to refurbishment and new pool design for headteachers, governors and local authorities. 1995 edition, 1995
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Good Practice Guide 57 Conducting an energy walk-round: a guide for school energy managers, headteachers and governors. 1995 edition, 1995
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Good Practice Case Study 73 Energy efficiency in schools: potential benefits of boiler replacement, 1995
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New Practice Final Report 80 New low energy multi-residential accommodation. Constable Terrace, University of East Anglia, 1995
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Good Practice Case Study 94 Energy efficiency in schools - building energy management systems, 1995
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Good Practice Case Study 95 Energy efficiency in schools - local controls for heating and lighting, 1995
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Good Practice Case Study 99 Energy savings in schools, 1993
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Good Practice Case Study 100 Teacher as the focus for energy efficiency, 1994
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Good Practice Case Study 101 Energy efficiency in schools - some simple energy conservation measures, 1994
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General Information Leaflet 13 Energy savings in schools - energy conservation measures in temporary classrooms, 1995
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Good Practice Guide 145 Maintaining the efficient operation of heating and hot water systems in schools, 1995
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Energy Consumption Guide 15 Saving energy in schools: the headteacher's and governor's guide to energy efficiency, 1976
This guide is intended to help the reader to compare their school's expenditure on energy with that of other schools. It also outlines how to set about reducing energy costs.
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Good Practice Case Study 150 Energy management - Manchester University, 1994
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Energy Consumption Guide 16 Saving energy in schools: the school energy manager's guide to energy efficiency, 1991
This guide is intended to help the reader to understand the factors that influence the size of their school's energy bills. It describes the importance of regular monitoring of fuel consumption and outlines the first steps they can take to cut out the wasteful use of energy.
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General Information Leaflet 16 Using solar energy in schools, 1993
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Energy Consumption Guide 17 Saving energy in schools: the local authority chief officer's guide to energy efficiency, 1991
This guide gives the monitored energy cost figures for schools in 15 local authorities. It also briefly describes what action many chief officers are taking to encourage further energy savings in their schools.
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Good Practice Guide 173 Energy efficient design of new buildings and extensions - for schools and colleges, 1997
Addresses those issues which distinguish school design from that of other buildings, and looks at the way that these issues influence energy efficiency at a strategic level. Shows how an integrated design approach, bringing together the skills of a multi disciplinary team, can lead to energy efficiency. Contains case studies of completed projects.
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Good Practice Case Study 184 Energy efficiency in schools - a head teacher speaks out, 1993
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Good Practice Case Study 185 'Out-of-hours' use of schools, 1993
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Good Practice Case Study 196 Electricity savings in a large acute hospital. Hull Royal Infirmary, 1994
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Good Practice Case Study 197 Electricity savings in hospitals - Airedale General Hospital, 1994
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Good Practice Guide 204 Combined heat and power (CHP) in universities, 1996
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Good Practice Guide 207 Cost-effective low energy buildings in further and higher education, 1997
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Good Practice Guide 233 Energy efficient refurbishment of schools, 1997
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Good Practice Guide 246 Building management systems in further and higher education, 1998
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Good Practice Guide 259 Saving electrical energy in schools - good housekeeping for lighting, IT and other curriculum-based equipment, 1999
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Energy Consumption Guide 28 Saving energy in schools - a guide on lighting and IT equipment for headteachers, governors and school staff, 1993
This guide is intended to help the reader to identify where much of the school's electricity is used, by; describing how to calculate the electrical consumption of a school's lighting installation; and providing guidelines on the electricity consumed by typical IT and other office type equipment used in schools.
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Good Practice Case Study 335 Investment in energy efficiency at the University of Warwick, 1997
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Good Practice Case Study 336 Energy efficiency in further and higher education - monitoring and targeting, University of Wales, Cardiff, 1996
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Good Practice Case Study 396 Cost effective ventilation and cooling in new university buildings - university of Lincolnshire and Humberside, 2001
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Energy Consumption Guide 54 Energy consumption in further and higher education - cost effective low energy buildings, 1997
Provides a method for assessing energy usage and costs in a range of academic and residential building types found in the further and higher education sector. It is primarily intended for use by estates personnel who are actively involved in the management of energy. It will also help senior managers to understand the role that energy plays in the operation of their institution.
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Energy Consumption Guide 57 Energy consumption guide for nursing and residential homes, 1996
This guide is intended for owners and managers responsible for running nursing and residential homes and, where appropriate, other homes. The guide introduces the use of energy efficiency to reduce fuel costs in care homes and avoid waste.
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New Practice Initial Profile 90 Low energy multi-residential housing: Abraham Building, Linacre College, Oxford, 1995
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New Practice Initial Profile 91 Energy efficient multi-residential accommodation: Panns Bank, University of Sunderland, 1995
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Building Research Establishment

Information Paper 2/94 Energy efficiency in schools, 1994
Schools could save money and benefit the environment if their buildings were made more energy-efficient. However, it is not widely recognised that many energy-saving measures are simple and inexpensive, and that they could be cost-effectively incorporated in a programme of routine maintenance and refurbishment.
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Department for Education and Employment

Broadsheet 22 Use of heat pumps in rural schools, 1986
This broadsheet describes two schools where heat pumps have been successfully installed.
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Broadsheet 24 Saving energy in schools: three case studies in Nottinghamshire, 1987
This document looks at energy saving in three case studies; Lady Bay Infants School, West Bridgford; Alderman Pounder Infants School, Chilwell and; Rosslyn Infants School, Aspley.
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Broadsheet 27 Energy efficient school refurbishment, 1991
This broadsheet reports on successful refurbishments involving glazed walls, mobile classrooms, and a swimming pool.
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Broadsheet 29 Energy use in educational buildings, 1992
This broadsheet looks at energy expenditure and energy consumption and the effect on carbon dioxide emissions.
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Building Bulletin 83 Schools' environmental assessment method (SEAM), 1996
The aims of SEAM are to: raise awareness of how energy use in buildings has a major impact on the atmospheric problems of global warming and acid rain; improve the quality of the internal environment for school users, e.g. by providing better air quality, adequate ventilation and optimum use of daylight; and encourage the use of construction materials and products which are of an environmentally friendly nature, minimising the depletion of non-renewable resources, destruction of the tropical rain forests and wasteful use of local resources.
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Department for Education and Skills

Building Bulletin 87 Guidelines for environmental design in schools. 2nd edition, 2003
Contains design, constructional and operation and maintenance guidance for new build and existing schools. The guidance includes heating and thermal performance, ventilation and indoor air quality, lighting, hot and cold water supplies. The school premises regulations are summarised and a web based CO2 calculator is included.
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European Commission

Energy efficient lighting in schools, 1992
The principle aim of this publication is to promote energy efficient best practice in lighting.
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New Village Press

Ecological design and building schools: green guide to educational opportunities in the United States and Canada, 2005

Electrical services

British Wind Energy Association

Fact Sheet 5 Electricity supply, 1996
This document covers energy supply in England, Wales and Scotland.
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Fact Sheet 14 Generating electricity into the UK public electricity system - a guide for potential wind turbine owners and developers, 1996
This guide has three aims; to highlight the technical factors that have to be considered when connecting wind turbines to the public electricity system; to give an outline of the administrative procedures necessary and; to give guidance on the likely costs of a connection.
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Building Research Energy Conservation Support Unit

Good Practice Guide 53 Electricity savings in hospitals: a guide for senior financial managers, 1976
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Good Practice Guide 54 Electricity savings in hospitals: a guide for energy and estate managers, 1976
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General Information Leaflet 6 Energy efficiency in office lighting, 1992
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Good Practice Case Study 86 Low energy lighting in the communal areas of housing, 1993
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Fuel Efficiency Booklet 9 Economic use of electricity in buildings, 1993
This booklet gives guidance on terms used in electricity tariffs and how plant can be operated with a view to reducing costs.
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Good Practice Case Study 95 Energy efficiency in schools - local controls for heating and lighting, 1995
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Good Practice Case Study 102 Lighting controls in industrial stores, 1994
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Good Practice Case Study 103 Energy efficient lighting in low ceiling industrial stores, 1994
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Good Practice Case Study 130 Reducing electricity consumption and costs in hospitals. Ysbyty Gwynedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, 1993
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Good Practice Guide 152 Energy efficient refurbishment of public houses - lighting, 1995
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Good Practice Guide 158 Energy efficiency in lighting for industrial buildings - a guide for building managers, 1994
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Good Practice Case Study 158 Energy efficient lighting in factories. L'Oreal Golden Ltd, Llantrisant, Glamorgan, 1993
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Good Practice Guide 159 Converting to compact fluorescent lighting - a refurbishment guide, 1995
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Good Practice Case Study 159 Energy efficient lighting in factories. Romford Brewery Co. Ltd, Romford, Essex, 1994
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General Information Leaflet 16 Using solar energy in schools, 1993
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Good Practice Guide 160 Electric lighting controls - a guide for designers, installers and users, 1997
This Guide provides an overview for anyone involved in the planning, implementation, installation and operation of lighting controls. It describes the different types of controls, discusses possible problems to be addressed when designing and installing a system, and includes seven case studies illustrating solutions adopted in a variety of buildings.
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Good Practice Guide 189 Energy efficiency in hotels - a guide to cost-effective lighting, 1996
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Good Practice Case Study 196 Electricity savings in a large acute hospital. Hull Royal Infirmary, 1994
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Good Practice Case Study 197 Electricity savings in hospitals - Airedale General Hospital, 1994
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Good Practice Guide 199 Energy efficient lighting - a guide for installers, 1997
Low energy lighting for domestic and multi-residential buildings. Internal and external applications. Lighting design and controls.
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General Information Leaflet 20 Low energy domestic lighting: a summary guide, 2002
Energy efficient lighting has been successfully adopted in a wide variety of non-domestic markets including industrial buildings, offices and hotels. Compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) have been developed primarily to make low energy lighting technology available in a form which is particularly suited to the domestic market. The results of this study highlight cost-effectiveness of CFLs in the domestic sector.
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Good Practice Guide 210 Energy efficient lighting in the retail sector, 1997
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Good Practice Guide 223 Cost effective lighting for sports facilities - a guide for centre managers and operators, 1997
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Good Practice Case Study 243 Energy efficiency in hotels - energy efficient lighting. Forte Crest Hotel, Brighouse, West Yorkshire, 1994
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Good Practice Guide 259 Saving electrical energy in schools - good housekeeping for lighting, IT and other curriculum-based equipment, 1999
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Good Practice Case Study 261 Energy efficient lighting in a new low-bay factory building, 1994
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Good Practice Guide 272 Lighting for people, energy efficiency and architecture - an overview of lighting requirements and design, 1999
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Energy Consumption Guide 28 Saving energy in schools - a guide on lighting and IT equipment for headteachers, governors and school staff, 1993
This guide is intended to help the reader to identify where much of the school's electricity is used, by; describing how to calculate the electrical consumption of a school's lighting installation; and providing guidelines on the electricity consumed by typical IT and other office type equipment used in schools.
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Good Practice Guide 300 Installers guide to lighting design, 2002
Aims to help electrical contractors develop their business in the area of lighting by providing an introduction to interior lighting design.
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Good Practice Case Study 307 Energy efficient lighting in a high precision components factory: Muirhead Vatric Components Ltd, Penge, London, 1995
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Good Practice Case Study 309 Energy efficient lighting in industrial buildings, 1995
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Building Research Establishment

Information Paper 5/02 Dwellings and energy efficient lighting: new regulation Part L, 2002
Describes the scope of the requirements of the new Part L (Conservation of Fuel and Power) and explains the guidance in the Approved Document. It will be of interest to housebuilders and domestic electrical contractors.
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Report 430 Energy efficient lighting: Part L of the building regulations explained, 2001
In Part L of the Building Regulations 2002 edition, the requirements for conservation of fuel and power, have been revised and extended. This guide provides additional explanation of the lighting guidance. The Department has endorsed it for this purpose for Transport, Local Government and the Regions. The guide deals with dwellings and non-dwellings. Multi-residential buildings, including hotels, hostels, old people's homes, hospitals, nurses' homes and boarding schools, count as non-dwellings for the purposes of the Building Regulations.
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Digest 438 Photovoltaics: integration into buildings, 1999
Electrical power generated directly from solar energy has been discussed, investigated and made practicable in a number of small-scale applications for many years. Environmental considerations now make it imperative to apply the technology to buildings. This Digest describes photovoltaic options and installations in relation to Standards and regulations, compatibility with other building elements, safety and ease of maintenance. It will help architects, designers of building components, specifiers and owners to identify the main issues and practicalities of using photovoltaic systems to supplement conventional means of electricity generation for buildings.
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Digest 489 Wind loads on roof based photovoltaic systems, 2004
There is a little information and no authoritative guidance about wind loads on roof-based photovoltaic (PV) systems available to the designer. In the UK, determining wind loading on PV systems and their component parts tends to be based on experimental data, extrapolation of wind loading data intended for other building elements, or from design guidance for PV installations in other countries where the wind loads or construction practice can be quite different. Reviews the wind loading information appropriate for roof based PV systems and gives recommendations and guidance for the design of roof-based PV systems for wind loads.
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Building Services Research and Information Association

Report S/P2/00313 Photovoltaics in buildings: safety and the CDM regulations, 2000
This report is aimed mainly at designers and installers of large PV installations integrated with buildings. It provides: A simple guide to the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations,1994 (CDM Regulations) with regard to the design, installation, operation, maintenance, decommissioning and disposal of PV installations in buildings. A commentary on the UK legislative framework with particular reference to CDM Regulations. Hazards and risks relating to PV installations. PV issues that must be addressed in the Health and Safety Plan. PV issues that must be addressed in the Health and Safety File. Most of the safety advice is also relevant to small installations that may be exempt from the Regulations.
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Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers

Technical Memoranda TM 25 Understanding building integrated photovoltaics, 2000
Building integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) is ideally suited to applications in building projects where energy conservation and environmental acceptability are key issues. This document is intended to provide guidance for building services engineers and other professionals on the design of BIPV.
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CIE-UK

Standard 011/E2003 Spatial distribution of daylight - CIE standard general sky, 2003
Defines a set of outdoor daylight conditions linking sunlight and skylight for theoretical and practical purposes. It lists a set of luminance distributions, which model the sky under a wide range of conditions, from the heavily overcast sky to cloudless weather. It is intended for two purposes: to be a universal basis for the classification of measured sky luminance distributions and to give a method for calculating sky luminance in daylighting design procedures.
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Department of Trade and Industry

Photovoltaics in building: a design guide, 1999
This guide provides an overview of how photovoltaic (PV) systems work and are incorporated in the design of buildings; it gives the information that designers and, in particular, architects need. It is for those who wish to assess the feasibility of using PVs in a specific project, for those who have already decided to use PVs in a specific project and want to know how to do so and for those with the foresight to want to plan their buildings for PVs in the future. The focus is on PV systems which are building-integrated and grid-connected.
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Photovoltaics in buildings. BIPV projects, 2000
The purpose of this publication is to review recent BIPV (building-integrated photovoltaics) designs and identify issues that have arisen at the various stages of realisation. In the expectation that the pace of BIPV commissions will increase, the findings of these pioneer projects will assist in the development of the next generation.
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Photovoltaics in buildings. Testing commissioning and monitoring guide, 1998
This document is concerned with the testing, commissioning and monitoring of building integrated, grid connected photovoltaic systems, referred to in this document as 'PV systems'.
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English Heritage

Smoke detection systems for cathedrals, 1997
Much of the content of this advisory note is based on the recommendations of BS 5839 and is complemented by advice on the problems which can arise (for example interference with historic fabric) when systems are installed in cathedrals.
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Surge protection equipment: a guide to selection and installation in historic buildings, 2003
Statistical evidence indicates that most of the claims against damage resulting from lightning strikes arise from the destruction of electronic components in; fire alarm control panels, security systems, telephone exchanges, sound equipment, and lighting systems. In this publication the benefits of overvoltage protection are outlined and methods of best practice are suggested.
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European Commission

Energy efficient lighting in schools, 1992
The principle aim of this publication is to promote energy efficient best practice in lighting.
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Energy efficient lighting in offices, 1993
The principle aim of this publication is to promote energy efficient best practice in lighting.
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Energy efficient lighting in buildings, 1992
The principle aim of this publication is to promote energy efficient best practice in lighting.
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