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Environmental Issues

The Green building topic area offers you a set of resources to help you keep up to date with the fast-changing world of green construction and sustainable development.

Environmental Issues Articles

• Before you start building "green"

  The period of discussion that occurs before any formal agreements are signed, and so before the start of the Outline Plan of Work, is the opportunity to ensure that everyone who is going to be involved understands the nature of a sustainable approach, together with the benefits, responsibilities and issues. Whatever the nature and scope of the professional services provided, some principles and good practice procedures will always be applicable. read more on 'Before you start building "green"' ...

• NBS WRAP

  We have just finished an exercise dealing with recycled content of products across NBS Building and its sisters. This article gives some useful background information. read more on 'NBS WRAP' ...

• Straw bale construction

  Now that the rather satirical huffing and puffing references to the ‘Three little pigs’ have come and gone, straw bale construction has come of age. Projects in the UK involving straw bale have evolved from the smaller utility and out-buildings to large dwellings and local amenity buildings. We welcome straw bale walling to the mainstream. read more on 'Straw bale construction' ...

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