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Sustainability

What’s new in NBS LCA: Our latest features

Explore the latest developments in NBS LCA, including its new connection with NBS Chorus.

Must Reads

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    Designing sustainability into construction – proof over promises in sustainable construction

    With tightening regulations and growing client demand, the construction industry is under increasing pressure to demonstrate measurable progress against carbon reduction targets. For specifiers, that ...

  • Construction Products

    Dulux Trade launches new solution for high-humidity spaces

    Because of how they are used, kitchens and bathrooms experience more moisture, more contact, and more ongoing maintenance. Standard emulsions are not designed for this level of use. Over time, ...

  • The hidden cost of compliance: why architects are demanding a new era of product transparency

    Few pieces of legislation have reshaped the UK construction industry as significantly as the Building Safety Act 2022 (BSA). Introduced to improve accountability, traceability and safety standards ...

How design and specification can help achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals

September 2023 marks eight years since the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) were adopted globally. The schema, which comprises 17 goals, focuses on a holistic approach to ...

Design and SpecificationSustainability
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Reduce embodied carbon from the start

Measure, compare and reduce upfront embodied carbon using trusted UK data and pre-built assemblies.

A review of the Draft Building Safety Bill, and what it will mean for construction product manufacturers

So what is the draft bill? To directly quote the Rt Hon. Robert Jenrick MP from the Bill’s introduction: ‘The Bill will introduce a new era of accountability, making it clear where the responsibility ...

Design and SpecificationDigital Transformation

Review: 'Building a Safer Future'. The governments response and reformed building safety regulations.

As we heard from Dame Judith Hackitt at the recent NBS Construction Product Leaders’ Summit. The new regulator will be the HSE (Health and Safety Executive) and is confirmed in this publication. The ...

Design and SpecificationStandards and Regulations

BIM and the manufacturer: Ideal Standard

Since May 2015, leading UK provider of innovative and design-driven bathroom solutions, Ideal Standard International , has partnered with NBS to host its Building Information Modelling (BIM) objects ...

Digital TransformationNational BIM Report 2016 for Manufacturers articl

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