A wide range of interesting articles that help you make informed decisions and deliver the best projects for your clients authored by our team of NBS subject specialists and construction industry contributors.
Sustainability
NBS Guide: Embodied Carbon Calculations
Learn how to align your carbon assessments with BIM workflows. This guide to Embodied Carbon Calculations, developed by NBS and Circular Ecology, sets out a practical, standardised approach to calculating the embodied carbon of building materials and products, and how to apply this data to BIM objects.
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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 ...
Design and Specification
Brick slip cladding systems – the need for robust specification
This article from the NBS technical team outlines specification for brick slip technology, including history, technology, design, safety and testing.
smart-cities
When product data creates risk, AluK delivers the clarity and support architects need
The need to build more homes, more quickly, has not changed. If anything, the pressure has intensified. However, the conversation around Modern Methods of Construction has evolved.
UK smart cities study updated for 2017
Huwaei's Smart Cities Index has been updated for 2017 with Bristol leapfrogging London as "leaders" at the top of the table.
Design and SpecificationSustainability
Reduce embodied carbon from the start
Measure, compare and reduce upfront embodied carbon using trusted UK data and pre-built assemblies.
Introducing the smart crossing - a new kind of pedestrian crossing
The days of the paint-on-the-floor pedestrian crossing could be numbered. A new smart crossing, which alerts drivers to people stepping out unexpectedly and widens in response to demand, has been ...
Design and SpecificationConstruction Products
Advances in Smart Cities
In January 2016 a research conference was held at the Indian Institute of Technology in Delhi on the theme of smart cities.
Design and SpecificationDigital Transformation
Should you be specifying home battery solutions?
According to the Solar Trade Association the number of solar panels being installed in the UK has fallen by more than 80%, with a withdrawal of subsidies and hikes in business rates being blamed.
Design and SpecificationSustainability
10 North East buildings opening their doors for the Heritage Open Days festival
This September a range of spaces and places normally off-limits to the general public fling open their doors. If you're coming to Newcastle-Upon-Tyne to check out the Old Post Office, home to NBS, why not take in some of these other top attractions?
Design and SpecificationDigital Transformation
What we learnt about artificial intelligence in the built environment from ICE's Forrest Lecture 2017
This year's James Forrest lecture looked at the impact Artificial Intelligence (AI) could have on the built environment sector.
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Microsoft make IoT play with thermostat smarts controlled by Cortana
It's been a few years since we last looked at intelligent heating controls on theNBS.com and in the intervening period things have got smarter, sleeker and more integrated. The British weather ...
SustainabilityConstruction Products
Why the world needs to get smarter about water consumption
In 1900, just 15% of the world’s population lived in cities. Now that proportion is over 50%, which is a lot of people. In fact, it means around 4 billion human beings rely on urban infrastructure to ...
Design and SpecificationSustainability
Unlocking the secrets of street ambience
Our research uses global data to describe how to achieve the ideal functions of a main street. We have done this by developing a systems abstraction hierarchy, which allows a main street to be ...
Design and SpecificationSustainability
The technologies transforming construction
Drones The din at the local park seems to have transferred from the model boating lake to the skies as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) or 'drones' increasingly find favour with hobbyists.
Digital TransformationSmart cities
Smart home and light market gains momentum
What are smart devices? A 'smart' or 'intelligent' device is an electronic device that's typically connected to the internet (and potentially a network of other smart devices) offering the potential ...
Design and SpecificationSustainability
Grab your free Ecobuild 2017 tickets
NBS had a great time at Ecobuild 2016 and this year's show is set to be even better. Organisers UBM have overhauled the floorplan to deliver an exciting new format that will deliver an immersive ...
