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.
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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.
The NBS guide to façade greening (2/3)
This time we continue our exploration of systems available and their likely benefits and detractions in more detail.
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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.
This time we clarify some core concepts and terminology, ahead of an exploration of systems available and their likely benefits.
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How should we design cities to make the most of urban ecosystems?
Back in 1839, public health expert J F Murray published his article The Lungs of London, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine. Even then, city dwellers appreciated the advantages of open, green spaces. ...
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A warm reception for intelligent heating controls
With the nights starting to draw in and the summer drizzling to an autumnal conclusion many of us will be tempted to fire up the central heating for the first time in the coming weeks.
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The NBS guide to energy smart meters
Smart meters are a new kind of gas and electricity meter that can digitally send meter readings to your energy supplier. This can ensure more accurate energy bills. Smart meters also come with ...
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Wind farm plans get government green light
A giant offshore windfarm off the coast at Redcar, in the North East of England, has been given planning approval by the government.
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UK construction industry making good progress on sustainable timber
The UK Construction Industry is helping to tackle deforestation by increasingly sourcing sustainable timber and timber products according to a study from WWF-UK.
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The NBS guide to feed-in tariffs
UPDATE : In July 2015 the Government consulted on potential changes to financial support for solar PV . The outcomes of the consultation were published in December 2015.
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Passivhaus projects recognised at Trust Awards
A reinterpreted farmstead has become the first Certified Passivhaus in Northumberland and winner of the Small Projects Category at the 2015 Passivhaus Awards organised by the Passivhaus Trust.
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Going for green: Education sector on path to sustainable future
Now in their eleventh year the Green Gown Awards recognise the exceptional sustainability initiatives being undertaken by universities, colleges and the wider learning and skills sectors across the ...
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Sustainability in Australia
Most countries have some ambition when it comes to setting an exemplar approach for the development of sustainable buildings. Here John Gelder, formerly of NBS and now a lecturer in Construction for ...
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Green wall success means Newcastle’s really growing places
We’ve touched on the benefits of ‘living walls’ or ‘green walls’ before on theNBS.com but with summer hopefully just around the corner it felt like a good time to venture outdoors to explore two ...
