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.
Discover how specification can support BREEAM New Construction V7, with practical guidance from NBS and BRE on assessment requirements, evidence and more sustainable project outcomes.
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
This time we continue our exploration of systems available and their likely benefits and detractions in more detail.
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.
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. ...
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.
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 ...
A giant offshore windfarm off the coast at Redcar, in the North East of England, has been given planning approval by the government.
The UK Construction Industry is helping to tackle deforestation by increasingly sourcing sustainable timber and timber products according to a study from WWF-UK.
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.
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.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...