... United Kingdom Building specifications Sustainable design Low carbon buildings Sustainability Construction professionals It is widely accepted that the design, construction, operation and occupation of buildings have a significant impact on climate change (DETR, 1998 ; Sanders...

... of this work they have been separated. The principles include (Bell, 1997 , pp. 27‐33): Alan M. Forster can be contacted at: a.m.forster@hw.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Building conservation Regulation Building specifications Minimal (least) intervention...

..., and the total cannot exceed 100 (BCA, 2005). An example of how the buildability scores are computed in BDAS will be explained in the base model presented in the following. Buildings United States of America Value analysis Building specifications The concept of total building performance (TBP...

..., the property status analysis consisted in this case only of a technical and financial analysis. Figures 1 and 2 present the results of the condition survey of two facades as an example. Arto Saari can be contacted at: arto.saari@tkk.fi © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Building...

... Singapore United States of America Building specifications Overall architectural design – This is a very important stage for the design of good IAQ. This stage determines several vital aspects of a good building design such as the possible pollutant generating activities, which should...

... emissions by 45 million tonnes by 2010 (Baden et al., 2006). The EPBD is considered to be a “major opportunity to differentiate buildings on grounds of their energy efficiency performance and carbon footprints” (DEFRA, 2004). The Directive is the first move to target buildings specifically...

... is required (ODPM, 2006a,b,c,d ; DEFRA, 2005 ; BRE, 2005). Bousmaha Baiche can be contacted at: bbaiche@brookes.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Building specifications Cladding United Kingdom Extensive changes to Part L of the Building Regulations in England...

... cause water to condense on the floor joists, concrete walls, insulation and floor surface. This problem can be exacerbated by a high amount of moisture in the soil evaporating into the crawl space environment if there is no polyethylene layer. Building specifications Condensation Structural...

... be contacted at: bbaiche@brookes.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Local authorities Building specifications Construction industry This paper is based on a research project sponsored by the DTI, with contributions from construction industry partners including the National...

... and calculating electricity and gas usage. The data are based on reliable sources of information based on individual buildings, with the results being valid and reliable. Office buildings Building specifications Energy consumption Energy management Australia This research analysed energy...

.... Originality/value Describes an innovative approach to thermal design. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 Modelling Thermal efficiency Regulation Building specifications The energy requirements of the Building Regulations have grown from what could be described in a few pages...