PPA Business Monthly Publication of the Year 2008

7 August 2008

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Castlemore's Waverley Gate project awarded EPCSubscribers only

7 August, 2008

Castlemore’s Waverley Gate development in Edinburgh has been awarded an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC), placing it in the top 11% of sustainable commercial buildings in the UK.

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Reader's RantSubscribers only

7 August, 2008

In the BSJ inbox this week, a letter from Keith Calder, Technical Director at Meinhardt (UK):

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Editor's Choice

Butterfield business park

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Earth ducts supply fresh air to Luton office villageSubscribers only

August 2008

Beneath an office village in Luton lies a system of concrete pipes that promises to supply fresh air using a fifth of the energy of a normal fan-coil system. Roderic Bunn salutes its simplicity

Simon Lay

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Fire engineering as a career

16 July, 2008

If you’re ready to jump out of the frying pan into the fire, developing specialist skills on projects is the best way into the discipline of engineering. You could soon be influencing the design of some of the world’s most unique buildings,...

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Energy Performance Certificates

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Castlemore's Waverley Gate project awarded EPCSubscribers only

7 August, 2008

Castlemore’s Waverley Gate development in Edinburgh has been awarded an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC), placing it in the top 11% of sustainable commercial buildings in the UK.

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Free DEC software releasedSubscribers only

7 August, 2008

IES to release alternative to 'incomplete' Government system later this month

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Projects

Butterfield business park

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Earth ducts supply fresh air to Luton office villageSubscribers only

August 2008

Beneath an office village in Luton lies a system of concrete pipes that promises to supply fresh air using a fifth of the energy of a normal fan-coil system. Roderic Bunn salutes its simplicity

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Sustainability News

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Sustained summer reading and listeningSubscribers only

4 August, 2008

Stuck for a rip-roaring read or an essential soundtrack to your summer break? Try out this über list of print or plastic (or MP3) which range from the sublime (Proust, Glenn Gould) to the ridiculous (Howard Jones and a singing bear)

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Want to offset your holiday flight?Subscribers only

4 August, 2008

Michael Willoughby explores the theory and practice behind offsetting. And he discovers wildly differing costs for a return flight to Malaga from the price of a latte to a hardback book.

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Technical

Magnetic refrigerants could yield a 50% energy saving in buildings

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Magnetic cooling promises new ways to avoid conventional refrigerantsSubscribers only

August 2008

Magnetic cooling holds exciting potential for avoiding conventional refrigerants and saving energy. Karl Sandeman of Cambridge University reports on the research

Rainwater and greywater plant can qualify

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Green shopping listSubscribers only

August 2008

Enhanced capital allowances are juicy carrots to encourage the use of energy efficient equipment. Building services cost expert Davis Langdon Mott Green Wall, and property tax specialist Crosher & James, explain what the scheme covers

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CPD Collection

Sponsored by Powerplan

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CPD Module August 08: Intelligent lighting systems that save energySubscribers only

August 2008

Welcome to our regular series of CPD modules, designed to help you broaden your professional knowledge while you work. This module covers intelligent lighting systems that can save energy. It is sponsored by Powerplan.

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CPD Module July 08: Gas absorption heat pumpsSubscribers only

July 2008

Welcome to our regular series of CPD modules, designed to help you broaden your professional knowledge while you work. This module covers the use of gas absorption heat pumps as a source of low carbon building heating. It is sponsored by...

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