28/07/2022
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To comply with the government’s Future Homes Standard, all homes and businesses will have to meet strict energy efficiency targets. ROCKWOOL, the UK’s leading ...
Technical Focus
04/03/2022
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Barely a few months since COP26, the new year is a poignant reminder that the climate clock is ticking and of the urgent action needed to limit global warming to 1.5˚C. While there is hopeful progress in the growth of green energy and electric vehicles and a shift towards sustainability in ...
18/10/2021
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In this article, James Gosling of Sto examines the importance of the acoustic environment in our buildings and looks at some of the associated issues.
The current COVID-19 pandemic has caused a considerable amount of attention to be directed towards mental wellbeing and the effect that our ...
01/07/2021
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Wellbeing risks becoming another buzzword if we don’t take a step back and seriously consider what it means and how it can be applied in the built environment to truly benefit building occupants.
The statistic that we spend 90% of our time indoors is well documented and this has been ...
06/12/2021
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The Government confirming that it will legislate to require all new-build homes and offices with parking spaces to have electric vehicle (EV) ...
10/08/2022
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Angus Smith studied Architecture at Scott Sutherland School of Architecture. Following his education, he went on to work in an international practice ...
Build Focus Hotel / Leisure / Retail / Office
10/08/2022
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The Dutch city of Almere was built on reclaimed land that was once the Zuiderzee – a shallow sea bay in the Netherlands. The first house in this planned new town was completed in 1976. Since then, the city has grown to a population of nearly ...
