17th October 2019
BRE Buzz
29th July 2019
News Update from BRE’s Housing and Health Team – July 2019
Net Zero Carbon The UK Government recently announced a new target requiring the UK to bring all greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050 making it the first major economy to pass such a law. This will be an amendment to the Climate Change Act (2008) which already stipulates an 80% reduction in greenhouse … Continue reading “News Update from BRE’s Housing and Health Team – July 2019”
20th June 2019
An Ageing Population – Challenges for the built environment
Following a trend across much of the developed world, the population of the UK is growing, and ageing. The UK population is projected to continue growing, reaching over 74 million by 2039. The population in the UK is getting older with 18% aged 65 and over and 2.4% aged 85 and over. In 2016 there … Continue reading “An Ageing Population – Challenges for the built environment”
20th June 2019
Circular Building Assessment Prototype
A BIM based solution for Resource Productivity – Development, Validation and Trial This article summarises the ongoing technical developments of a user friendly and pragmatic tool for assessing circularity in buildings with varying levels of data and design stage. BAMB Circular Building Assessment, referred as CBA, is a methodology that compares and assesses product and … Continue reading “Circular Building Assessment Prototype”
6th June 2019
Wellness – Blog by Gillian Charlesworth
As a newcomer to BRE, I’m really looking forward to getting to grips with what you – our customers and partners – want from us in this rapidly evolving field of health and wellbeing. Fundamentally I see a need to rebalance things so that we achieve complete synergy between the best interests of individuals and … Continue reading “Wellness – Blog by Gillian Charlesworth”
30th May 2019
What’s the condition of your housing stock?
Understanding this is key to ensuring occupiers are not suffering ill health as a result of poor conditions Where do we spend most of our time? At work? In the car? Most of us spend longer in our own home than anywhere else, and the condition of our homes therefore has an important effect … Continue reading “What’s the condition of your housing stock?”
21st May 2019
Biophilic design – health and wellbeing in buildings
How we bring biophilic design into buildings and use it to enhance people’s lives is one of today’s most exciting building design challenges, and one that offers huge opportunities. Oliver Heath, Oliver Heath Design Our built environment is often designed in ways that both degrade the environment and separate us from nature. The recent focus … Continue reading “Biophilic design – health and wellbeing in buildings”
16th May 2019
Burton Safes: safe with LPS 1175 Issue 8
Burton Safes are proud to have over 30 products with LPS 1175 certification and are now delighted to be the first company to achieve LPS 1175 Issue 8 with two products from their extensive range of physical security solutions; Orthrus is a freestanding high security room of modular construction – delivering optimum price/performance ratio to … Continue reading “Burton Safes: safe with LPS 1175 Issue 8”
23rd April 2019
Re-establish human relationships with the natural world
Continue exploiting natural resources until they are gone, or regenerate them and re-establish human relationships with the natural world – it’s up to us ‘We are living at a point in time when human society’s influence on the environment, and the environmental impact of our individual lives, has never been as strong,’ says Mike Maunder … Continue reading “Re-establish human relationships with the natural world”
12th April 2019
Consultation now live for new flood products standard
The British Standards Institution (BSI) are currently undertaking a public consultation exercise to gather feedback on the draft of the newly formed British Standard (BS) 851188 standard. This is expected to replace the existing Publicly Available Specification (PAS) 1188 standards for flood resistance products. This existing PAS standard is broken down into four separate parts: … Continue reading “Consultation now live for new flood products standard”
