http://www.bdonline.co.uk http://www.bdonline.co.uk http://www.bdonline.co.uk/magazine/graphics/logo.png http://www.bdonline.co.uk http://www.bdonline.co.uk/technical/where-the-embodied-is-buried/5054003.article http://www.bdonline.co.uk/technical/where-the-embodied-is-buried/5054003.article Upcoming changes to both Breeam and the building regulations are placing the embodied carbon of different structural solutions under the spotlight Wed, 1 May 2013 06:20 GMT http://www.bdonline.co.uk/technical/school-pavilion-allenmoos-ii-by-boltshauser-architekten/5044838.article http://www.bdonline.co.uk/technical/school-pavilion-allenmoos-ii-by-boltshauser-architekten/5044838.article Handcrafted, natural materials and refined construction techniques are combined to create a quiet sensitivity Mon, 29 Oct 2012 06:00 GMT http://www.bdonline.co.uk/technical/oasis-children’s-venture-by-matt-atkins-and-ben-barfield-marks/5044690.article http://www.bdonline.co.uk/technical/oasis-children’s-venture-by-matt-atkins-and-ben-barfield-marks/5044690.article A playspace and office by architecture students is an exercise in reuse and resourcefulness Tue, 23 Oct 2012 06:40 GMT http://www.bdonline.co.uk/technical/open-house-in-hamburg-by-onix-architekten/5033075.article http://www.bdonline.co.uk/technical/open-house-in-hamburg-by-onix-architekten/5033075.article This Passivhaus for communal living produces more energy than it uses. Thu, 8 Mar 2012 08:42 GMT http://www.bdonline.co.uk/technical/olympic-sailing-village-by-hta-architects/5033022.article http://www.bdonline.co.uk/technical/olympic-sailing-village-by-hta-architects/5033022.article HTA’s athletes’ village in Dorset mixes traditional materials with an up-to-date approach to energy generation Wed, 7 Mar 2012 08:38 GMT http://www.bdonline.co.uk/technical/sbec-sustainability-centre-finds-ways-to-push-the-envelope/5031384.article http://www.bdonline.co.uk/technical/sbec-sustainability-centre-finds-ways-to-push-the-envelope/5031384.article The Sustainable Building Envelope Centre has been established to harness the building fabric to generate energy. Here is a look at its ambitions and some of the key technologies under development Mon, 6 Feb 2012 08:30 GMT http://www.bdonline.co.uk/technical/b35-apartments-by-agps-architecture/5026753.article http://www.bdonline.co.uk/technical/b35-apartments-by-agps-architecture/5026753.article Hansjürg Leibundgut’s Zurich home is also a ground-breaking research project into energy use Thu, 27 Oct 2011 08:53 GMT http://www.bdonline.co.uk/technical/boyarsky-murphys-anaerobic-digestion-plant/5022439.article http://www.bdonline.co.uk/technical/boyarsky-murphys-anaerobic-digestion-plant/5022439.article Innovative facility in Cambridgeshire will turn food waste into energy Fri, 29 Jul 2011 00:00 GMT http://www.bdonline.co.uk/technical/sulgrave-gardens-by-cartwright-pickard/5019632.article http://www.bdonline.co.uk/technical/sulgrave-gardens-by-cartwright-pickard/5019632.article This £5.5m scheme will be the first mixed-tenure PassivHaus development in London and the architect’s first attempt at this type of sustainable design Fri, 10 Jun 2011 08:21 GMT http://www.bdonline.co.uk/technical/gamlingay-eco-hub-community-centre-by-civic-architects/5017936.article http://www.bdonline.co.uk/technical/gamlingay-eco-hub-community-centre-by-civic-architects/5017936.article Civic Architects’ remodelling of a Cambridgeshire village community centre uses sustainable materials and three different passive heat and power technologies. Tue, 17 May 2011 15:48 GMT http://www.bdonline.co.uk/technical/new-research-will-help-architects-maximise-low-carbon-design/5016000.article http://www.bdonline.co.uk/technical/new-research-will-help-architects-maximise-low-carbon-design/5016000.article Target Zero guidance on achieving low-carbon buildings has been launched by the BCSA and Tata Steel. Here are three steel-framed projects featured in the research. Tue, 5 Apr 2011 00:00 GMT http://www.bdonline.co.uk/technical/oak-meadow-primary-school-by-architype/5015465.article http://www.bdonline.co.uk/technical/oak-meadow-primary-school-by-architype/5015465.article Passivhaus technology is creating an efficient, well-ventilated learning environment at Oak Meadow Primary School in Wolverhampton. Fri, 25 Mar 2011 09:12 GMT http://www.bdonline.co.uk/sustainability/ecobuild/ecobuild-promises-a-greener-future/5013877.article http://www.bdonline.co.uk/sustainability/ecobuild/ecobuild-promises-a-greener-future/5013877.article This year’s conference is bigger than ever and with a new focus on architecture. Fri, 25 Feb 2011 08:26 GMT http://www.bdonline.co.uk/buildings/technical/simon-conder-associates’-eastcliff-houses/5007640.article http://www.bdonline.co.uk/buildings/technical/simon-conder-associates’-eastcliff-houses/5007640.article Two houses on the windswept Cornish coast rely on traditional passive solutions Fri, 22 Oct 2010 00:00 GMT http://www.bdonline.co.uk/buildings/technical/welsh-group-targets-passivhaus-window-market/5007785.article http://www.bdonline.co.uk/buildings/technical/welsh-group-targets-passivhaus-window-market/5007785.article A consortium of Welsh joinery firms is making a new high-performance timber window. Fri, 22 Oct 2010 00:00 GMT http://www.bdonline.co.uk/buildings/technical/kentish-town-sports-centre/5002290.article http://www.bdonline.co.uk/buildings/technical/kentish-town-sports-centre/5002290.article Max Fordham Engineers has turn Victorian technology to good use in the refurbishment of one of London’s oldest pools. Fri, 9 Jul 2010 02:00 GMT http://www.bdonline.co.uk/buildings/technical/environmental-resource-centre-ebbw-vale-wales/5002305.article http://www.bdonline.co.uk/buildings/technical/environmental-resource-centre-ebbw-vale-wales/5002305.article A site that was once Europe’s largest steelworks is reclaimed by nature in Design Research Unit Wales’s innovative scheme. Fri, 9 Jul 2010 00:00 GMT http://www.bdonline.co.uk/insulation-solutions-for-flimwell-workshops-by-the-architecture-ensemble/5000081.article http://www.bdonline.co.uk/insulation-solutions-for-flimwell-workshops-by-the-architecture-ensemble/5000081.article Wood fibre and sheep’s wool insulation have been specified for a set of eight sustainable timber workshops that are being constructed in 20ha of ancient woodland in East Sussex. Fri, 14 May 2010 00:00 GMT http://www.bdonline.co.uk/bre’s-victorian-terrace-retrofit-project/5000095.article http://www.bdonline.co.uk/bre’s-victorian-terrace-retrofit-project/5000095.article PRP Architects’ refurbished stable block will be used to demonstrate how sustainable building and insulation products can be used for upgrading the UK’s existing housing stock Fri, 14 May 2010 00:00 GMT http://www.bdonline.co.uk/buildings/technical/john-christophers’-zero-carbon-house/3162206.article http://www.bdonline.co.uk/buildings/technical/john-christophers’-zero-carbon-house/3162206.article A home in Birmingham’s Balsall Heath is the first retrofit project to achieve level 6 of the Code for Sustainable Homes Fri, 23 Apr 2010 00:00 GMT