The health effect of new carpets
We are delighted to be working with our new member Allergy UK, to interrogate the data collected from their busy ...
Highlights from the 2016 AECB ADAPT Annual Conference
ASBP’s Debbie Mauger visited the 2016 AECB ADAPT Annual Conference, 15th-16th July at the UEA Enterprise Centre. The ASBP team ...
ASBP Reusable Buildings Network; DCLG meeting
We met with Alex Murphy, DCLG, Roy Fishwick, Cleveland Steel and Tubes and Tim Yates, BRE on 15th July to ...
Travis Perkins requires suppliers to submit EPDs for new products
Products containing gypsum, cement, timber or insulation are responsible for 65% of Travis Perkin’s supply chain emissions (only 2% of ...
CE marking: a barrier to reuse?
The ASBP Reusable Buildings Network has identified CE marking as a potential barrier to structural steel reuse. We are meeting ...
Hemac Network launches
Awareness of the impacts of climate change, rising energy prices, fuel poverty and a demand for energy security have prompted significant ...
UK Centre for Moisture in Buildings launches
Many substantial building problems (including health problems) are caused by excessive or insufficient moisture. And yet we have very little ...
A summary of the UKIEG Conference, 16th June 2016
We had a great day at the 2016 UKIEG Conference, kindly hosted by the excellent team at Coventry University. Dr ...
UCL launch MSc Health, Wellbeing and Sustainable Buildings
Dr Marcella Ucci and her colleagues from UCL’s Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering joined us at our members’ pavillion at ...
USGBC announces LEED ‘healthy material’ credit
The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has announced a new LEED pilot credit – Building Material Human Hazard & Exposure ...
Building Revolutions – Applying the Circular Economy to the Built Environment
Hosted by Argent, David Cheshire launched his new book on the 27th May 2016 at an event chaired by Russell Haydn, with ...
Research highlights effects on cognitive function due to VOC exposure
This interesting research article for the Environmental Health Perspectives journal investigates the effects of indoor environment on cognitive function. [divider style=”solid” ...
