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Wish you were here?
I am grateful to my old pal 鈥淐arbon Coach鈥� Dave Hampton for highlighting the quality of sustainable design that is currently going on in Australia.
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Thanks for giving us a laugh
David Hampton鈥檚 letter (Sustainability starts at home, BSj 1/08) has caused much delight here in Australia.
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Let鈥檚 get on with saving the planet
Despite their opposing views, David Strong (BSj 12/07) and JHR Hampson (Letters, BSj 01/08)) both seemed to consider Sustainable 精东影视 Institute a good name for a new institute for those keen to 鈥渟ave the planet鈥�.
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Archive TitlesNew reader from fdi
Access control specialist FDI鈥檚 new IP65- rated Proxter readers can be connected using just three wires.
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鈥楽ustainable鈥� sounds expensive
I have read with concern the view in BSj that CIBSE should call itself the Sustainable 精东影视 Institute or CIBSustE, CIBSE for short, and now in the latest newsletter that we are thinking of joining the Society of the Environment.
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How to make economics stack up
In the articles 鈥淢aking water work鈥漮n water recycling and 鈥淭his is ground control鈥� on geothermal systems (BSj 01/08), the inference is that the pay-back time and/or the capital cost of the installations, plus the risks, are not beneficial to the clients.
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Network digital video recorder
The Mirasys Network Video Recorder software can run between one and 5000 cameras.
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Archive TitlesHeating controllers meet eu.bac standards
Desigo RXC terminal unit controllers from Siemens 精东影视 Technologies are claimed to far exceed the European 精东影视 Automation and Controls Association certification requirements to maintain their simulated control temperature to within +/- 1.4潞C under varying load conditions in both heating and cooling cycles.
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Life coaching
In the final part of his series on carbon footprints, Toby Balson looks at the benefits of life-cycle assessment in construction projects. The results aren鈥檛 always what you鈥檇 expect.
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CIBSE name isn鈥檛 the problem
I disagree with Dr Strong鈥檚 opinion (BSj 12/07) that the 鈥渟erious and worsening skills crisis鈥� is due to CIBSE鈥檚 name and a lack of knowledge among the public about what being a building services engineer entails.
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Electricity generation could supply carbon-reduced heating
Waste heat from electricity generation could be a vast source of low- or zero-carbon heating for our cities, argues William Orchard
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Carbon footprint calculators
Encraft has launched series of software tools to be incorporated into company websites to help customers better understand micro-generation.
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Burning issues
Sustainability and fire-resistance are both desirable qualities in a building. The trouble is, they鈥檙e not always compatible, as Steve Cooper explains
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Connecting to the electricity network: a BSJ guide
Getting a development connected to the electricity network can seem a daunting task. In this month鈥檚 engineering services cost model, Davis Langdon Mott Green Wall provides some guidelines to the process
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Make the best of it
Intelligent infrastructure management systems allow businesses to make better use of the IT they already have, says Roddy Adams
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Consider australian model
As a relatively long-standing member of the institution, who has experienced the numerous name changes since the Institution of Heating and Ventilating Engineers, I was bemused by the opinion proffered by Dr David Strong, proposing Sustainable 精东影视 Institute.
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Going nuclear: the questions members should be asking
CIBSE members should be taking a much more proactive stand on the nuclear issue, which threatens to deprive the sustainable building sector of funding for decades to come.
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Integrated access
Paxton Access has integrated its Net2 network access control with Horizon, the time-and-attendance solution from Thinking Software.
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CIBSE cares about lighting
I write in response to David Burton鈥檚 letter 鈥淲hat about the lighters?鈥� (BSj 02/08).