Welcome to the Edge
The Edge is a campaigning built-environment think tank and is multi-disciplinary in a landscape that is remarkable for the high number of single-discipline institutions it contains. › Continue reading
Latest - Edge Report August 2011 (pdf)
Latest - Letter to the Editor : Low-carbon buildings
Latest Debates
Debate 46 - What does it mean to be a building professional in the 21st century?
Thursday, September 15th, 2011
To meet sustainability challenges, let alone government targets, new and existing buildings will need to perform radically better in use: as sustainable assets, for their occupiers, and for the environment. However, regulatory and market mechanisms promoting sustainable buildings have had limited success in terms of recent outcomes. In use, many buildings that followed the rules and ticked the boxes have been shown to have major differences between expectation and reality. › Continue reading
Debate 45 - Cutting carbon at any cost?
Thursday, September 8th, 2011
The Edge debate held in Bristol was the first in a series of CIBSE Presidential debates to be held across the country during 2011-12. The debate focused on the twin challenges of reducing emissions from buildings by 80% by 2050 while reducing the costs of new buildings by 20% rather sooner. › Continue reading
Debate 44 - UK Construction Resources: Is there a plan?
Monday, July 4th, 2011
The UK construction industry consumes some 400mt of construction materials annually and accounts for nearly 30% of UK road freight. Home produced material for construction is significant accounting for 20% of the UK’s manufactured goods at the same time as exporting 10% of output. › Continue reading
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Debates (10 most recent)
- Debate 46 - What does it mean to be a building professional in the 21st century?
- Debate 45 - Cutting carbon at any cost?
- Debate 44 - UK Construction Resources: Is there a plan?
- Debate 43 - Low Carbon Buildings - Truth or Dare?
- Debate 42 - How long will clients tolerate the educational barriers to a low carbon construction industry?
- Debate 41 - For and against combined heat & power and community heating
- Debate 40 - The focus on carbon is distracting us from saving carbon
- Debate 39 - Engineering the road to Copenhagen
- Debate 38 - 80:20
- Debate 37 - Are you dwelling comfortably?
Links
- Adams Kara Taylor (AKT)
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- Carbon Coach
- Carbon Trust
- CIBSE
- Davies Maguire + Whitby
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- Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios
- Hoare Lea
- Institution of Civil Engineers
- Max Fordham
- Mott MacDonald (Fulcrum)
- NCEUB Wiki
- Ramboll
- RIBA
- Royal Instit. of Chartered Surveyors
- SISTech
- The Architects Practice
- The Institution of Structural Engineers
- Usable Buildings Trust