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Edge Debate 58 - Is creating an Institute of the Built Environment the answer to a ‘fragmented and ineffective’ industry? 29th May 2012

Thursday, April 11th, 2013

An Edge Debate hosted by CIBSE at the Royal Academy of Engineering

In 1994 The Latham Report described UK construction as ‘fragmented’ and ‘ineffective’; a theme later revisited in the reports of Egan and Wolstenholme. But, despite well-meant reforms, the UK industry today remains largely as Latham found it. › Continue reading

Edge Debate 57 - The Health Dilemma: achieving scale and efficiency. 24th April 2012

Thursday, April 11th, 2013

An Edge Debate hosted by the Danish Embassy in London.

There have been new and radical recent policy decisions in UK and Danish healthcare as different approaches to the common problems both health systems face - how to square the circle of rising demand, rising cost and diminishing funding. › Continue reading

Edge Debate 56 - Building Information Modelling

Thursday, March 7th, 2013

An Edge Debate in Bristol hosted by CIBSE South West Region. The debate will focus on the development and challenge of implementing BIM. › Continue reading

Edge Debate 55 at Ecobuild - The Politics of Carbon Emissions Data

Wednesday, March 6th, 2013

Energy is arguably our most precious resource and carbon emissions one of the most damaging of the pollutants we pump out into the atmosphere, but information on their use and emissions in the built environment are very hard to come by. › Continue reading

Cities Workshop 3 - How Scary is Smart?

Friday, February 22nd, 2013

There is great excitement about the idea of smart cities without there being much agreement on what it means or what might be worrying about the idea. › Continue reading