Publications and Guidance
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Concrete and the Green Guide
The Green Guide is a tool for assessing some
of the embodied impacts of construction elements as part of an
overall environmental or sustainability assessment for a project or
development. This publication is to assist designers to specify
concrete in conjunction with the Green Guide to Specification. It
highlights the guide's relevance in the context of whole-life
performance and sustainable design, SAP, the Code for Sustainable
Homes and other sustainability assessment tools, including BREEAM
for high-rise domestic and commercial buildings. |
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Achieving Code Level Five with Concrete and Masonry
This publication gives a brief overview of the
key decisions taken, and lessons learnt by the design team in
working up the plans and specification. Particular attention is
paid to the thermal performance of the building fabric and the
overall energy and CO2 rating, which can account for over a third
of the total points available in the Code. |
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Specifying Sustainable Concrete
Concrete's flexibility offers many opportunities for designers to
influence the environmental, economic and social credentials of
their projects, including performance credentials such as fire,
durability, acoustics and adaptability. This publication is
intended to assist designers in optimising the sustainable
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Thermal Mass Explained
Exploiting thermal mass on a year-round basis is not difficult,
but does require consideration at the outset of the design process
when requirements for the building form, fabric and orientation are
being established. This guide explains what thermal mass is, and
how best to utilise it.
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Material Efficiency
Minimising the production of waste is an important factor in
material resource efficiency. The concrete industry is a net user
of waste, thereby diverting significant amounts of waste from
potential land fill and reducing depletion of natural
resources.
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Concrete and Flooding
This publication aims to give designers an understanding of the
issues of flooding, how to assess the risk, how to design
appropriately and how to specify the correct materials to meet the
challenge. It provides a background to the causes of flooding; the
regulatory and government drivers that influence design and
construction in flood risk areas and examines the concrete
solutions to flood avoidance, resistance and resilience.
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Concrete and Fire Safety
Building owners, occupiers and insurance companies are
increasingly asking for more than the minimum fire resistance as
specified by the Building Regulations. Of particular concern is the
need for a burning building to provide a level of structural
integrity that goes beyond the means of escape times required by
the Building Regulations. It is a concern that is also shared by
fire fighters. This new report explains how concrete construction,
which is well suited to the new performance-based fire safety
approach, can minimise the impact of fire upon a building.
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Many more are available covering: codes and standards,
building sectors and methods of construction.