Posts Tagged ‘building design’
Designing Buildings with Women in Mind
Gender perspectives on building design and operation; what does ‘designing a building with women in mind’ actually look like? March 8th is a special day for everyone – not just for women – to acknowledge the incredible strides being made and highlight the continued hinderances to gender equality. This International Women’s Day, I’d like to…
Read MoreGaining an EDGE: Engineering and building physics services
At EVORA we know from long experience there is a huge amount of unlocked potential in existing commercial buildings. But we see time and again how the realisation of that potential is so often obstructed by the long and complicated supply chains involved. That’s why we set up EVORA EDGE, our engineering and building physics…
Read MoreThe true cost of design – measuring embodied carbon at Hammerson’s Orchard Park retail development
This post was originally published on CIBSE Journal. A new database tool is helping designers assess the environmental impact of their specifications. Our EVORA EDGE Director, Andrew Cooper, looks at how Hammerson is trialling the tool to assess the CO2 impact of a retail park in Didcot. Approximately 10% of all UK carbon emissions are…
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