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Highlights from the ASBP’s Healthy Buildings Conference 2018

Webby Hattie Hartman, Sustainability Editor, The Architects’ Journal. The key messages emerging from ASBP’s second annual Healthy Buildings Conference and …

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Healthy Buildings 2020 conference report by Hattie Hartman

WebIn the context of climate emergency, the ASBP’s 2020 annual conference had a distinctly different tenor this year. As chair Gary Newman noted in his opening …

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Healthy Buildings 2022

WebThe ASBP Healthy Buildings Conference returns for a 6th year, taking place online on 24th February 2022. We’re delighted to be joined by a number of speakers at the forefront of …

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Recycled plastics in construction – Is it a good thing

WebA think piece by Katherine Adams, Technical Associate, ASBP. Choosing what materials and products to use for the multitude of applications in construction is not always …

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Timber and healthy buildings: indoor air quality

WebThis TRADA Research Summary was prepared by ASBP Director Simon Corbey and examines the business case for healthy buildings, focusing upon the health …

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The inside story: Health effects of indoor air quality on children …

Web“Children in the UK spend more and more of their lives indoors, and the health impact of the air within our homes and schools must be taken seriously. This …

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ASBP Healthy Buildings Conference and Expo 2021

WebWe need a paradigm shift in how we characterise a good performing building, focusing on the need to put human health at the heart of metrics, and pushing for stringent air quality …

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IMPROVING INDOOR AIR QUALITY

WebEmerging evidence suggests that relying on ventilation strategies alone to provide healthy air inside low energy buildings is, in many cases, presenting significant risks to the

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UCL launch MSc Health, Wellbeing and Sustainable Buildings

WebDr Marcella Ucci and her colleagues from UCL’s Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering joined us at our members’ pavillion at Vision on the 7th June to …

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Healthy Buildings links

WebThe ASBP’s third annual conference and exhibition explored ‘Plastics in Construction – Issues, Impacts and Alternatives’ Human health and planetary health are by very …

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Environmental Product Declarations (EPD) for UK products

WebAt the start of 2021, there were 360 EPD using EN 15804 for UK produced products, from over 60 manufacturers and UK trade associations, covering a wide range …

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Breathaplasta by Adaptavate

WebWhat is Breathaplasta? Adaptavate has recently launched Breathaplasta, which is an innovative internal plaster designed to be thermally insulating and moisture regulating, …

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ASBP Healthy Buildings Conference and Expo 2024

WebThursday 29th February 2024 | 10:00-17:00 | Building Centre, London. The ASBP Healthy Buildings Conference and Expo returned as an in-person event for the first time since …

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Indoor Air Quality Guidelines for selected VOCs in the UK

WebReview Objectives. The overall objective of this work was to carry out a comprehensive literature review to propose health based IAQ guidelines for individual VOCs in the UK. …

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HCB Hempcrete Blocks from UK Hempcrete

WebWith a long pedigree as a specialist hempcrete and natural building contractor, UK Hempcrete now supplies hemp building materials, including the HCB …

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MOISTURE IN BUILDINGS Health, buildings and context

WebMoisture issues are complex and require systems thinking for assessment, understanding and “solutions”. Moisture is largely ignored in research, industry and policy. There is a …

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WHAT’S IN MY UPVC WINDOW

WebTotal chlorine production in Europe was nearly 9.7 million tonnes in 2016, with the largest single end use (33%) being for PVC production. Demand for PVC products in Europe is …

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