Opinion – Page 226
-
-
Comment
Ðǿմ«Ã½ at Ecobuild: Some highlights
Highlights from this week’s Ecobuild event involving the Ðǿմ«Ã½ team
-
Comment
Setting out our stall
The case for investment in green building solutions has never been stronger, let’s hope the government listens
-
Comment
Hospitals: Get better soon
Hospitals can transform a stressful situation into a positive experience or a nightmare. So if you want some civilised treatment, you should get ill in France
-
Comment
Green is good for business
Tim Yeo remembers when sustainability was a dirty word for the business community. Now as an MP he sees the industry taking the lead and willing the government to do more
-
Comment
Rise in new orders provides some solace, but they remain at very low levels
Latest data shows that while there are signs of improvement the need for much greater improvement is clear
-
Comment
My digital life … Michael Robinson
The head of building consultancy at Gerald Eve on forgetting his Blackberry, keeping in touch with relatives abroad, and what he’d do if he won the lottery
-
Comment
Hansom: Just the job
This working week, you may be asked to eat some smoked salmon, read thousands of pages on HS2, star in a Chinese sitcom, or listen to deafening drilling while trying to write your diary column
-
Comment
Wonders and blunders with Andy Ford
Andy Ford is thrilled by Heatherwick Studio’s UK Pavilion at the 2010 Shanghai Expo, but infuriated by Zaha Hadid’s Olympic aquatics centre
-
Comment
Tackling Scots youth unemployment
Continued public infrastructure investment is crucially important as part of a successful youth employment strategy
-
Comment
Green for the future
Put the health of our environment first and it will stimulate the economy for years to come
-
Comment
New model for education in sustainability
The time seems right for academia to realise that things are not working and it needs to change
-
Comment
Importing Passivhaus
Asking whether there is a place for Passivhaus in the UK is an odd question
-
Comment
View from my office: Jamie Crouch
It’s a bustling scene of construction amid woodland if you look out the window of this project director’s office
-
Comment
Schools: are we failing future generations?
School buildings must provide opportunities for children to learn as well as being designed to be as long-lived as practicable
-
Comment
The price to pay
Firms that engaged in buying work are seeing the impact of their failed gamble
-
Comment
Ecobuild: A great deal to talk about
Ecobuild 2013 will tackle a range of urgent issues, but the Green Deal will take centre stage
-
Comment
Strategy needed for apprenticeships
The director of the National Association of Shopfitters calls on government to develop a coherent apprenticeships policy
-
Comment
Severn Barrage has the power
The Severn Barrage is tipped to supply a substantial chunk of the UK’s energy needs
-
Comment
Get BIM right for facilities management
A reader provides some thoughts about applying BIM to make sure that buildings operate as they should