As the fight against climate change gains momentum, new technologies are challenging the status quo in construction. However, the regular emergence of new disruptors such as energy storage means it can be difficult to keep a good overview of the solutions available. Here Ivo Arnús, Business Development Director at Norvento UK, looks at how specifiers can use this leap forward in the energy sector to their advantage – and design truly future-proof, self-sufficient, intelligent buildings in the process.
Officially opened in July 2009 the 26,500 seat Cardiff City Stadium is at the heart of major new infrastructure project in Leckwith, located to the West of the Welsh Capital.
Scotscape’s Living Wall CPD ‘Breathing Life into Cities’ is an engaging and interactive CPD which focuses on the benefits to Green Infrastructure that living walls deliver.
Construction contractors often face issues of proximity to buildings and infrastructures – but the £31m redevelopment of 71 Queen Victoria Street, London, presented them in abundance.
ELI Beamlines (Extreme Light Infrastructure), located in Dolní Brežany, south of Prague, Czech Republic, is an international research and technology facility for high-powered laser experimentation which Bogle Architects won through International Competition.
