Existing Conditions

World Scientists Warning Into Action - Local to Global - Summary 149.51 KB

World scientists have come together to declair their warnings and calls to action...   action     Call to action     Climate     economic     population     reform  

The Land Gap Report - Executive Summary (Nov 2022) 377.14 KB

This report examines the area of land required to meet projected biological carbon...   biological carbon removal     carbon offset     carbon sequestration     climate pledges     land  

The SERS Report - External Wall Insulation, Current Practice Review and Guidance for Improvement 557.10 KB

This review and report undertaken on behalf of SERS Energy Solutions Ltd to understand...

Keeping Risks at Bay – Improving a Test Method to Reliably Quantify the Capability of Capillary Active Interior insulation 777.31 KB

Conventional laboratory tests for the determination of liquid transport are not fully...

Best Time for Damp Proofing is Summer 394.62 KB

Much repair and renovation work is carried out during the summer as the warm weather...

A Review of Wind-Driven Rain Research in Building Science 3.03 MB

Wind-driven rain or driving rain is rain that is given a horizontal velocity component...

Investigating Wind-Driven Rain Intrusion in Walls with the CARWASh 671.67 KB

Wind-driven rain provides the primary external moisture load for exterior walls....

BS5250 Code of Practice for Control of Condensation in Buildings 0.00 KB

This British Standard code of practice has been published under the direction of...

Natural Ventilation: Does it Work? 12.62 MB

Such is the importance of ventilation, it’s only right and proper that the efficacy...

Rising Damp: Capillary Rise Dynamics in Walls 345.27 KB

Rising damp is the common term for the slow upward movement of moisture in the lower...

Energy Efficiency and Historic Buildings 661.41 KB

This guidance note is one of a series which explain ways of improving the energy...

Energy Efficiency in Historic Buildings - Early Cavity Walls 104.54 KB

This guidance note provides advice on the principles, risks, materials and methods...