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A Protocol for the Assessment of Indoor Air Quality in Homes and Office Buildings

A Questionnaire for Studies of Sick Building Syndrome - A Report to The Royal Society of Health Advisory Group on Sick Building Syndrome

A Sustainability Checklist for Developments - A Common Framework for Developers and Local Authorities

A hydrocarbon fire standard - An assessment of existing information

Achieving Whole Life Value in Infrastructure and Buildings

Air Conditioning Systems in Buildings Using Air Cycle Technology - Design and Application Guide

An Independent Guide on Water Mist Systems for Residential Buildings

Aspects of fire precautions in buildings (R E H Read & W A Morris)

Aspects of fire precautions in buildings. (R.E.H.Read and W.A.Morris)

Assessing Environmental Impacts of Construction - Industry Consensus, BREEAM and UK Ecopoints

BRE Housing Design Handbook - Energy and Internal Layout - Chapter 10: Energy Efficient Design

BRE Housing Design Handbook - Energy and Internal Layout - Chapter 11: Thermal Insulation

BRE Housing Design Handbook - Energy and Internal Layout - Chapter 12: Space and Water Heating

BRE Housing Design Handbook - Energy and Internal Layout - Chapter 13: Internal Environment

BRE Housing Design Handbook - Energy and Internal Layout - Chapter 15: Circulation Living Rooms and Bedrooms

BRE Housing Design Handbook - Energy and Internal Layout - Chapter 16: Kitchens

BRE Housing Design Handbook - Energy and Internal Layout - Chapter 17: Utility Areas

BRE Housing Design Handbook - Energy and Internal Layout - Chapter 19: Appendices

BRE Housing Design Handbook - Energy and Internal Layout - Chapter 1: Introduction

BRE Housing Design Handbook - Energy and Internal Layout - Chapter 2: Occupants' Requirements

BRE Housing Design Handbook - Energy and Internal Layout - Chapter 3: Site Layout, Built Form and Microclimate

BRE Housing Design Handbook - Energy and Internal Layout - Chapter 4: Orientation, Sunlight and Solar Gain

BRE Housing Design Handbook - Energy and Internal Layout - Chapter 5: Orientation and Daylight

BRE Housing Design Handbook - Energy and Internal Layout - Chapter 8: Fire

BRE Housing Design Handbook - Energy and Internal Layout - Chapter 9: Safety

BRE Methodology for Environmental Profiles of Construction Materials, Components and Buildings

BRE Project Report - Effect of Local Acts on Fire Risks

BRE Project Report - Examination of the Fire Resistance Requirements for Ducts and Dampers

BRE Project Report 204505: Effectiveness of Sprinklers in Residential Premises

BRE Project Report 213140: The Integrity of Compartmentation of Buildings During a Fire

BRE Project Report 213179: Smoke Ventilation of Common Access Areas of Flats and Maisonettes (BD2410) - Final Factual Report

BRE Project Report 79204: Smoke Shafts Protecting Fire-Fighting Shafts - Their Performance and Design

BRE Report - Energy Use in Buildings and Carbon Dioxide Emissions

BRE Report - Results of Fire Resistance Tests on Elements of Building Construction

BRE Report: Fire safety in buildings.(H.L.Malhotra)

BREDEM-12 Model Description 2001 Update

BREEAM 98 for Offices - An Environmental Assessment Method for Office Buildings

BREEAM Version 2/91: Environmental Assessment for New Superstores and Supermarkets

BREEAM Version 4/93: Existing Offices - An Environmental Assessment for Existing Office Buildings

BREEAM Version 5/93: New Industrial Units - An Environmental Assessment for New Industrial, Warehousing and Non-Food Retail Units

BREEAM/New Offices - An environmental assessment for new office designs (version 1/93)(Josephine Prior)

Best Practice Programme - Energy Efficiency in New Housing - Low-Energy Housing at Little or No Additional Cost

Brickwork: prevention of sulphate attack

British statutes relating to fire (1425-1963) (R E H Read)

Brownfield Sites - Ground Related Risks for Buildings

Building Regulation and Safety

Building Regulations - Conservation of Fuel and Power - The 'Energy Target' Method of Compliance for Dwellings

Building Sustainably with Timber

Building regulation, health and safety

Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Non-Domestic Buildings - 2000 and Beyond

Carbon Performance Rating for Offices

Cavity Barriers - Final Factual Report of the Experimental Programme

Cavity insulation

Climate and Site Development - Part 1: General Climate of the UK

Climate and Site Development - Part 2: Influence of Microclimate

Climate and Site Development - Part 3: Improving Microclimate Through Design

Cold water storage cisterns: overflow pipes

Concise Reviews of Building Technology: Insulation Against External Noise.

Concise reviews of building technology: Sound insulation of separating walls and floors Part 1: Walls.

Concrete Part 1 : materials

Concrete Structures in Fire - Performance, Design and Analysis

Condensing boilers

Construction and Demolition Waste - Part 1

Construction and Demolition Waste - Part 2

Construction of new buildings on gas-contaminated land.

Contaminated Land - A Review of Research at BRE

Contaminated Land - Ingress of Organic Vapours into Buildings

Control of Dust from Construction and Demolition Activities

Conventions for U-Value Calculations

Cooling Buildings in London - Overcoming the Heat Island

Creating Environmental Weightings for Construction Products - Results of a Study

Current Paper 28/78: Party-wall Insulation and Noise from Neighbours

Current Paper 80/78: Fires in Dwellings - An Investigation of Actual Fires - Part II: Hazards from Ground-floor Fires - Part III: Physiological Effects of Fire

Damage to Structures from Ground-Borne Vibration

Damage to structures from ground-borne vibration.

Daylighting as a Passive Solar Energy Option - An Assessment of its Potential in Non-Domestic Buildings

Defect Action Sheet (Design). Stairways: Safety of Users - Specification.

Defect Action Sheet (site). External and Separating Walls: Cavity Barriers Against Fire - Installation. Revised 1985.

Defect Action Sheet (site). Stairways: Safety of Users - Installation.

Defective Action Sheet - Pitched Roofs - Boxed Eaves - Preventing Fire Spread Between Dwellings

Design Approaches for Smoke Control in Atrium Buildings

Design Methodologies for Smoke and Heat Exhaust Ventilation

Design principles for smoke ventilation in enclosed shopping centres (H P Morgan and J P Gardner)

Designing Roofs for Climate Change - Modifications to Good Practice Guidance

Digest 330 Part 1: Alkali-Silica Reaction in Concrete - Background to the Guidance Notes

Digest 330 Part 2: Alkali-Silica Reaction in Concrete - Detailed Guidance for New Construction

Digest 365: Soakaway Design

Digest 502: Principles of Masonry Conservation Management

Digest 505: Access to Buildings

Digest 506: Security Fog Generators

Domestic Energy Fact File

Domestic Energy Fact File - 1993 Update

Domestic Energy Fact File - England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

Domestic Energy Fact File - Local Authority Homes

Domestic Energy Fact File - Owner Occupied Homes

Domestic Energy Fact File - Private Rented Homes

Domestic Energy Fact File - Registered Social Landlord (RSL) Homes

Domestic foul drainage systems: avoiding blockages - installation

Domestic heat pumps: performance and economics

Double Glazing for Heat and Sound Insulation

Double glazing and double windows

Draft Interpretative Document - Hygiene, Health and the Environment

Dust explosions.

Effectiveness of Sprinklers in Residential Premises - An Evaluation of Concealed and Recessed Pattern Sprinkler Products DCLG Final Research Report

Electric Heating in Highly Insulated Buildings - Experiences from the BRE Low Energy Office

Electrical services: avoiding cable overheating

Electricity distribution on sites.

Electromagnetic fields: A review of the evidence for effects on health. (Olivia F.Naismith)

Emergency Lighting and Wayfinding Systems for Visually Impaired People

Emergency wayfinding systems: their effectiveness in smoke

Energy Efficient lighting: Part L of the Building Regulations Explained

Energy Use In Office Buildings

Energy-Efficient In-Situ Concrete Housing Using Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) Permanent Formwork

Environment Publication 60: Design Guide - Soft Soil Stabilisation - EuroSoilStab - Development of Design and Construction Methods to Stabilise Soft Organic Soils

Environment Publication 67: Designing for Pedestrians - A Guide to Good Practice

Environment Publication 68: Designing for Cyclists - A Guide to Good Practice

Environment Publication 69: Repairing Flooded Buildings - An Insurance Industry Guide to Investigation and Repair

Environment Publication 70: Wheelchair Housing Design Guide

Environment Publication 73: Reuse of Foundations for Urban Sites - Proceedings of the International Council

Environment Publication 74: Green Roofs and Facades

Environment Publication 75: Reuse of Foundations for Urban Sites - A Best Practice Handbook

Environment Publication 78: Earthships - Building a Zero Carbon Future for Homes

Environment, Competitiveness and Profitability - Environmental Management in the Construction Products Sector

Environmental Design Guide for Naturally Ventilated and Daylit Offices

Environmental Hazard Assessment: Trichloroethylene.

Environmental Site Layout Planning - Solar Access, Microclimate and Passive Cooling in Urban Areas

Environmental Standard - Homes for a Greener World

Environmental design manual: Summer conditions in naturally-ventilated offices. (P.Petherbridge, N.O.Milbank and J.Harrington-Lynn)

Environmental hazard assessment: 1,1,1-Trichloroethane.

Environmental hazard assessment: Benzene.

Environmental hazard assessment: Toluene.

Experimental programme to investigate informative fire warning characteristics for motivating fast evacuation

Experiments at the Multifunctioneel Trainingcentrum, Ghent, on the interaction between sprinklers and smoke venting (P L Hinkley, G O Hansell, N R Marshall & R Harrison)

Explosibility Assessment of Industrial Powders and Dusts (P Field)

External fire spread: Building separation and boundary distances (Edited by R E H Read)

Factors determining life hazard from fires in group-residential buildings. Part 1: Hotels and boarding houses. (A.W.Williams and J.S.Hopkinson)

Factors determining life hazard from fires in group-residential buildings. Part 2: Health care, residential care premises and halls of residence. (A.W.Williams and J.S.Hopkinson)

Fire Modelling

Fire Note - Assessing the Fire Performance of External Cladding Systems - A Test Method

Fire Performance of External Thermal Insulation for Walls of Multi-Storey Buildings

Fire Safety Engineering - A Reference Guide

Fire Safety in Hotels - A Simple Practical Guide for Hotel Owners, Managers and Responsible Persons

Fire Safety of Concrete Structures - Background to BS 8110 Fire Design

Fire and disabled people in buildings (T J Shields)

Fire doors. Revised 1988.

Fire performance of walls and linings. Revised 1984.

Fire risk from combustible cavity insulation.

Fire terminology.

Fires in furniture.

Foundation for the Built Environment Report - Construction Site Security and Safety - The Forgotten Costs!

Foundation for the Built Environment Report - New Fire Design Method for Steel Frames with Composite Floor Slabs

Foundation for the Built Environment Report - Potential Implications of Climate Change in the Built Environment

Good Building Guide - Building on Brownfield Sites - Part 1: Identifying the Hazards

Good Building Guide - Building on Brownfield Sites - Part 2: Reducing the Risks

Good Building Guide - Buildings and Radon

Good Building Guide - Carbon Monoxide Detectors

Good Building Guide - Climate Change - Impact on Building Design and Construction

Good Building Guide - Disposing of Rainwater

Good Building Guide - Habitability Guidelines for Existing Housing

Good Repair Guide - Improving Energy Efficiency - Part 1: Thermal Insulation

Good Repair Guide - Improving Energy Efficiency - Part 2: Boilers and Heating Systems, Draughtstripping

Good Repair Guide - Improving Sound Insulation - Part 2

Green Guide to Composites - An Environmental Profiling System for Composite Materials and Products

Guidelines for the construction of fire-resisting structural elements. (W.A.Morris, R.E.H.Read and G.M.E.Cooke)

Hardcore

Hazards from Interior Painting with Solvent-Borne Paint

Heat Losses Through Ground Floors

Household Waste - Storage Provision and Recycling

Important Factors in Real Fires

Improving Air Quality in Urban Environments - Guidance for the Construction Industry

Improving the sound insulation of separating walls and floors.

Increasing the fire resistance of existing timber floors. Revised 1988.

Indoor Air Quality in Homes in England

Indoor Air Quality in Homes in England - Volatile Organic Compounds

Information Paper 1/01: Environmental Benchmarking for Property Portfolio Managers

Information Paper 1/04: Drainage Design for Buildings with Reduced Water Use

Information Paper 1/08: The Price of Sustainable Schools - How Much Does it Cost to Achieve BRE Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM) Schools Ratings?

Information Paper 1/79: Fire Risks in High-Rise Buildings.

Information Paper 1/86: Reliability of Underground Heat Mains in the UK (A B Birtles & E F O'Sullivan)

Information Paper 1/87: Investing in Energy Efficiency: 4 Domestic Hot Water Systems (R Baldwin & G Atkinson)

Information Paper 1/90: High-Tech Mixed-Use Buildings: Attitudes to Energy Efficiency (D P Haughey)

Information Paper 1/92: Locks on doors to flats: Ergonomic requirements (J Harrington-Lynn)

Information Paper 1/93: Emergency Wayfinding Lighting Systems (GMB Webber, CE Aizlewood)

Information Paper 1/94: Minimising refrigerant emissions from air conditioning systems in buildings (D J G Butler)

Information Paper 1/96: Management of Construction and Demolition Wastes

Information Paper 10/07: Safer Floors - Guidance on Specifying Flooring for Internal and External Safety in Domestic Buildings

Information Paper 10/82 A Basis for the Revision of Scales for Sanitary Accommodation in Schools ( PJ Davidson)

Information Paper 10/84: The structural condition of prefabricated reinforced concrete houses designed before 1960

Information Paper 10/88: The performance of gas-fired condensing boilers in family housing (M J B Trim)

Information Paper 10/94: Energy Use by Office Equipment: Reducing Long-term Running Costs (P R Hill)

Information Paper 10/95: Daylighting Design for Display-Screen Equipment

Information Paper 11/85: Mould and its Control (A F Bravery)

Information Paper 11/90: The BRESIM technique for measuring air infiltration rates in large buildings (RR Walker, MDAES Perera)

Information Paper 12/03: Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) Emissions from Flooring Adhesives

Information Paper 12/05: Small Scale, Building Integrated, Wind Power Systems

Information Paper 12/84: Assessing the performance of timber frame wall panels subject to racking loads (A P Mayo)

Information Paper 12/85: Lead driers in paint: implications of their removal (E R Miller and J Boxall)

Information Paper 12/89: The insulation of dwellings against external noise (WA Utley, JW Sargent)

Information Paper 12/92: Energy Audits and Surveys

Information Paper 12/93: Heat Losses Through Windows (R Rayment, P J Fishwick, P M Rose and M J Seymour)

Information Paper 12/94: Assessing condensation risk and heat loss at thermal bridges around openings (T I Ward)

Information Paper 12/95: Controlling Mould Growth by Using Fungicidal Paints

Information Paper 13/00 Part 1: Green Buildings Revisited - Small Projects

Information Paper 13/00 Part 2: Green Buildings Revisited - Large Projects

Information Paper 13/02: Sustainability Lessons from Private Finance and Similar Private Initiatives

Information Paper 13/03 Part 1: Sustainable Buildings - Benefits for Occupiers

Information Paper 13/03 Part 2: Sustainable Buildings - Benefits for Designers

Information Paper 13/03 Part 4: Sustainable Buildings - Benefits for Constructors

Information Paper 13/79: Health problems associated with wood processing.

Information Paper 13/82: Noise from Neighbours and the Sound Insulation of Party Walls in Houses

Information Paper 13/92: False Alarms from Automatic Fire Detection Systems.

Information Paper 13/94: Passive stack ventilation systems: design and installation (RK Stephen, M Wooliscroft)

Information Paper 14/02: Dealing with Poor Sound Insulation Between New Dwellings

Information Paper 14/03: Preventing Hot Water Scalding in Bathrooms - Using Thermostatic Mixing Valves (TMVs)

Information Paper 14/04: Environmental Sustainability in Bridge Management

Information Paper 14/81: Cost and performance of solar water heating systems in the UK (S J Wozniak)

Information Paper 14/90: Non-uniform lighting: the prediction of illuminance distributions (AI Slater)

Information Paper 14/93: Daylighting Requirements for Display-Screen Equipment

Information Paper 14/94: U-values for basements (BR Anderson)

Information Paper 14/95: Phase-out of CFCs and HCFCs - Options for Owners and Operators of Air-conditioning Systems

Information Paper 15/05: Scope for Reducing Carbon Emissions from Housing

Information Paper 15/81: Evaporative Heat Meters in District Heating Schemes (D J Fisk & A S Eastwell)

Information Paper 15/88: Average Daylight Factor: A Simple Basis for Daylight Design (P J Littlefair)

Information Paper 15/89: Electromagnetic Compatibility of Building Services: Towards a European Standard (A K R Bromley & G P Webb)

Information Paper 15/91: Fire Spread Between Caravans (M P Shipp)

Information Paper 15/92: Assessing the risks of sulphate attack on concrete in the ground (WH Harrison)

Information Paper 15/94: Energy Efficiency in New Housing (P Barton-Wood)

Information Paper 15/95: Potential Carbon Emission Savings From Energy Efficiency in Housing

Information Paper 15/98: Water Conservation

Information Paper 16/05: Domestic Energy Use and Carbon Emissions - Scenarios to 2050

Information Paper 16/82: The selection of window hardware by performance (SA Covington)

Information Paper 16/86: Preloading uncompacted fills (J A Charles, D Burford, K S Watts)

Information Paper 16/91: Assisted Means of Escape of Disabled People from Fires in Tall Buildings

Information Paper 16/94: Energy Consumption in Public and Commercial Buildings (S A Moss)

Information Paper 16/95: Safety and Environmental Requirements of new Refrigerants

Information Paper 17/81: District Heating Combined with Electricity Generation: Cost-Effectiveness Factors (J A Macadam, D A Jebson, R G Owen & R J Brogan)

Information Paper 17/89: Photoluminescent Markings for Escape Routes (G M B Webber & P J Hallman)

Information Paper 17/93: Falls from Domestic Windows (GMB Webber, CE Aizlewood)

Information Paper 18/00: Ammonia Refrigerant in Buildings - Minimising the Hazards

Information Paper 18/81: Accidents Involving Glass in Domestic Doors and Windows: Some Implications for Design.

Information Paper 18/86: Appraisal of Passive Fire Precautions in Large Panel System Blocks of Flats and Maisonettes

Information Paper 18/88: Domestic mechanical ventilation: Guidelines for designers and installers (R K Stephen)

Information Paper 18/93: Falls from Domestic Balconies (GMB Webber, CE Aizlewood)

Information Paper 19/84: A test rig for proof-testing building components against wind loads (D Redfern)

Information Paper 19/85: A simplified approach to smoke-ventilation calculations.

Information Paper 19/89: Condensing Boilers - Reduced Space-Heating Costs in Large Residential Buildings

Information Paper 19/94: Condensing boilers: a review of their performance in practice ( D Hampton, G Hardwick)

Information Paper 2/85: Performance of a PSA Trial Energy Management System (AB Birtles, RW John, JT Smith)

Information Paper 2/87: Fire and Explosion Hazards Associated with the Redevelopment of Contaminated Land.

Information Paper 2/90: Greenhouse-Gas Emissions and Buildings In the United Kingdom (G Henderson & L D Shorrock)

Information Paper 2/94: Energy Efficiency in Schools (A Williams, D Hampton)

Information Paper 20/85: The Behaviour of People in Fires (A W Williams & J S Hopkinson)

Information Paper 20/86: Investing in Energy Efficiency: 2 Existing Housing (R Baldwin & G Atkinson)

Information Paper 20/88: Timber Scaffold Board - Reducing the Incidence of Site Injury.

Information Paper 20/94: Energy Use in the Housing Stock (JE Dunster, I Michel, LD Shorrock)

Information Paper 21/00: Air as a Refrigerant in Air Conditioning Systems in Buildings

Information Paper 21/01: Sustainability Indicators for Utilities

Information Paper 21/84: Fire Spread in Buildings.

Information Paper 21/88: Thermal Bowing in Fire and How it Affects Building Design.

Information Paper 21/89: Passive stack ventilation in dwellings (R K Stephen & Christine E Uglow)

Information Paper 21/93: The Noise Climate Around our Homes (JW Sargent, LC Fothergill)

Information Paper 22/84: Smoke spread within buildings (JS Hopkinson)

Information Paper 22/86: Investing in Energy Efficiency: 3 New Housing (R Baldwin & G Atkinson)

Information Paper 22/88: Energy Efficiency in the Housing Stock (G Henderson, LD Shorrock)

Information Paper 22/93: Effects of Environmental Noise On People At Home

Information Paper 24/79: The effect of flame-retardant treatments on some mechanical properties of wood.

Information Paper 24/81: Assessment of Fire Damaged Structures (D M Tucker & R E H Read)

Information Paper 24/82: Field measurements of the effect of plastered lightweight masonry inner leaves on the sound insulation of plastered brick and dense blockwork party walls

Information Paper 24/89: Improving Energy Efficiency in Housing

Information Paper 24/93: New ways of predicting discomfort glare (MJ Perry)

Information Paper 26/81: Solar Reflective Paints

Information Paper 3/03: Dynamic Insulation for Energy Saving and Comfort

Information Paper 3/05: Composting in the Construction Industry

Information Paper 3/81: Subterranean fires in the UK - The problem.

Information Paper 3/82: Fires in Dwellings - An Investigation of Actual Fires - Fires in BISF Houses (A Silcock)

Information Paper 3/83: Optimum start controls in modern low-energy buildings (DJ Fisk, AC Salvidge)

Information Paper 3/86: Changes in Portland cement properties and their effects on concrete (P J Nixon)

Information Paper 3/87: Solar dazzle reflected from sloping glazed facades (P J Littlefair)

Information Paper 3/89: Subterranean Fires in the UK - The Problem (P F Beever)

Information Paper 3/92: Solvent Vapour Hazards During Painting With white-Spirit-Borne Eggshell Paints.

Information Paper 3/94: The Importance of Indoor Surface Pollution in Sick Building Syndrome (GJ Raw)

Information Paper 3/95: Comfort, Control and Energy Efficiency in Offices

Information Paper 3/96: Potential Carbon Emission Savings from Energy Efficiency in Commercial Buildings

Information Paper 3/97: Demonstration of Reuse and Recycling of Materials - BRE Energy Efficient Office of the Future

Information Paper 30/79: Site Accounting for Waste of Materials (E R Skoyles)

Information Paper 4/01: Reducing Impact and Structure Borne Sound in Buildings

Information Paper 4/05: Costing Sustainability - How Much Does It Cost To Achieve BREEAM and EcoHomes Ratings?

Information Paper 4/07: Environmental Weightings - Their Use in the Environmental Assessment of Construction Products

Information Paper 4/08: Micro-Wind Turbines on House Roofs

Information Paper 4/85: Specifying plywood: (JFS Carruthers)

Information Paper 4/86: Ignition and Growth of Fire in a Room.

Information Paper 4/87: Fire Safety Considerations in the Design of Structural Sandwich Panels.

Information Paper 4/92: Site Layout for Sunlight and Solar Gain (P J Littlefair)

Information Paper 4/96: Potential Carbon Emission Savings from Combined Heat and Power in Buildings

Information Paper 5/01: Solar Energy in Urban Areas

Information Paper 5/02: Dwellings and Energy Efficient Lighting - New Regulation Part L

Information Paper 5/82: Load sharing between rafters in a traditional timber roof structure (C B Pierce)

Information Paper 5/85: Legionnaires' Disease - The Implications for Design and Use of Hot Water Systems.

Information Paper 5/87: Lighting Controls: An Essential Element of Energy-Efficient Lighting (A I Slater)

Information Paper 5/88: Selection of Sprinklers for High Rack Storage in Warehouses.

Information Paper 5/92: Site layout planning for daylight (Littlefair)

Information Paper 5/94: The Use of Recycled Aggregates in Concrete (R J Collins)

Information Paper 6/03: Improving Air Quality in Homes with Supply Air Windows

Information Paper 6/08: Wireless Fire Detection Systems and European Regulations

Information Paper 6/80: Field measurements of the sound insulation of plastered cavity masonry walls

Information Paper 6/88: Methods for Improving the Sound Insulation Between Converted Flats (L C Fothergill and O S Neilsen)

Information Paper 6/90: Rats in Drains.

Information Paper 6/91: Condensing Boilers - How They Compare with Other Systems in the BRE Low-Energy Office

Information Paper 6/98: Performance of Air-Conditioning Systems with Alternative Refrigerants

Information Paper 7/00: Reclamation and Recycling of Building Materials - Industry Position Report

Information Paper 7/04: Designing Roofs with Safety In Mind

Information Paper 7/06: Pruning Trees to Reduce Water Use - Summaries of Research - Conclusions and Recommendations

Information Paper 7/08: Cements with Lower Environmental Impact

Information Paper 7/80: Field measurements of the sound insulation of plastered solid blockwork walls.

Information Paper 7/83: Window to wall jointing (Marilyn J Edwards)

Information Paper 7/97: Energy Use and Carbon Dioxide Emissions for UK Housing - Two Possible Scenarios

Information Paper 8/06: Non-Ferrous Metal Wastes as Aggregates in Highway Construction

Information Paper 8/08: Determining the Minimum Thermal Resistance of Cavity Closers

Information Paper 8/80: Field measurements of the sound insulation of dry-lined masonry party walls.

Information Paper 8/82: Increasing the fire resistance of existing timber doors.

Information Paper 8/85: Assessment of the Cost-Effectiveness of Heat Pumps for Domestic Hot Water Heating

Information Paper 8/92: The Development of a Fire Risk Assessment Model.

Information Paper 9/00: Developments in Innovative Daylighting

Information Paper 9/02: Refurbishment or Redevelopment of Office Buildings? - Part 2: Sustainability Case Histories

Information Paper 9/02: Refurbishment or Redevelopment of Office Buildings? Part 1: Sustainability Comparisons

Information Paper 9/05: Using Small Volume Wastes in Construction

Information Paper 9/06: Refurbishing Victorian Housing - Guidance and Assessment Method for Sustainable Refurbishment

Information Paper 9/80: A survey of scaffold boards in use.

Information Paper 9/83: BS 5821:1980. Ratings of the Sound Insulation of Post 1970 Party Walls.

Information Paper 9/94: Future Energy Use and Carbon Dioxide Emissions for UK Housing: A Scenario (L D Shorrock)

Information paper 10/79 Field studies on the effect of increased thermal insulation in some electrically heated houses (BR Anderson)

Information paper 11/87 Pulverized-fuel ash - its use in concrete Part 1: Material properties, British Standards and concrete strength (JD Matthews)

Information paper 19/88 House inspection for dampness: a first step to remedial treatment for wood rot

Information paper 7/93 The U-value of solid ground floors with edge insulation (B R Anderson)

Intermediate timber floors in converted dwellings - sound insulation

Laboratory Report - Escape of Disabled People from Fire - A Measurement and Classification of Capability for Assessing Escape Risk

Latest research information and how to apply it: Sound insulation and the 1992 edition of Approved Document E.

Life Cycle Analysis of PVC: Scoping Study

Lighting controls and daylight use. Revised 1988.

Low-Rise Buildings on Fill - Part 1: Classification and Load-Carrying Characteristics

Low-Rise Buildings on Fill - Part 2: Site Investigation, Ground Movement and Foundation Design

Managing Sustainable Construction (MaSC) Guide - Profiting from Sustainability

Mathematical Fire Modelling and Its Applications to Fire Safety Design

Measurement of Gas Emissions from Contaminated Land

Micro-Wind Turbines in Urban Environments - An Assessment

Mound Filter Systems for the Treatment of Domestic Wastewater

Natural Ventilation in Atria for Environment and Smoke Control: An Introductory Guide

Natural Ventilation in Non-Domestic Buildings

New Practice Initial Profile - Energy Audit and Survey Guide

Noise abatement zones: Part 1.

Non-Domestic Building Energy Fact File

ODPM Building Regulations Division Project Report - The Production of Smoke and Burning Droplets from Products Used to Form Wall and Ceiling Linings

Office lighting for good visual task conditions. (H.L.Malhotra)

Painting exterior wood

Part L Explained - The BRE Guide

Pollution Control Guide - Controlling Particles, Vapour and Noise Pollution from Construction Sites - Part 1: Pre-Project Planning and Effective Management

Pollution Control Guide - Controlling Particles, Vapour and Noise Pollution from Construction Sites - Part 2: Site Preparation, Demolition, Earthworks and Landscaping

Pollution Control Guide - Controlling Particles, Vapour and Noise Pollution from Construction Sites - Part 3: Haulage Routes, Vehicles and Plant

Pollution Control Guide - Controlling Particles, Vapour and Noise Pollution from Construction Sites - Part 4: Materials Handling, Storage, Stockpiles, Spillage and Disposal

Pollution Control Guide - Controlling Particles, Vapour and Noise Pollution from Construction Sites - Part 5: Fabrication Processes and Internal and External Finishes

Post War Building Studies 20: Fire Grading of Buildings - Part I - General Principles and Structural Precautions

Post War Building Studies 29: Fire Grading of Buildings - Part II Fire Fighting Equipment - Part III Personal Safety - Part IV Chimneys and Flues

Potential Health Risks Associated with Expansion Vessels in Hot Water Installations

Principles of natural ventilation. Revised 1985.

Professional Studies in British Architectural Practice - Lighting - Designing Buildings for Daylight

Protecting Dwellings with Suspended Timber Floors - A BRE Guide to Radon Remedial Measures in Existing Dwellings

Protective Measures for Housing on Gas-Contaminated Land

Psychological aspects of informative fire warning systems (D Canter, J Powell & K Booker)

Pulverised-Fuel Ash (PFA) Grouts for Stabilising Mine Workings

Putting a Price on Sustainability

Putting a Price on Sustainable Schools

Quantifying the Cost of Meeting Building Regulations Fire Safety Requirements in New Buildings

Quiet Homes - A Guide to Good Practice and Reducing the Risk of Poor Sound Insulation Between Dwellings

Radon - Guidance on Protective Measures for New Dwellings

Radon - Guidance on Protective Measures for New Dwellings in Northern Ireland

Radon - Guidance on Protective Measures for New Dwellings in Scotland

Radon in the Workplace

Radon sumps - A BRE guide to radon remedial measures in existing dwellings

Recycled Aggregates

Reducing Carbon Emissions from the UK Housing Stock

Reducing the Effects of Climate Change by Roof Design

Reducing the Risk of Pest Infestations in Buildings

Reed Beds for the Treatment of Domestic Wastewater

Reliability and Performance of Solar Collector Systems

Remedial Wood Preservatives: Use them Safely.

Results of Fire Resistance Tests on Elements of Building Construction - Volume 2

Review of Opportunities for Improved Carbon Savings from Spend on Education Buildings

Risk Assessment Procedure for Health and Safety in Buildings

Roofs as Barriers to Fire.

Roofs: eaves gutters and downpipes - specification

Safety Aspects of Handrail Design - A Review

Safety Considerations in Designing Roofs

Sealing cracks in solid floors: A BRE guide to radon remedial measures in existing dwellings (PW Pye)

Simplified Building Energy Model (SBEM) for Non-Domestic Buildings

Siting Micro-Wind Turbines on House Roofs

Smoke control in buildings

Smoke control in buildings: Design principles. Revised 1987.

Solar Heating Systems for the UK - Design, Installation and Economic Aspects

Sound Control for Homes

Sound Insulation - Basic Principles

Sound Insulation Provided by Windows

Sound insulation of separating walls and floors Part 2: floors

Special Digest - Concrete in Aggressive Ground

Special Digest 4: Masonry Walls and Beam-And-Block Floors - U-Values and Building Regulations

Special Digest 6: Timber-Frame Dwellings - Section 6 of the Domestic Technical Handbook (Scotland) - Energy

Specifying Dwellings with Enhanced Sound Insulation - A Guide

Sprinkler protection of storages

Stabilising Mine Workings with Pulverized-Fuel Ash (PFA) Grouts - Environmental Code of Practice (Includes Supplementary Documents)

Standard U-values

Structural Fire Engineering Design - Aspects of Life Safety

Structural Fire Engineering Design - Fire Development

Structural Fire Engineering Design - Fire and Thermal Response

Structural Fire Engineering Design - Introduction

Structural Fire Engineering Design - Materials Behaviour - Part 1: Concrete

Structural Fire Engineering Design - Materials Behaviour - Part 2: Steel

Structural Fire Engineering Design - Materials Behaviour - Part 3: Masonry

Structural Fire Engineering Design - Materials Behaviour - Part 4: Timber

Studies of human behaviour in fire: Empirical results and their implications for education and design (D Canter)

Subsidence Damage to Domestic Buildings - A Guide to Good Technical Practice

Sulphate and acid resistance of concrete in the ground (with correction 08.91)

Surveying dwellings with high indoor radon levels: A BRE guide to radon remedial measures in existing dwellings (CR Scivyer)

Surveyor's checklist for rehabilitation of traditional housing

Sustainability Through Planning - Local Authority Use of BRE Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM), EcoHomes and the Code for Sustainable Homes

Sustainable Refurbishment of Victorian Housing - Guidance, Assessment Method and Case Studies

Swimming pool roofs: minimising the risk of condensation using warm-deck roofing

Tackling Condensation - A Guide to the Causes of, and Remedies for, Surface Condensation and Mould in Traditional Housing

Technical Note - Fungus Growths in Buildings Following Wetting from Burst Pipes

The Building Research Establishment Indoor Environment Study - Indoor Air Quality in Homes - Part 1

The Building Research Establishment Indoor Environment Study - Indoor Air Quality in Homes - Part 2: Annexes

The Fire Research Lecture - Fire and the Architect - The Communication Problem (William Allen)

The Green Guide to Housing Specification - An Environmental Profiling System for Building Materials and Components

Thermal Insulation: Avoiding Risks

Thermal Mass in Office Buildings - Part 2: Design Criteria

Thermal insulation: avoiding risks. 3rd edition

Thermal, visual and acoustic requirements in buildings.

Timber-Framed Housing - A Technical Appraisal (I L Freeman, R N Butlin & J H Hunt)

Timber-Framed houses - A Technical Appraisal (IL Freeman, RN Butlin and JH Hunt)

Towards a Framework for Environmental Assessment of Building Materials and Components

Toxic effects of fires.

Traffic noise and overheating in offices.

Transport and Buildings - The Environmental Impact

Ventilation requirements.

Waste Minimisation on a Construction Site

Working with The Community - A Good Practice Guide for The Construction Industry

Zinc-coated steel

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