Part L: Luke warm and watered down
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The new Part L increases timber frame's edge on rivals but leaves a cliff to climb in 2016, says Robin Lancashire.
Article from the TRADA Timber Industry Yearbook 2014
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Warm to the touch
Rex Ingram, TRADA member and Chairman of heating, cooling and ventilation specialist Timoleon, discusses the advantages of underfloor heating in a timber floor. He has served six times as Chairman of the Underfloor Heating Manufacturer's Association and has been Vice-President of its European counterpart Euray.
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Timber frame: low energy, high performance
Author Geoffrey Pitts and advisory editor TRADA Technology's Robin Lancashire introduce TRADA's new book about best practices in site planning and building design to achieve energy efficiency.
Energy efficiency in buildings comes at a cost. Energy is another word for fuel - most commonly electricity, gas, oil or solid...
01/01/2011 | Magazine Article
The zero-carbon challenge
Robin Lancashire, head of TRADA Technology's Building Performance Section, discusses how timber frame is responding to demanding thermal regulations.
As thermal performance requirements get ever tighter the construction industry is grappling with new SAP calculations, psi values and novel construction products, to achieve reduced CO2 emission requirements. The need...
01/01/2011 | Magazine Article
