Keeping informed

• Could do better? BREEAM is called to the headmaster’s office – 3.2.2012

  Rumours that the Department for Education might scrap mandatory BREEAM assessments for new schools have been attacked and applauded in equal measure. ...more

• When ‘zero’ means nothing – 19.1.2012

  Is ‘zero carbon’ a step too far in building design? A panel debate at the Building Centre in London this week saw a fascinating range of views – including ‘no’, ‘maybe’, and a compelling argument from one speaker that the concept of zero carbon homes should be ditched altogether. ...more

• Success in China sees Aedas named as world’s biggest architecture practice – 19.12.2011

  Aedas has toppled Aecom off the top spot as the world’s biggest architecture practice, according to the World Architecture 100 survey published by Building Design on Friday. ...more

• Camargue helps Whitbread to score double at EG awards 2011 – 12.12.2011

  Camargue client Whitbread Hotels & Restaurants (WHR) was one of the biggest winners at this year’s EG Awards, organised by Estates Gazette to celebrate the best in commercial property. ...more

• Camargue wins contract with UK’s leading industrial maintenance management and repair business – 12.12.2011

  Camargue has started working to support Deritend, one of the UK’s leading industrial maintenance management and repair businesses. ...more

• The beauty of independence – 8.12.2011

  Times are tough for small to medium-sized marketing groups listed on FTSE. Their share prices, on the mend for the last couple of years, are now under renewed pressure as it becomes clear that revenues took another tumble during Q3 2011 and that next year offers little respite. ...more

• Nudge nudge, think think – 7.12.2011

  ‘Nudge theory’, ‘nudge unit’ – new terms have entered our political lexicon. A hot topic in policy development and the broader research world, it has applications for PR too. ...more

• First UK wind farm validated by IPC – 2.12.2011

  RWE npower renewables’ Brechfa Forest West Wind Farm planning applications has been ‘validated’ by the Infrastructure Planning Commission (IPC). ...more

• Camargue delivers global research survey – 24.11.2011

  Research undertaken by Camargue has revealed a bleak outlook for architectural practices’ fees, with central and eastern Europe being hit the hardest. ...more

• Localism Act – the devil will be in the detail – 18.11.2011

  With Royal Assent granted on 15 November, the new Localism Act brings with it some big claims and is pitched by Government as a power shift from Whitehall to communities. ...more

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