The workplace is changing radically, yet the building designs and environmental systems for conventional offices fail to support the more fluid use of space and time practised by these new kinds of office work. Prepared by the team who wrote The Responsible Workplace in 1992, this book is based on a major research project undertaken by DEGW and the BRE. It identifies the key organizational changes, patterns of work, work settings and types of space layouts and it will help specifiers and users of environmental systems understand what products will be suitable for innovative ways of office working.
The workplace is changing radically, yet the building designs and environmental systems for conventional offices fail to support the more fluid use of space and time practised by these new kinds of office work. Prepared by the team who wrote The Responsible Workplace in 1992, this book is based on a major research project undertaken by DEGW and the BRE. It identifies the key organizational changes, patterns of work, work settings and types of space layouts and it will help specifiers and users of environmental systems understand what products will be suitable for innovative ways of office working.
This IP considers the effect on acoustics and lighting of the introduction of exposed ceilings. It also gives designers best practice guidelines to be used when modelling thermal mass performance.
Approved Document L2 of the Building Regulations, for the Conservation of Fuel and Power in buildings other than dwellings, asks for building services systems including heating, lighting, mechanical ventilation and air conditioning, to be commissioned. The process involves drawing up a commissioning plan, carrying out commissioning so that the installed systems perform to the designer's specification, and the production of a certificate confirming that the commissioning has been carried out.
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