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Green Building Encyclopaedia GBE
GBE Content
- You will be able to make better decisions in a world that claims to be green, but where things are not always what they appear to be.
- Links to GBE resources (which are continually growing):
GBE Code
- Jargon Buster: so that we can all speak the same language, use the same terms and understand the answers to your questions
- Checklists: Trade based sustainability checklists for New Build, Refurbishment and Adaptation and Lifestyle
- Questions and Answers to challenging problems
- Issue Paper: In depth studies of Issues e.g. Overheating, External Wall Insulation
- Brain Dumps: Topical information with links to pages or websites
- Brainstorms: Analysing a particular issue or a building proposal that has been brought to our attention
- Defects and Solutions
- Links: To off-site resources, organisations, tools and websites
GBE Files & Learning Formats
- Chosen By You by GBE Learning
- Coaching by GBE Learning
- Courses, GBE has contributed to many Architecture, Interiors and Technology courses across the UK now also via GBE Learning
- CPD Seminars, within many Topic groups
- CPD Topic groups
- CPD Title: over 1000 created so far gradually being added to GBE
- Eventbrite
- GBE Learning: A GBE satellite website launched January 2020
- In-House CPD via TGR, GBE or GBE Learning
- Lectures: GBE has delivered many subjects at RIBA Part 1, 2 & 3 University courses, now also via GBE Learning
- Shop: CPD, Lectures, Jargon Buster Collections, etc. for sale at low cost or free
- Specification Training in-house via GBE Learning
- Webinars: UKGBC and GBE Learning and Eventbrite
- Workshops: Insulation, Materials, Specification, Calculator, SWMP (Site Waste Management Plan), Project Brainstorms via GBE Learning
- Webinars: UKGBC and GBE Learning and Eventbrite
GBE Images
- Portfolio: Collections of images, Materials, Exhibitions,
- Navigation Icons: CI/SfB, CAWS, Keywords, Issue Topics
- Video: CPD, From internet,
- Audio: CPD, Seminars, Meetings, Conversations, Webinars, Lectures,
- Labels: Environmental, Technical, Health
- Logotypes:
- CPD Cover Slides:
- CPD Slides:
GBE Solutions and Solution Providers
- 6 Core Pages: of Solution Providers and Solutions:
- Manufacturers
- Suppliers
- Installers & Applicators
- Products
- Accessories
- Systems: Combinations of Products and Accessories
- Servers or Service Providers
- Materials properties and application guidance to meet application performance requirements
- Ingredients: materials used in combinations and mixes
GBE Design
- Design tools to help you to understand the problems and find solutions and products
- Design principles, to guide you when choosing from the options
- Rules of thumb, when calculations are not needed
- Patterns set rules to meet GBE Code
- Datasets, and product data
- Equations to examine datasets
- Calculators using Equation and Datasets to work it all out
- Shop: Calculators, datasets, etc. for sale at low cost or free
GBE Materials and Methods
- Ingredients: materials used in combinations and mixes
- Materials: properties and application guidance to meet application performance requirements
- Construction Methods:
- Elemental Assembly: Elemental Assemblies with all the right parts included in the right order
- New Build:
- Refurbishment:
- Retrofit:
- Fit-out:
GBS Specification
- Specifications: GBS Green Building Specification
- Products Robust Specification
- Robust Specification Work Section
- Shop: Robust Product Specifications, for sale at low cost or free.
- Books: Contributed to by GBE as writers, Steering Group or proof reading, or important book with a green flavour
GBE Blog News Event
- Blog: Topics getting an airing
- News: Daily, Monthly, Quarterly news that is of interest
- Events: Daily monthly yearly lists of relevant Seminars, CPD, Exhibitions
- Awards: Local, National, International awards received by GBE, NGS Ltd. and BrianSpecMan
- Newsletters: Members Newsletters, Solution Provider’s News and Sign up
- Others Stuff: Campaigns, News, Newsletters,
- Updates & Additions: Daily, monthly and quarterly list of pages and posts added or updated (>23,000 updates so far)
- Diary: GBE Activities with links to outputs
- Portfolio: Sets of images related to exhibitions, CPD, visits
- Feedback: Feedback on website, Books, CPD and Lectures
GBE Projects
- Projects: Buildings, Events or Information
- Case Studies: Project Case Studies
- Evidence Based Case: Case studies with monitoring and analysis
- Information Case Studies: Publications and Website or tools
- Slogans: Catchy phrases to succinctly communicate a principle
- #Hashtags: Slogans and phrases used in twitter social media to focus searches
- Books: Contributed to by GBE as writers, Steering Group or proof reading, or important book with a green flavour
- Portfolio: Sets of images related to projects
GBE Services to Solution Providers or Service Providers:
- To manufacturers, suppliers, installers/applicators, servers or GBE Solution Providers
- Advertise Including Environmental products or services in GBE website
- Collaborate GBE working with Solution Providers to help understand and promote their Solutions
- Services by GBE to Solution Provider’s to better understand and communicate the properties and application of their Solutions, their goods and services, including:
- Product Data Collection: 1200 inputs, 30 output sets and their dissemination via their own and GBE websites, newsletters and social media
- Product Pages on GBE website
GBE Website Workings & Website Structure:
- Navigation towards all Page Groups: There are 100 touch screen Navigation pages leading to 300 page groups
- Page Groups: Part of navigation of the website over 300 Page Groups leading to over 1950 pages and posts
- Classification: Tables to be used to classify page and for navigation
- Linkage and Enrichment: linking the 6 core pages with relevant content of the encyclopaedia
- Templates: readymade page layouts for speedy and consistent format page creation
- Blocks: Blocks of ready made information to paste into templates or pages and posts
- Pages: Predominantly navigation pages
- Posts: Predominantly content posts
- Products: Files sold through the Shop
- Team: Team members making GBE website
- Team: Team members making GBE website
- Satellite Websites: Planned subdivision of GBE website
GBE Past, Ongoing and Future Development
- NGS WebStats: Website content came from NGS website
- Website Construction
- Tasks for updating the website
- Satellite Websites an ambition to subdivide this website into HERACEY™ topics on numerous interlinking websites
- Proposals: Ambitions to develop parts of this or other specific websites or tools
- GBE Learning: the first GBE Satellite website launched January 2020
- Green Building Course: Just a thought for now
GBE Contact & Social Media
GBE Membership & Sign-up
- Sign-Up: Sign-up to newsletters or membership
- Newsletters:
- GBE Solution Providers News
- GBE Members Newsletter
- GBE Learning News
- Membership: Sign-up
- GBE Learning
- GBE
- Funding:
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1st May 2015 – 20th February 2020
