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NGS NEWS Post EcoBuild 2014

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About:

NGS Ltd. are developing an on-line Green Building Encyclopaedia (GBE)

• 1400 pages have already been created,
• 11,000 pages ready and waiting in line to be added
• 800 CPD Seminar PowerPoint file ready to be added
• 20,000 pages are in our heads or are to be created from existing material
• new pages are added constantly (peak: 36/day)
• The content is constantly being updated, refined and consolidated (average: 36/day)
• We are including manufacturer’s products, to provide the whole story.
  • manufacturers, products, accessories, systems, suppliers, installers

How does the GBE work?

• We structure the website like a human brain’s neural network,
  • Every page knows about every other related and relevant page
• We make website pages, upload information to them, link pages to all other related and relevant pages, so users don’t need to search for anything, it comes to them wherever they are in the website.
• This liking of pages enables the user to access all information on a topic to enrich their understanding of it and come away better informed and with appropriate products to meet their requirements
• This ensures small numbers of visitors generate larger numbers of page-reads
• When they find the topic or product of choice they download all the relevant files they want
• As site traffic increases so will page reads and document downloads
• As site content increases more interlinking will be added improving usability and successful page finds.

How do we promote GBE website and pages?

• We deliver good content, a pre-requisite of any search engine to register a page
• GBE quietly promoted via twitter, linkedin and facebook and the GBE site’s blog
  • to thousands of NGS & BrianSpecMan followers.
• We list every new page and updated page on the Homepage
• we list every page Group on the Homepage
• Search engine web-bots find GBE, catalogue the pages and the search engines promote the pages

How do GBE choose manufacturers, suppliers and products?

• GBE chooses products it wants on the website to help to achieve Healthy, Environmental, Resourceful, Appropriate, Competent, Effective, Yardstick, Construction.
• (GBE HERACEY against Current Doctrine of Profit > People > Planet)
• GBE screen manufacturers, suppliers, products before adding them,
• LCA and EPD are only 2 of the 420 criteria GBE use to judge them.

How do NGS pay for creating the site?

• We ensure documents are being found and downloaded by users, by good GBE LINKING and ENRICHMENT
• Then GBE charge a small fee to pay for the time it took to put the information up.
• GBE charge screened manufacturers/suppliers the time it takes to upload their information
• GBE charge manufacturers/suppliers the time it takes to upload their information on screened products
• GBE help manufacturers/suppliers to promote their products characteristics better by improving their literature, specifications, marketing, advertising, websites, etc.
• Income from CPD, Specification and other document downloads
• GBE will keep the site advertising-free
• GBE always promote new additions to the site to help generate traffic, it might look like advertising but its only helping the manufacturers and suppliers to get noticed initially.

GBE 3D View (Ambition)

Reaction at EcoBuild 2014 resource

• GBE just spent 3 days at EcoBuild promoting the website to would be users, contributors and customers.
• GBE were overwhelmed with instant positive reactions from all sides of the industry and public alike.
• GBE were greeted with 3 reservations from Architects saying this takes away from the Architects role.
• The overwhelming reaction from Architects was ‘When can I get my hands on it?
• Its been on line since it was started in September 2012.
• GBE met some potential contributors to the content.

Plans for EcoBuild 2015 resource

• GBE planned to be at next year’s show to give a live demonstration of GBE 3D VIEW

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GBE Awards

CAP’EM Investment Building Huddersfield Station Water Tower National Railway Heritage Award G#1311 N#1301

GBE Events

Biodiversity book seminar at Ecobuild 5th March 2014 N#1387 %%%

NGS will be at EcoBuild on Stand S1869 Biodiversity pavilion N#1398 %%%

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