GBE Solution Provider News No 3 January 2016
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At Green Building Encyclopaedia, we’re constantly adding new content to our site, in order to make it more alluring to the search engines and more informative for our many readers. In addition, continue to ‘join everything up’ so that we can provide more value to our users. Here is a quick update for GBE Solution Providers, covering our work during December and January.
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GBE Solution Provider News No 3 January 2016
Further development of Manufacturer, Suppliers, page templates (Installers next)
The old style 3 column pages meant a lot of scrolling in some cases so we are replacing it with….
Up to 18 unique tabs at your finger tips: allowing you to choose which tabs to adopt, according to your budget:
| Your company images | Images of company logo, endorsements, accolades, etc. |
| About the company | About your company, contact details and its environmental credentials |
| Incubator | What GBE likes about a company before including |
| COMPASS COMPany Assessment Screening Se necesita receta para comprar levitra en mexico System | Company strengths and improvements |
| Manufacturers Downloads | PDF etc. files: Literature, Certificates, Tests, Method Statements, Specifications, etc. |
| Company Data Sheet | Additional company data |
| Products, Accessories Systems Lists | Linking to complimentary parts Pages |
| Products, Accessories Systems Matrix | Showing which parts are used to make up systems |
| Application Elemental Assemblies | Showing applicable applications |
| Manufacturer, Suppliers, Installers | Linking to complimentary parties’ pages |
| Echo | Confirmation of manufacturer’s self-declaration of environmental claims |
| LCA & EPD | Links to Certificates |
| Maps | Location of company |
| Media Links | Media links to additional information, e.g. video, eBooks, etc. |
Further development of tabbed page templates for Products, Accessories and Systems
With up to 30 tabs each containing different information: each company chooses which to adopt to suits its budget
| Images of the subject of the page | Images of company logo, products, labels, literature, etc. |
| About the subject of the page | What is its purpose as a product, accessory or system |
| Incubator | What GBE likes/dislike about a product before including |
| Product Accessory System Screening | Detailed strengths and weaknesses of a product compared with an average product in same group |
| HERACEY® | Is it Healthy, Environmental, Resourceful, Appropriate, Competent, Effective and does it meet GBE Yardstick? |
| Manufacturers Downloads | PDF etc. files: Literature, Certificates, Tests, Method Statements, Specifications, etc. |
| Material/Product/Accessory Data Sheet | Material/Product properties, standards, performance, etc. |
| BIM/CAD Model file | CAD files with or without BIM data |
| BIM Product/Accessory/System Data Sheet | Data including LCA/EPD data if available |
| COBie Spreadsheet | Facilities Management information for BIM models |
| Products/Accessory/System Specification clause(s) | Robust for inclusion in NBS based project specification |
| System/Sub-system Application Data Sheet | Application data, limitations, codes, Agrément certificates |
| Products, Accessories Systems | Linking to complimentary parts Pages |
| Elemental Assemblies | Compatible Assemblies of parts |
| Elemental Sub-Assemblies Specification | Robustly linking the product specifications together |
| Workmanship Specification | Robustly describing the installation requirements |
| Waste Specification | To help with Site Waste Management Plan entries |
| FM Spec in-use maintenance specification | For COBie or FM Operation & Maintenance Manuals |
| End of Life Options | Best practice deconstruction for reclaim and reuse or recycling for a circular economy |
| Product/Accessory/System Passport | Schedules of information on reclaimed materials to enable competent reuse |
| See Also | Links to/from Encyclopaedia’s Jargon Busters, Checklists, etc. |
| Echo | Confirmation of manufacturer’s self-declaration of environmental claim(s) |
| Life Cycle Assessment & Environmental Product Declaration | Links to applicable Certificates for components or products |
| Classify | Assigning CI/SfB, CAWS, Uniclass classification to products for literature identification for Technical Libraries/CAD layering |
| Manufacturer, Suppliers, Installers | Linking to complimentary parties’ pages |
| Finish, colour, pattern, texture swatch | Illustrating options available |
| Links | Media links to additional information, e.g. video, eBooks, etc. |
We have also been developing a GBE Product Data Collection spreadsheet to automatically populate schedules for many of the tabbed pages: Product Data Sheets, Application Data Sheet, Product, Accessory, System and Workmanship Specifications, BIM Product Data Sheet, COBie Spreadsheets, FMSpec, Product Passport, SWMP entries, etc.
| GBE Features | GBE Benefits |
| Popular pages reestablished and linked from home page:
Daily Updates & Additions January, Diary 2016 Q1 Future Events 2016, GBE In-House CPD, Newsletters, Content List, 255 Page Groups, Site Navigation |
Easy for users to check what’s been added since their last visit, including new company and product pages, templates, news and a whole lot more. |
| Adding testimonial quotes on navigation pages. | To give users confidence that GBE is competent. |
| Responding to a GBE user’s email questions with more answers in GBE Q&A | Creating links to Company and Product Pages.
Responding allows GBE to find out what users know, how they think and what they need and want. |
| Making pages more user friendly and joined up. | To enhance the user experience of the site. |
Link to previous Newsletters list page
Providers of healthy, environmental, resourceful, appropriate, competent, effective solutions are invited to become GBE Solution Providers:
We offer GBE Solution Providers Pages for companies and products and have standard, enhanced and premium pricing bands for ready made complimentary services and bespoke pricing for any preferred combination of services: See the following links for more information and budget calculator
GBE Collaborator Service Band Options & Prices
GBE Collaborator Excel bespoke budget calculator
Talk to BrianSpecMan about becoming a member or advertiser on GBE
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17th January 2016 – 2nd December 2023
GBE Solution Provider News No. 3 January 2016
See Also:
GBE Links
GBE Newsletters
- Solution Provider News No1 October 2015
- Solution Provider News No 2 December 2015 (this page)
- Members Newsletter No1 October 2015
- Members Newsletter No2 November 2015
GBE Diary & News
- GBE Navigation pages
- GBE Daily Updates & Additions January,
- GBE Diary 2016 Q1
- GBE Future Events 2016,
- GBE In-House CPD,
- GBE Newsletters,
- GBE Content List,
- GBE 255 Page Groups,
- GBE Site Navigation
GBE Collaboration
- GBE Tabbed Page templates
- Manufacturer
- Suppliers
- Installer
- Products
- Accessories
- Systems
- GBE Product Data Collection spreadsheet
- GBE Product Pages,
- GBS Robust Specifications,
- GBE BIM Product Data Sheets,
- COBie,
- GBS FMSpec,
- GBE Product Passport, etc.
- GBE Issue Paper Templates
- GBE Overheating Issue Paper
- GBE Pinterest
- GBE Q&A
- GBE CPD
- GBE Media Library
- GBE Issue Paper: Overheating, Update 11
- GBE Issues Navigation: for subjects to be addressed in future Issue Papers
- If you are not sure if your products are being called for here, check out this consolidated list.
- GBE Collaborator Service Band Prices: standard, enhanced or premium set up and annual renewal packages & bespoke services.
- GBE Collaborator Service Band Options bespoke calculator.
GBE Social Media
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- facebook,
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GBE Live
- UK Build Show at NEC
- GBE Newsletter No.1 October 2015
- The Green Register of Construction Professionals (TGR) 15 years celebrations
- CIOB East Midlands Zero Carbon is it possible?
GBE Contact
- BrianSpecMan@icloud.com
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17th January 2016 – 2nd December 2023
