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Index:
Sources for terms, abbreviations and acronyms:
- Brian Murphy was ASWS and GreenSpec, is NGS, GBE, GBL & GBC websites and NGS Ltd.
- Architectural Specification Writing Services (ASWS) 1980s,
- GreenSpec 2000-2013
- Nantional Green Specification (NGS) 2000-2022
- BS 7543:1992
- Voluntary Arts Network (VAN) Arts Facilities: Preliminary Guidance, VAN Cardiff 1994
- Potter, M. Planning to Build A Practical Introduction to the Construction Process, CIRIA London 1995
- Database for use in School Projects Cherrington ‘97
- Construction Industry Board (CIB) Constructing Success Thomas Telford, London, 1997
- Barrett. P., and Stanley, C., Better Construction Briefing, Blackwells Science, Oxford, 1999
- SEDA Scottish Environmental Design Association: http://www.seda.uk.net/design_guides.html
- design and detailing for airtightness http://seda.uk.net/design_and_detailing_for_airtightness.html
- design and detailing for deconstruction, http://seda.uk.net/design_and_detailing_for_deconstruction.html
- design and detailing for toxic chemical reduction in buildings http://www.seda.uk.net/toxic_chemical_reduction_in_buildings.html
- Peterborough Residential Design Guide circa 2000
- DCMS, Better Public Buildings – a proud legacy for the future, HMSO PP340, London October 2000
- RIBA, Clients Guide to Engaging an Architect – including guidance on fees, RIBA, London
updated April 2000 - RIBA, The Architect’s Plan of Work – for the procurement of feasibility studies, a fully designed building project, employers requirements or contractors proposals, RIBA publications 2000
- EC Guidelines for the Assessment of Environmental Claims 2000 (EC GAEC ISO 14021 2000)
- Hyams, D., Construction Companion – Briefing, RIBA Publications London 2001
- OCC Gateway to Success Crown copyright 2001
- AEA consulting Ltd. Arts Council of England Capital Services Department Training, Unpublished document March 2001
- Arts Council of England, Applying to the Arts Council of England for Funding, Arts Council of England Nov. 2001
- Blyth, A., and Worthington, J. Managing The Brief For Better Design, Spon Press, London 2001
- Arts Council of England Capital Services, Guidance Notes for the Arts Capital Programme Development Plan London 2001-2
- Arts Council of England, Capital Services, Access Guidance Notes for the Arts Capital Programme, London 2001-2
- CABE, Design Review, Commission for Architecture & the Built Environment, London 2002
- Natureplus 2002
- CABE Client Guide for ACP Projects 1st Edition May 2002
- Creating Excellent Buildings, A Guide for Clients, CABE 2003 www.cabe.org.uk
- United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) (Ford-Robertson, 2003)
- The Product, Functional Unit and Reference Flows in LCA, Environmental News No. 70 2004, DEPA
- In general, conformity with the terminology of the ISO standards (the 14040-series) has been sought.
- BRE IP 2/05 Modelling and Controlling Interstitial Condensation in Buildings. 2005
- UNEP See: Environment and Trade — A Handbook 2005
- Sustainable Design and Construction March 2005
- The London Plan (Spatial Development Strategy for Greater London) Draft Supplementary Planning Guidance 2005
- Elma Durmisevic Transformable Building Structures 2006
- Building Energy Glossary ‘06
- DANTES Demonstrate And Assess New Tools For Environmental Sustainability ‘05-‘06 http://www.dantes.info/index.htm
- Australian Carpet Classification Scheme GECA 07-2006
- Energy Star 2007
- Ecos Trust: http://www.ecostrust.org.uk/jcms/ Printed newsletter Renews 17
- Hastoe HA Housing Association website: http://www.greenstreet.org.uk (site no longer exists)
- CIRIA Guide RP656 Design for Deconstruction Bill Addis
- Critique of BRE Green Guide (’08) NGS and ASBP
- ERFMI LCA publication 2008
- UKWAS 2008
- GreenSpec Glossary: http://www.greenspec.co.uk/html/glossary/glossary-index.html
- Ecological Building Systems & Ired: Specifications:
- NGS P14 (Making airtight) 2009,
- NGS A94 (Testing Airtightness) 2009
- NGS A95 (Infra-red Thermographic Surveys) 2009
- NGS & BCT Bat Conservation Trust: Biodiversity & Low to Zero Carbon Building 2010
- Builder Hampshire Directory ’10 http://builder.hampshire-dir.co.uk/BuildingJargon.aspx
- NGS and Ska Ratings EAM (Ska ’09 and NGS ’10)
- NGS, RDE & JGA meeting (NGS ’10)
- NGS, BLP, HAPM, BPG, CLM 2010
- EIA Glossary USA (date?)
- HSE website REACH regulations 2010
- E Colomba (LCA Specialist 2010)
- CRR (2010)
- NGS and John Bullock Lighting Design
- NGS & CAP’EM project definitions 2010
- John Laing PPP & PFI
- Children and young people involvement in formal meetings; a practical guide by (Participation Works Partnership)
- enquiries@participationworks.org.uk or 0207 843 6803.
- EU SME publication 2011
- (REGULATION (EU) No 305/2011)
- BSRIA Guide to Embodied Carbon BG 10/2011
- Passipedia 2011
- 2011 Guardian News and Media Limited
- 2 Degrees 2011
- http://i.2degrees.info/CmpDoc/2008/4840/52865_essentials.greendeal.dm.edit.pdf
- BBA 2011
- Power of the Sun Photovoltaic energy BPVA 2011
- Glossary of Engineering Technology (via a student, source unknown; humour)
- European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) 2011 Catalogue No.: EESC-2011-01-EN/FR/DE/ES 2012
- RICS draft information paper
- Methodology for the calculation of embodied carbon as part of the life cycle carbon emissions for a building 2012
- https://consultations.rics.org/consult.ti/embodied_carbon/viewCompoundDoc?docid=2598132&sessionid=&voteid=&partId=2598228
- CPA Guidance Note on the Construction Products Regulations Version 1 ’12
- Enviroform Solutions Ltd PPT 2012
- NHS National Health Service , HIS Health Information Systems, Design Guides
- http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/DH_4118956
- © NHBC Foundation. July 2012 Understanding overheating – where to start. Written and published by Richards Partington Architects on
- behalf of the NHBC Foundation ISBN 978-1-84806-279-5
- Lafarge Biodiversity Guidance.pdf October 2012
- http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/britta_riley_a_garden_in_my_apartment.html
- http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/glossary.html 2012 (USA)
- 1 IPCC Third Assessment Report Working Group I: The Scientific Basis
- 2 IPCC Third Assessment Report Working Group III: Mitigation
- 3 NASA’s Earth Observatory library
- 4 UNFCCC glossaries
- 5 Energy Information Administration’s Energy Glossary
- 6 IPCC Third Assessment Report Working Group II: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability
- 7 Energy Information Administration’s Energy Efficiency Glossary
- 8 IPCC Fourth Assessment Report Working Group II: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability
- 9 FEMA Extreme Heat Glossary
- 10 US Climate Change Science Program. Coastal Sensitivity to Sea Level Rise: A Focus on the Mid-Atlantic Region
- 11 National Weather Service Glossary
- 12 UN LDC criteria
- 13 IPCC Fourth Assessment Report Working Group 1: The Physical Science Basis
- 14 EPA Heat Island Effect Glossary
- 15 US Climate Change Science Program. Preliminary Review of Adaptation Options for Climate Sensitive Ecosystems and Resources
- http://www.epa.gov/epahome/exitepa.htm
- http://ec.europa.eu/environment/archives/jrec/glossary_en.htm (2013)
- Green Building Encyclopaedia (GBE) 2013-2023
- JREC JOHANNESBURG RENEWABLE ENERGY COALITION 2013
- Working with Nature: Biodiversity Guidance for Lafarge Sites 2013
- Social Return on Investment www.thesroinetwork.org 2013
- Planning Portal Glossary www.planningportal.gov.uk
- CAP’EM Compass Jargon Buster (PRé 2013)
- (NBS National BIM Report ’14)
- CFJ Article Alan Best
- NHBC Understanding_Overheating-Where_to_Start_NF44.pdf
- Material Safety Data Sheets
- RBA Acoustics report 2013
- Responsible Sourcing Project with KG by BRM 08/11/2018
- Lloyd Alter on Tree Hugger (TH LA ’18)
- Christopher Ward watchmaker (CW CW ’19)
- Highways England Carbon Tool Guidance (HECTG ’20) July 2020 Version 2.3
- BAMB Horizon 2020 Project Jan 2019
- Green Building Calculator (GBC) 2020-2022
- Green Building Learning (GBL) 2020-2022
- STBA Responsible Retrofit Guidance Wheel July 2021
- The Rise of ecofascism:Climate Change and Far right. Polity Moore, S. &Roberts, A (2022)
- Science Direct: https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/engineering/flux-density
- IPCC report 2022
- IPCC Annex II of WGII AR6 ‘22
- IPCC, 2022: Annex II: Glossary [Möller, V., R. van Diemen, J.B.R. Matthews, C. Méndez, S. Semenov, J.S. Fuglestvedt, A. Reisinger (eds.)].
- In: Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. Contribution of Working Group II to the Sixth Assessment Report of the
- Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [H.-O. Pörtner, D.C. Roberts, M. Tignor, E.S. Poloczanska, K. Mintenbeck, A. Alegría, M. Craig, S. Langsdorf, S. Löschke, V. Möller, A. Okem, B. Rama (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK and New York, NY, USA, pp. 2897–2930, doi:10.1017/9781009325844.029.
Note: This glossary defines some specific terms as the Lead Authors intend them to be interpreted in the context of the IPCC report. - HES Interreg Energy Pathfinder Project ‘22
- Construction Product Information (CPI) Industry Consultation (CPIIC): Better Data, Safer Building (BDSB)
- Marketing Integrity Group January 2021 (BDSB MIG ’21)
- MatWeb.com
- Oxford Net Zero Molly James Climate Campaigner and Communicator
FUTURE ADDITIONS:
- Items identified to be added in future additions:
Issues:
- Circular Economy
- Doughnut Economics
Data sources:
- GBE Website Pages
- GBE, GBL & GBC CPD Files
- GBE Links
- UNICLASS tables
- NBS tables
- GBE Spec tables
- The Ultimate Energy Glossary by Energy Solutions
https://www.energybrokers.co.uk/guides/the-ultimate-energy-glossary#:~:text=The%20Ultimate%20Energy%20Glossary%201%20Advanced%20Meter%20%E2%80%93,Balancing%20and%20Settlement%20Code%20%28BSC%29%20…%20More%20items
Architectural Philisophical Jargon
The other is a list of Jargon without busting
https://www.archdaily.com/775615/150-weird-words-that-only-architects-use/
One is a Jargon Buster
https://www.archdaily.com/779463/150-weird-words-defined-your-guide-to-the-language-of-architecture
Other sources not included here (mostly):
© GBE GBC GBL NGS ASWS Brian Murphy aka BrianSpecMan **
13th December 2012 – 9th January 2023
Links tested 27th November 2015
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Images:
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© GBE GBC GBL NGS ASWS Brian Murphy aka BrianSpecMan **
13th December 2012 – 9th January 2023
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See Also:
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GBE Books
- SEDA Scottish Environmental Design Association:
- design and detailing for airtightness
- design and detailing for deconstruction,
- design and detailing for toxic chemical reduction in buildings
- Elma Durmisevic Transformable Building Structures 2006
- CIRIA Guide RP656 Design for Deconstruction Bill Addis (BrianSpecMan was on a subsequent steering group)
GBE Links: Jargon Buster
- DANTES Demonstrate And Assess New Tools For Environmental Sustainability ‘05-‘06
- NBS Envrironmental Issues Glossary
- NGS & CAP’EM project definitions 2010
- RICS draft information paper – Methodology for the calculation of embodied carbon as part of the life cycle carbon emissions for a building 2012
- EPA Environment Protection Agency (USA)
- http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/glossary.html 2012 (USA)
- The Ultimate Energy Glossary by Energy Solutions
https://www.energybrokers.co.uk/guides/the-ultimate-energy-glossary#:~:text=The%20Ultimate%20Energy%20Glossary%201%20Advanced%20Meter%20%E2%80%93,Balancing%20and%20Settlement%20Code%20%28BSC%29%20…%20More%20items - Architectural Philisophical Jargon
- The other is a list of Jargon without busting
https://www.archdaily.com/775615/150-weird-words-that-only-architects-use/ - One is a Jargon Buster
https://www.archdaily.com/779463/150-weird-words-defined-your-guide-to-the-language-of-architecture - Science Direct: https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/engineering/flux-density
- http://www.epa.gov/epahome/exitepa.htm
- http://ec.europa.eu/environment/archives/jrec/glossary_en.htm (2013)
- http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/DH_4118956
- http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/britta_riley_a_garden_in_my_apartment.html
- http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/glossary.html 2012 (USA)
- 2 Degrees 2011
http://i.2degrees.info/CmpDoc/2008/4840/52865_essentials.greendeal.dm.edit.pdf - Methodology for the calculation of embodied carbon as part of the life cycle carbon emissions for a building 2012
https://consultations.rics.org/consult.ti/embodied_carbon/viewCompoundDoc?docid=2598132&sessionid=&voteid=&partId=2598228 - Builder Hampshire Directory ’10
http://builder.hampshire-dir.co.uk/BuildingJargon.aspx - SEDA Scottish Environmental Design Association:
http://www.seda.uk.net/design_guides.html - design and detailing for airtightness
http://seda.uk.net/design_and_detailing_for_airtightness.html - design and detailing for deconstruction,
http://seda.uk.net/design_and_detailing_for_deconstruction.html - design and detailing for toxic chemical reduction in buildings
http://www.seda.uk.net/toxic_chemical_reduction_in_buildings.html
GBE Video
- Britta Riley a Garden in my Apartment (TED talk)
Other sources not included here (mostly):
© GBE GBC GBL NGS ASWS Brian Murphy aka BrianSpecMan **
13th December 2012 – 9th January 2023
Links tested 27th November 2015
