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Fascinating
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The Brewhouse and River Tone at night
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Exterior Lighting
A member of the Taunton & District Civic Society had some
issues with street lighting and wondered if there where
guidelines for exterior lighting. So we have done a little
research and found a fact sheet from
The Chartered Institution of Building
Services Engineers, titled Environmental Considerations for
Exterior Lighting.
"The lighting of our buildings, roads, sports fields,
exterior signs and car parks affects those who use them or
view them at night. Light may enhance our world, but may also
cause glare, cause annoyance by unwanted light intruding into
our homes or waste unnecessary amounts of energy and therefore
money. The poles, columns, brackets and luminaries all remain
visible during the day and, without careful design, may be
unsightly."
To Read
The Fact Sheet In Full Click Here
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Will You Be Mowing Your
Roof on Sunday - Green Roofs are in and a great
alternative solution that is environmentally friendly and
sustainable.
A green roof is composed of various layers that create an
environment suitable for plant growth that does not damage the
fabric of the building. Green roofs convert wasted roof area
into
viable green space for public benefit and for the benefit of
biodiversity. This booklet published by the British Council
For Offices tells all.
Click Here
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A New Look At Egg Crates For Homes -
Lighttex Soft Egg Crates from Lighttex
Canada is an architectural system that offers a new way to
control light and define space. Lighttex Soft Egg Crates are
composed of modular, interlocking cloth grid panels held in
place by an aluminum T-slot system. Lighttex can be fashioned
into flat, diagonal, or wavy walls, space dividers, or
floating ceilings. They distribute daylight and electric light
in a soft, diffused pattern.
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Here
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Want to be the geo-brain of Britain? -
Ordnance Survey
have lots of interesting and amusing facts about
geography and mapping that you probably never knew you knew
and many more you may want to. For instance:
- The tallest building in Great Britain is Canary Wharf in
London Docklands. It is 243.8m or 800ft high.
- The number of islands around mainland Britain is 6289
Why not try your hand at more geo-questions and answers by
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Live Development Projects
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Regeneration Live in Your Home - This section provides
links to live development projects across the UK. This
includes Masterplans, Development Frameworks and area based
physical regeneration initiatives.
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Conservation Subject Index - Get free access to these
interesting conservation subjects. Browse the index for
Planning, Plasterwork, Masonry, Lime Mortars and Render,
Landscape and Townscape, Ironmongery, Interiors, Cleaning,
Church Organs, Chimneys, Archaeology, Windows, Thatch,
Textiles, Shopfronts and more.
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Pylons and EMF
(Electromagnetic fields)
At a civic society committee meeting pylons for future
developments was found to be an issue but the subject was
unclear as there is few guidelines or publications on the
matter. Do you have some thoughts on this subject?
We have found a consultation exercise that may assist in the
understanding of this in planning and this is the first
draft of a circular, for issue jointly by the Department of
the Environment, Transport and the Regions and the
Department of
Health, giving advice to local planning authorities on
land-use planning and development (such as overhead power
lines and telecommunications base stations) giving rise to
electromagnetic fields (EMFs).
Click Here To Read
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Travel through time and place - with Collect
Britain’s panorama of images from the British Library’s
famous collections. Maps, prints and drawings,
photographs and documents, rare early sound recordings from
around the globe – you’ll find them all here over the
coming months as the site builds a rich picture of the
country’s regional history. Explore the specially selected collections,
take a themed
tour or visit a virtual
exhibition.
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