IHS BRE Press

A practical guide to assessing the risk of fire and enhancing the security of retail premises. It identifies the important issues, and encourages an approach in which good fire safety and security practice become familiar and normal to employees.

This BRE Trust Report provides practical information on how to achieve higher BREEAM and Code for Sustainable Homes ratings and improve the sustainability of assessed buildings.

This highly regarded BRE guide gives advice on site layout planning to achieve good sunlighting and daylighting both within buildings and in the open spaces between them. New material covers dense urban areas, trees and hedges.

Explore strategies for the analysis and conservation of earth buildings, including adobe, cob and rammed earth. Richly illustrated with photographs and diagrams, this book provides an invaluable tool for the conservator, architect and engineer.

Review the environmental issues and performances relevant to vertical cladding in the Green Guide to Specification with this report and reduce the environmental impact of your buildings.

Focusing on outdoor pollution and sustainability, this work provides guidance on how to address air quality issues during the design and construction process.

Helps those who are less experienced in flood repairs to understand the basic insurance and technical issues involved, and the key elements of customer care.

Presents international research and case studies on reusing foundations.

Based on the findings of a comprehensive survey, this report gives guidance on underpinning practice.