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Retrofit for purpose : low energy renewal of non-domestic buildings
This book examines a range of state-of-the-art non-domestic retrofit projects. Its chapters explore common challenges, offer practical solutions and provide a clarion-call to architects and clients for better, smarter retrofit. Twelve case studies focus as much on the transformation of usability and image as on the improvements in the energy and resource use of non-domestic buildings. While an essay section places these projects into a wider context, suggesting that despite the importance of sharing and analysing data, there is more to retrofit than just energy efficiency. The authors take a range of other retrofit variables: from client ambition to tenure, budget, use type, age, context, fashion and fiscal arrangements and assess how retrofit can be made affordable, how it fits in with wider government policy and how performance can be measured.
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Fair trade and ethical trade: are there moves towards convergence?
Fair trade and ethical trade have traditionally had quite different aims, scope and modalities, the former principally focused on terms of trade with small scale producers and the latter on working conditions in mainstream production. Global value chain analysis suggests that this coincided with different forms of governance in the chain: fair trade reflecting relational governance based on trust and mutual dependence, while ethical trade was incorporated into the industrial coordination of buyer‐driven, modular value chains. This paper explores the potential for greater synergy between the two as a result of recent developments, taking UK supermarket value chains as a case study. We conclude that convergence may occur in some supermarket chains, in a context of relational governance, while in others ethical trade and fair trade will remain inherently different. Whether and how convergence occurs will depend largely on the prevailing culture, values and strategies of the supermarket concerned. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment.
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A prospective health impact assessment to progress the sustainable futures of a city: the case of Salford, UK
This paper sets the discussion of sustainable development into the context of a city's sustainable futures by relating to the notions and contexts of community health and well‐being. The paper discusses aspects of research carried out to identify the potential and consequential health impacts that may arise from the Salford Health Investment for Tomorrow project and the Local Improvement Finance project. The project involved the redevelopment and provision of the new specialist acute hospital facilities at Salford Royal Hospitals Trust, in the City of Salford, UK and four primary care and social centres, representing substantial capital investments across the city. The research demonstrates sustainable development in application through the insights gained from the extensive range of positive and negative health outcomes that were predicted as likely to arise from the project. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment.
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