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  • Environmental Impact Assessment

    16 October 2008

    Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is a statutory tool for assessing the environmental impacts of development projects, and identifying measures that can be taken to reduce these impacts. EIA...

  • Environmental monitoring and control

    07 October 2007

    The  dictionary meaning of the environment is the external conditions or surroundings, especially those in which people live or work, which tend to influence their development and behaviour....

Summary

Environmental monitoring and assessment of the building's external and internal conditions and its associated structures, followed by the development of an environmental control and management policy, is the key for successful holistic sustainable solutions. This section is broadly divided into three parts covering: environmental monitoring and emission of pollutants in buildings; measurement techniques; and issues surrounding stabilisation of the historic environment.

This section is maintained by Dr Jagjit Singh of Environmental Building Solutions Ltd.