WOBO commends the action of CABE and supports the “Building a Safer Future Charter”. Chartered Association of Building Engineers (CABE) is pleased to become a Registered Signatory of the Building a Safer Future Charter. CABE recognises that becoming a Registered Signatory is an important first...
WOBO thanks ICC and Richard for their news and article in respect of the Native American Heritage Month. Richard Hauffe is a senior regional manager for Government Relations of the International Code Council whose region includes Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota. He...
The COVID-19 regime encourages organsiations to work remotely and as such ICC have proposed that their 2024 code development process and its Committee Action Hearings will be a virtual format. Washington, D.C. – The International Code Council has begun its 2024 code development process and confirmed...
Resource recycling – manure into energy. The Microferm manure digestion installations of HoSt in collaboration with Jumpstart dairy company, FrieslandCampina, are a great success. HoSt is currently constructing the popular mono-manure digester at five different dairy farms in the Netherlands. And two have recently been succesfully completed. The...
Sustainability – forests have a major role to play in the transition to a carbon neutral economy. Forests have a central role to play in the transition to a carbon neutral economy, providing a multitude of services: economic; social and environmental. So, do we need...
Net-zero – focus on renewables; wind and solar energy. The U.S. wind industry installed nearly 2,000 MW of new wind power capacity in the third quarter of 2020, setting a record for third-quarter additions and bringing total American capacity to nearly 112,000 MW, according to the newly released Wind Powers...
Every year, about 15 million citizens in Europe receive heat generated in Waste-to-Energy plants via district heating. The plants most often use high efficiency cogeneration, which makes them and their district heating networks highly efficient and recovering heat and cooling that would otherwise be wasted....
As professionals it is part of our role to ensure the environment and workplaces that are created provide are safe and support the health of those within the workplace. COVID-19 Guidance on Ventilation in the Workplace OSHA is committed to protecting the health and safety...
WOBO acknowledges the fluctuation in temperature and general atmospheric conditions that interact with society and found the work carried out by the Seismology Research Centre of interest in the identification and emergency management of both assets and the infrastructure. The Seismology Research Centre, or SRC,...
Fire Safety is a major problem, failures can be within the design, construction and inspection of the built environment. We must get it right!! Fire issues are a major concern within the UK and I would like to thank Anthony Walker for providing the information...
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