Links

Architecture

Commission For Architecture & The Built Environment
www.cabe.org.uk
Edinburgh Contemporary Architecture (Adrian Welsh)
www.edinburgharchitecture.co.uk
The Lighthouse Trust
www.scottisharchitecture.com
www.thelighthouse.co.uk
EAA
www.eaa.org.uk/
RIAS
www.rias.org.uk
RIBA
http://www.riba.org/

Central & local government in Scotland

City of Edinburgh Council
www.youredinburgh.info
East Lothian Council
www.eastlothian.gov.uk
Lothian Health
www.hebs.scot.nhs.uk
Midlothian Council
www.midlothian.gov.uk
Register General for Scotland
www.gro-scotland.gov.uk
Royal Commission on Ancient & Historic Monuments, Scotland
www.rcahms.gov.uk
Royal Fine Art Commission for Scotland
www.royfinartcomforsco.gov.uk/
Scottish Enterprise
www.scottish-enterprise.com/
Scottish Executive
www.scotland.gov.uk
West Lothian Council
www.westlothian.gov.uk

Construction Products and Services

Building Product Information
www.productselector.co.uk
Building Products Index
www.bpindex.co.uk
Construction Industry Council and Construction Industry Training Board
www.cbpp.org.uk
NBS: specification clauses
www.thenbs.com/education/nbsEducator/
Refurbishment or Redevelopment of Office Buildings, Office Scorer, a simple online tool for sustainability comparison
www.officescorer.info
BRE's sketch design tool for low energy office ventilation
http://projects.bre.co.uk/refurb/nitecool
Quick assessment of life cycle impact of a proposed building and design options
envest2.bre.co.uk/
Metal cladding: thermal performance of double-skin metal roof and wall systems
http://projects.bre.co.uk/uvalues
List of Approved SAP Programmes
projects.bre.co.uk/sap2001/

Construction Professions

Association Of Consulting Engineers
www.acenet.co.uk
British Construction Industry Awards
bciawards.org.uk
Chartered Institute of Building
www.ciob.org.uk
Chartered Institute of Building Services Engineers
cibse.org
Construction Industry Council
www.cic.org.uk/home/index.shtml
Construction Plus
www.constructionplus.co.uk
Institute of Civil Engineers
www.ice.org.uk
Rethinking Construction, including the Movement for Innovation
www.bre.co.uk/

Funders & Funding Information

Arts Council of England
artscouncil.org.uk
Community Fund
community-fund.org.uk
External Funding Digest
co-financing.co.uk
Funding Digest
fundinginformation.org
Heritage Lottery Fund
hlf.org.uk
Department forConstitutional Affairds
lcd.gov.uk
National Lottery Good Causes - New Opportunities Fund, Sport England, Arts Council of England, Heritage Lottery Fund, The Community Fund and the Millennium Commission
lotterygoodcauses.org.uk
Millennium Commission
millennium.gov.uk
New Opportunities Fund
nof.org.uk
RSA Art for Architecture website
rsa.org.uk/afa
Sport England
sportengland.org

Government UK

Building for Life
buildingforlife.org
Design for Homes
designforhomes.org
Housing Corporation
housingcorp.gov.uk

Planning, Land Use, Urban Design, Regeneration

City of Edinburgh Council
www.youredinburgh.info
Civic Trust
civictrust.org.uk
Landscape Design
landscape.co.uk
national land use statistics
www.nlud.org.uk
RTPI – Royal Town Planning Institute
www.rtpi.org.uk
Urban Design Alliance
udal.org.uk
Urban Design Group
udg.org.uk

Property

Cala plc – finance for housing projects
www.cala.co.uk
FOCUS – commercial property information
www.espc.com
ESPC
www.focusnet.co.uk
British Property Federation
www.bpf.org.uk

Sustainable Construction, Recycling

Achieving Energy Efficiency in Housing
www.housingenergy.org.uk
City of Edinburgh Council
www.youredinburgh.info
DTI-backed Sustainable Construction Task Force
www.dti.gov.uk/sectors/construction/sustainability/page13691.html
Recycling by Design research team
www.recyclingbydesign.org.uk

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