About Litoledo
doctoral researcher and consultant in issues relating environmental design, overheating and sustainable architecture
Researcher Linda Toledo is a doctoral researcher at the Institute of Energy and Sustainable Development (DMU), where she is investigating the risk of overheating in energy efficient homes. Trained in architecture and urbanism, she conducts research and consultancy in the fields of climate change adaptation within cities, sustainable urban regeneration, and low energy housing design.
Featured articles and news
Balfour Beatty fined £500,000 for exposing workers to hand-arm vibration.
James Brokenshire launches a consultation on banning combustible cladding.
A year after Grenfell, we have a collection of 30 articles telling you everything you need to know.
Infrastructure interconnectivity
ICE publish a policy paper on the UK’s future interconnectivity with the EU and the challenges for infrastructure.
Detailed guidance about construction waste management.
The changing identity of London communities in the face of rapid urbanisation.
Can you help? We have 300 industry acronyms beginning with 'C' but none beginning with 'Y'.
From the sinister Carceri d’Invenzione to the triple portrait of Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn and his Grand Tour travelling companions.
Design freeze: a quality perspective
Progressively freezing a design helps ensure it meets the specification when built.
BSRIA launch the 5th edition of the Design Framework for Building Services (BG 6/2018).
Stella Rimmington famously said the construction industry was just as tricky as the KGB.
CSCS
Construction site visitor cards are to be withdrawn.
3 WTC opens, RSHP’s first built project in New York.