Building

Contractors: code of conduct of business building

The Code of Conduct for construction companies product by Ance: a tool that helps companies in the task of establishing suitable models of organization and management of health and safety at work.

In reference to the Management System of Occupational Safety (OHSMS) - as indicated by the Legislative Decree no. 231/2001, by Law 123/2007 and article 30 of Legislative Decree no. 81/2008 - present the "Code of behavior of construction companies "compiled by the National Association of Builders (ANCE) and approved by the Ministry of Justice (2008 version) as a source to facilitate the construction companies in the task of establishing suitable models of organization and management of health and safety on the job.

Energy savings: how to reduce the consumption of housing through the greenery outside

Appropriate design gardens can help us save energy both in Summer and in Winter, with benefits for all.

At a time of global economic crisis like this, the issue of energy savings is on the agenda. More and more the talk is focusing around the energy savings made possible by the landscape.

Although it is not possible to control temperature, wind and other natural elements, it seems, in fact, that certain precautions in landscape design can help to change the climate around our homes bringing significant savings both in Summer and in Winter.

Construction: list of renovations to facilitation which belong

The work for which it is entitled to the tax benefits are those listed in Article 3 of the Consolidated laws and regulations on construction, approved by Presidential Decree 6 June 2001, n. 380 (previously identified by art. 31, letters a), b), c) and d) of the Law of 5 August 1978 n. 457)

In particular, the income tax deduction of expenditure incurred to perform extraordinary maintenance, the works of restoration and preservation and building renovations for individual apartments and the buildings Monthly

Tips on how to properly use the air conditioner

And 'well established that an improper use of the air conditioner can be harmful both to our health and the environment as well as in economic terms. Let's see some changes for the better use air-conditioning in your home, car or office.

To start, when we decide to buy an air conditioner is important to pay attention to his first class efficiency, in order to ensure low consumption of electricity is in fact necessary to select only those Class A or Class AA. Now put attention to the presence of quality marks IMQ and CE. Another important feature is the possibility of use even in winter, when the air conditioner can also be used as heating due to the heat pump. Another important indication is to be clear about is we're going to install the air conditioner, in fact the use made of it at home is less understood than what is done in the office. So for our house is not appropriate to use an air conditioner with inverter technology, in this case the benefits are not sufficient to justify the higher costs to bear. Then there is the noise issue is very important especially if the purchase is made for homes, a good compromise is given by those air conditioners that provide a noise around 26 dB.

Eco-compatible buildings: cost-benefit balance

If you build or renovate in an environmentally responsible manner realize how much it cost the same jobs with traditional techniques would have probably already in the new era. Instead, despite the progress made in recent years, the construction techniques and innovative materials have yet to deal with a surplus of costs difficult to transfer to the final consumer in a scenario where the sales market still struggling and the front prices steady for a long time. But stifle innovation is mainly the difficulty of estimating the exact benefits achievable with each type of intervention and the timing of return on investment. For this reason we tried to put on the plate - through concrete actions - costs and savings, highlighting the shortcomings (on all the difficulty of finding appropriate professional) that still characterize the sector.

Health and safety in the workplace: fire prevention

While waiting for the decrees of the Consolidated Law, some information about the static or passive fire protection. The fire resistance of structures, compartmentalisation, the safety distances. The maintenance of the REI doors.

Full implementation of the Consolidated Law on health and safety in the workplace you will only be issued when all the decrees referred to in the articles of the legislation.

Some of the decrees of implementation, now missing, concerning activities related to fire prevention.

As the environmental certifications affect the price and timing of the sale of a house

The house with the green dot is worth more and sell easily. The system of environmental certification has a few years in Italy and this makes it difficult to estimate the value added of housing, but certainly the presence of claims provides an extra boost in terms of competitiveness. In the presence of multiple names, the urgency becomes rather to choose the right solution for your needs.

Housing market still in trouble

The latest data on the housing market show that the industry crisis is not yet over: according to the Observatory edited by the Land Registry in the period July-September sales of property have fallen by 2.7% over the same period last year, thus indicating a turnaround after two quarters of recovery. In a context that remains fundamentally in suffering, you are saving the North (2.6%) and Central (+2%), while the collapse continues in the South (-13.8%).

2011 standards for sustainable construction and energy efficiency

Green Light, the Senate, the bill S.2322 containing Provisions for the fulfillment of obligations deriving from Italy's membership of the European Communities - Community Law 2010, a measure which, in its annexes, the implementation of certain rules Community sustainable construction and energy efficiency, in particular, Directive 2010/31/EU, aimed at promoting the construction of buildings "nearly zero energy".

The directive - which at this point must pass the scrutiny of the House - provides that the Member States of the European Union should work to promote the improvement of energy performance of buildings and setting the deadline of December 21, 2020 By this date, each State must make sure that the new buildings are very high energy performance, with a very low energy requirements or almost zero (...) covered a very significant extent by energy from renewable sources, including energy from renewable sources produced on-site or in the distance "(for public buildings, the deadline is brought forward by two years, ie 31 December 2018).

New European standards for building materials

Building Materials, you change. They come from the European Union new rules, which came into force in those days, to be fully operational by 1 July 2013.

Require the labeling of hazardous substances used in construction. The will of the European Parliament has been to protect, through clear communication, both immediate and simple construction workers, both the end user. In practice, for each building material will be required to provide a statement in which they must be information on hazardous substances, as well as provides for the Reach legislation that is going to speed in recent months.

Statistics on Italian property

The Territory Agency has conducted for the second time a comprehensive analysis of the real estate in our country.

The survey results, called simply "The real estate in Italy," were presented at a recent conference in Rome.

How has emerged, in Italy there are about twenty-two million people who own a property, of which more than thirteen over the age of fifty-one years there are no major differences between men and women in any part of the territory, while the half of the owners resides in the North (where, moreover, is home to half of the Italian population).

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