NHBC Foundation documents within the Construction Information Service

• 40 facts. Homes, housing and house building today
• Advantages of new homes
• Affordable housing - residents' views of quality
• Ageing and airtightness - how dwelling air permeability changes over time
• Annex to NF81. Data and information sources
• Assessment of MVHR systems and air quality in zero carbon homes
• At your services - what to expect during commissioning
• Avoiding rubbish design - providing for bin storage on new housing developments
• Biodiversity in new housing developments - creating wildlife-friendly communities
• Building Information Modelling - an introduction for house builders
• Building sustainable homes at speed - risks and rewards
• Cellulose-based building materials - use, performance and risk
• Challenge of shape and form - understanding the benefits of efficient design
• Climate change and innovation in house building - designing out risk
• Code for Sustainable Homes simply explained
• Community heating and combined heat and power
• Connected home - designing and building technology into today's new homes
• Designing homes for the 21st century - lessons for low energy design
• Efficient design of piled foundations for low-rise housing - design guide
• Energy efficient fixed appliances and building control systems
• Fire performance of new residential buildings
• Fires in cavities in residential buildings - the performance of cavity barriers in external walls with combustible materials
• Future for home heating - life without fossil fuels
• Futurology - the new home in 2050
• Ground-related requirements for new housing - workshops to examine the issues faced by the industry
• Guide to installation of renewable energy systems on roofs of residential buildings
• Guide to modern methods of construction
• Home comforts - guidance on using ventilation, heating and renewable energy systems
• Homes through the decades - the making of modern housing
• House building - a century of innovation
• How occupants behave and interact with their homes - the impact on energy use, comfort, control and satisfaction
• Impact of occupant behaviour and use of controls on domestic energy use
• Improving the prospects for small house builders and developers
• Indoor air quality in highly energy efficient homes - a review
• Introduction to feed-in tariffs
• Learning the lessons from systemic building failures
• Lessons from Germany's Passivhaus experience
• Low and zero carbon homes: understanding the performance challenge
• Low- and zero-carbon technologies in new homes - learning from the experiences of consumers and on-site sales teams
• Low carbon cooking appliances
• Management of post-completion repairs - a best practice guide for home builders
• Milton Keynes - a sustainable future: a low carbon prospectus
• Modern housing. Households' views of their new homes
• Modern methods of construction - building on experience
• Modern methods of construction - views from the industry
• Modern methods of construction - who’s doing what?
• Multigenerational living. An opportunity for UK house builders?
• Open plan flat layouts - assessing life safety in the event of fire
• Operational and embodied carbon in new build housing - a reappraisal
• Overheating in new homes - a review of the evidence
• Part F 2010 - where to start: an introduction for house builders and designers
• Part L 2010 - where to start: an introduction for house builders and designers
• Part L 2013 - where to start: an introduction for house builders and designers - masonry construction. For England
• Part L 2013 - where to start: an introduction for house builders and designers - timber frame construction. For England
• Part L 2014 - where to start: an introduction for house builders and designers - masonry construction. For Wales
• Part L 2014 - where to start: an introduction for house builders and designers - timber frame construction. For Wales
• Plugging in to the future - electric vehicle charging and new homes
• Practical guide to building airtight dwellings
• Prospects for the UK housebuilding industry
• Retirement housing - residents' experiences
• Review of co-heating test methodologies
• Risks in domestic basement construction
• Simple guide to sustainable drainage systems for housing
• Site waste management. Guidance and templates for effective site waste management plans
• Small house builders and developers. Current challenges to growth
• Sound progress - a review of homeowner feedback on noise in new homes
• Survey of low and zero carbon technologies in new housing
• Sustainable technologies - the experience of housing associations
• Tenure integration in housing developments - a literature review
• The Merton Rule: a review of the practical, environmental and economic effects
• Thermal imaging report guide
• Today's attitudes to low and zero carbon homes - views of occupiers, house builders and housing associations
• Underfloor heating - a guide for housebuilders
• Understanding overheating - where to start: an introduction for house builders and designers
• Use of lime-based mortars in new build
• Use of recycled and secondary materials in residential construction
• Water consumption in sustainable new homes
• Water efficiency in new homes - an introductory guide for housebuilders
• Windows - making it clear. Energy, daylighting and thermal comfort
• Zero carbon compendium - who's doing what in housing worldwide
• Zero carbon homes - an introductory guide for housebuilders
• Zero carbon: what does it mean to homeowners and housebuilders?