Construction carbon calculator - no more excuses…

As mentioned before the topic with the highest hits and searches here on isite is a carbon calculator for the construction process.
I have been reviewing the calculator from the Environment Agency which come close, very close, to removing any excuses for not knowing the construction process carbon footprint, in setting a stake in the [...]

Capable People - a new blog on the block

I have added another blog to the blogroll - down there on the right somewhere - capablepeople is a new blog on the block and while it isnt a ‘built environment’ or ’sustainability’ blog, is an entertaining and readable blog on general business improvement themes.
The first batch of posts covers a wide range from EFQM [...]

Greenwashed again

A recent survey by Chatsworth Communications of the FTSE 100 green ‘claims’ reveals that top organisations are going green to protect brand and image rather than any concern for the environment.  Over 1200 ‘opinion formers’ from across the UK were asked views on the FTSE 100 green claims as part of the Green Winners and [...]

Built Environment and GEO 4, the last wake up call?

In 1987 (sustainable development) was about meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs (Brundtland) but now in 2007 - the bill we hand our children may prove impossible to pay (Steiner UNEP)
The GEO4 report, Global Environment Outlook: Environment for Development launched yesterday [...]

Green Schools

green school /grEn skül / n. a school building or facility that creates a healthy environment that is conducive to learning while saving energy, resources and money
To help educate and encourage construction firms and others about the benefits of sustainable schools the US Green Building Council have recently launched a site dedicated to Green Schools  [...]

Webinar - Code for Sustainable Homes

Further to the last post on carbon neutral and Code for Sustainable Homes, I am reminded from Phil’s blog over at Sustainability Blog that Building are running an on line semiar- a webinar on Code for Sustainable Homes.
Register and details here. 
(Unfortunately I am running a real life event at UCLAN, otherwise I would be there, [...]

Carbon neutral or zero - defined?

Another excellent report from the Centre for Integrated Sustainability Analysis, Carbon Sense and Sensibility offers a definition of carbon neutral by looking at 11 websites that offer carbon neutrality calculators and services (offsets).
The definition is based around the idea of concept of measuring a carbon footprint and then seeking to cancel out that footprints with [...]

Unravelling carbon footprints in supply chains

We hear allot about supply chain management within our industry, and until recently mainly in the context of improving value, relationships, reducing costs, waste and all the nice performance improvement stuuf.
What if we add reducing the carbon or ecological footprint into the supply chain management debate.
An excellent paper from the Centre for Integrated Sustainability Analysis [...]

Is collaboration working? - your views sought …

The Strategic Forum, as apart of the Accelerating Change programme set the industry a target for 50% (by volume) of the UK construction industry to be undertaken in an integrated manner by the end of 2007. As we approach that milestone, the question is are we achieving that target
This target also appears as the [...]

Second Life: will code really be the new bricks and mortar?

Second Life: will code really be the new bricks and mortar, or ‘clicks’ and mortar? ….
Saturdays Telegraph carried an article looking at a new lifestyle magazine aimed at homeowners - Prim Perfect is a virtual magazine to give virtual people advice on virtual furniture to put in a virtual homes and [...]