on BREEAM

Mel over at Elemental posted an interesting and useful round up of BREEAM stuff. BREEAM and LEED (the US version) is certainly in the news at the moment, with both appearing to develop into specific sectors of construction. Rightly or wrongly BREAM and LEED will become central to achieving carbon neutrality and other [...]

getting to zero

One of the excellent articles on the new Building Sustainability site is The Year to Zero.  putting many of the important targets and objectives being set for our industry in a chronoligical count down to carbon zero, neutral or ’sustainability’. (or wherever its is deemed we need to be)
The article, in conjunction with Fulcron Consultaing [...]

New building sustainability site launch

Work has kept me from blogging for the last week or so … plenty to catch up with though.
First up is the welcome for Phil’s (he blogs at sustainability blog) new  Building Sustainability site project that launched this week.
Looks good Phil. One to bookmark, RSS etc

Integrated Project Delivery

ExtranetEvolution posted an in-depth review and commentary on the recently published Integrated Project Delivery guide, from the AIA in the US. Thinking this would be all IT and Technology I have given the guide a quick scan, but a few things caught my eye for a more in-depth read. [...]

lack of education on green finances a barrier to sustainability?

How do we deal with education of green financial benefits in eduction?
The recent and excellent copy of GetSust Issue 31 from Melanie Thompson carries a feature on the recent CIOB study:
A UK survey says the construction industry is poised to fully embrace sustainability, while two recent international studies have found that construction clients and [...]

“Anatomy of a disaster” to reopen

I note that the Clissold Leisure Centre is to re-open next month .  It was described, when it closed in 2003, a year after it opened as a ‘landmark Millennium project’, as the wrong building in the wrong place at the wrong time.
The building became a case study in bad practice, in focusing on the [...]

Events in lancashire

The events page is now updated for events in the North West . For members of the Lancashire Best Practice Club a reminder that the AGM is next Tuesday at 5pm. If you know of more events in the north west - let us know.

the Code …from denial to despair?

The cost of achieving carbon neutral or zero homes to the Code keeps raising its head, as Phil over at Sustainability Blog points out.
I didnt catch the UCT speakers name on the US Greenbuild365 live webcast testerday, I was listening rather than watching, but a sound bite delivered with typical American style caught [...]

Clinton @ Greenbuild365

I caught the live broadcast (webcast) of Bill Clintons speech at Greenbuild365* yesterday, and a few things stuck in my mind.
One was Clintons reference to this being an opportunity, a challenge but an opportunity, and that the transition from a  carbon economy to a green economy will produce as many new jobs, skills and professions [...]

MIT, Gehry and more questions

Blogs and the Media are awash with news and comments of MIT sueing Gehry for an ‘unbuildable design’ at the MIT Stata Center in Cambridge, Boston. (The Guardian, Building etc)
I find this fascinating and a reminder of the failures and flaws in the more traditional (or historical - traditional sounds too craft, and heritage-like), un-collaborative,  [...]