Items of interest to built environment + natural environment + sustainable communities filtered from the Sustainability Development Research Network (SDRN) update
Engaging Places
A new initiative has been launched by CABE and English Heritage to help every school exploit the world’s biggest teaching resource; ‘Engaging Places’ will champion and support teaching and learning through the whole built [...]
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sustainable resources and publications update
Posted in built environment, carbon, construction, education, green business, housing, improvement, links, politics, resilience, schools, sustainability, tagged Climate Change, fuel poverty, green collar economy, SRDN, sustainable communities, zero carbon on January 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
facilities management of green buildings
Posted in education, facilities management, green buildings, tagged BREEAM, LEED, USGBC on June 13, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I like this, and wonder if there are any other facilities management courses that focus on managing buildings that are green, LEED or BREEAM accredited? After all its all in the management of the building and facilities not just the design and the tick in the box.
(INDIANAPOLIS) The Purdue School of Engineering and Technology [...]
zero carbon ‘floating’ development for Preston
Posted in Local News, News, carbon, carbon footprint, comment, construction, ecological, education, energy, green buildings, innovation, sustainability, tagged brockholes, floating world, preston on May 5, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Green, innovative and zero carbon project development on our doorstep in Preston, Lancs, !
The RIBA have recently awarded a zero carbon design as the visitor center at the new Brockholes Wetland and Woodland Nature Reserve in Preston, to regenerate a former quarry site into a major visitor attraction.
The project called “A Floating World”, consists of [...]
time for built environment transition?
Posted in built environment, comment, construction, education, futures, housing, innovation, links, literature, post carbon, sustainability, tagged Think 08, transition towns on April 7, 2008 | 3 Comments »
We may now have a handbook for sustainability change in our sector.
When facilitating sessions on sustainability in the built environment, I often get delegates to ’stand in the future’, 2030 is always a good date, imagine what buildings and our use of them would be like, and try to identify what messages they would send [...]
The Grid Works
Posted in best practice, cement, collaborative working, comment, education, facilities management, links, second life, technology, virtual worlds, tagged GridWorks, SLengineer, TEEX, virtual worlds on April 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
SLengineer has changed its name to Grid Works with its latest issue to reflect the magazine’s goal of documenting and reporting how companies and people are using online services and tools to support and enhance their work in engineering and science related fields. Available as pdf here
in this issue:
Walking into the Map [...]
wanted … eco home builder
Posted in comment, education, futures, housing, innovation, links, open source, procurement, second life, technology, virtual worlds, tagged Brand Woodin, Dunster, eco homes, Hanham Hall, Lasalle, Level 6, Pam Renoir, Public Works Island, second life, TEEX on April 1, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I have for a while now been exploring Second Life’s contribution to the built environment – on themes of collaboration, education and usability.
One of these ideas is to create a UK Level 6 Eco Home within second life to use as an educational device. A meeting a month or so ago with Pam Broviak [...]
a real school for the future – without eco-bling
Posted in architecture, best practice, blogs, built environment, carbon footprint, cement, comment, construction, design, education, green buildings, greenwashing, innovation, schools, sustainability, technology, tagged best practice, BSF, Building Schools for the Future, eco-bling, schools, toxic materials on March 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Education Guardian reports today on the development of Acharacle School on the Ardnamurchan peninsula in Scotland. The report by Tariq Tahir, should make ‘essential ‘ reading for those involved in school design, construction and in community assets. In addition the school childrens blog ‘they are building outside our class‘ illustrates how construction can be a [...]
on building school futures …
Posted in architecture, best practice, blogs, built environment, collaborative working, comment, education, events, innovation, links, schools, sustainability, tagged best practice, Bright Green, BSF, Building Schools for the Future, Devonshire School on March 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
school things on my radar this weekend…
In May the Lancashire Construction Best Practice Club will be held at Devonshire School, Blackpool an exemplar school that is a significant step forward in the design of learning environments for young children. Details of the event and site visit will be posted on the Events pages [...]
Get Sus
Posted in News, construction, education, tagged eco-build, fairsnape, Get Sus on March 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Its always a pleasure to read the Get Sus e-newsletter from Melanie Thompson, and so more than happy to promote here.
This edition is a thoughtful piece : EcoBuild – Construction with a hint of green?
I do like that expression!
Melanie makes the point that the industry should not moan about the number of consultants now in [...]
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green studies
Posted in News, comment, education, tagged Brunel Unversity, people and planet, UCLAN on July 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
People and Planet have published the 2008 Geen University league table which shows some good and surprising results.
Top of the list, receiving ‘firsts’ is University of Gloucestershire, and the University I am now working with, UCLAN,(Uni of Central Lancashire) moves up 45 places to number 5.Last years winner Leeds met drops from 1 to 8.
Very [...]
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