smart building technology through second life

Oliver Goh, Business Development Manager, Implenia presented through second life on the topic of smart building management through second life.
Controlling buildings through virtual worlds - no investment required by the client or customer, Implemia use second life as a cost effective approach to managing their buildings on behalf of their customers
This has been written up [...]

08 thoughts from think 08

I attended Think08 yesterday afternoon, visiting some of the free seminars and chatting to a good number of exhibitors. It was also good to meet up with fellow bloggers Phil, Mel, Paul, Rob and Casey for an early evening drink.
My impressions from the afternoon was that it didn’t quite have the buzz of last [...]

can data centers power all homes …

How green is your data center? Stumbled upon an amazing post and comments over at The It Sanctuary
According to figures from IT market research company Forrester Research, a data centre with 2,500 servers - relatively small compared to many out there - will devour enough electricity over the course of one month to power 420,000 [...]

Facilities Management now in Second Life

The inaugural Centre for Facilities Management Second Life (SL) seminar took place today, Wednesday April 2nd 2008. The seminar, facilitated by Martin Brown, (aka Brand Woodin in SL) focused on Sustainable FM, but also referred to the developing research area of Community-based FM which looks at FM outside of the traditional boundaries and organisational settings [...]

all homes to be code level 6

All UK homes could meet a Code Level 6 by 2050  in line with the planned Code for Sustainable Refurbishment to reduce carbon emissions from existing homes.  Source
Now this will surely start another, necessary, debate on how this is possible, and how it will impact on the huge sector of our industry that refurbs and [...]

are green buildings usable?

It seems we are becoming awash with green buildings, eco homes and eco towns.
There are some great sites out there with green architecture eye candy (check out Mad Architecture for example).
We have some major and significant conferences and events on the horizon - from the international Eco City 2008, Green Build 2008 and West Coast [...]

The Grid Works

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 [...]

responsible sourcing accreditation to BS6001?

Will 6001 join the lexicon of standards for our sector, along with 9001, 14001, 18001 (with apologies to others missed!)
Understanding the ripple effect of a facility in use or in construction is increasingly important within both client and supply organisations reputation, ethical standing and overall CSR, (Corporate Social Responsibility). Industry investors are watching such [...]

sustainable connectivity

A new look for isite with a new image on the top banner(*). I like this design as it includes a RSS button - to get isite delivered to your desktop, and a search facility to search back through isite items.
But a little more too. After reflection on this blogs contents and [...]

… on Heathrow T5 and fm

Are the current problems and issues at Heathrow T5 a facilities management issue - one of usability, people and end user experience.
A glitch perhaps, but a costly one, in a very complex operation, one of the most complex airport moves ever, yet facilities are increasingly measured in the sense of users ‘experience’.
But with reportedly 6 [...]