Heres an interesting article that Google alerts brought to my attention: Future green construction may follow European models in the Portand Journal of Commerce.
As the building industry searches for the next big thing, the likelihood increases that builders, developers, architects and engineers will continue pushing the boundaries of what constitutes sustainable design – and they may look to [...]
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US Green building may follow EU model …
Posted in construction, green buildings, sustainability, tagged greenbuild, zero carbon on January 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
zero carbon definition
Posted in News, built environment, carbon, green buildings, housing, links, sustainability on December 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Climate Change and Sustainable Development Team at the Department for Communities and Local Government have launched the consultation on the definition of zero carbon homes and non-domestic buildings.
see the press notice at http://www.communities.gov.uk/news/corporate/1101131.
They are interested in views on the definition of zero carbon homes and non-domestic buildings – consultation closes on Wednesday 18 [...]
code for sustainable buildings
Posted in News, built environment, comment, construction, green buildings, links, sustainability, tagged be2camp, Code for Sustainable Building, CSB, UKGBC on December 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A while ago I posted on the UKGBC task force UKGBC task group too important to be so narrow? and how it should embrace an open collaborative wiki style approach to the development of the Code for Sustainable Buildings.
This code will be so influential and far reaching that it cannot be developed behind closed doors, [...]
on public building epc’s
Posted in News, comment, design, facilities management, green buildings, links, refurbishment, sustainability, tagged Communities and Rural Affairs, energy performance certificates, EPC, facilities management, Guardian, hall of shame, public buildings on October 3, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The UK Communities and Local Government government website states
Our buildings are responsible for almost 50 per cent of the UK’s energy consumption and carbon emissions.
October 1st marked the date by which UK public buildings have to display their energy performance for buildings and facilities as an EPC (Energy Performance Certificate). Currently around 18,000 buildings, including [...]
be2camp and sxsw
Posted in events, green buildings, sustainability, web2.0, tagged be2camp on August 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Here in the UK SXSW is probably best known as a music festival in Austin Texas, but the ‘event’ is actually three festivals in one with internet interactivity and film . Plans for the SXSW Interactive 09 Festival are under way, and in true interactive, unconference style , with panels open for comment and [...]
pPod – a new housing carbon challenge
Posted in News, green buildings, housing, sustainability, tagged BREEAM Excellent, BREEAM Outsanding, carbon challenge, Code for Sustainable Homes, code level 6, English Partnerships, Hanham Hall, Peterborough, pPod on August 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
English Partnerships have issued a Vision for a ‘community of the future’ in a press release today announcing the next carbon callenge project:
The development of an innovative, zero carbon neighbourhood in the centre of Peterborough moved a step closer today as pPod – a consortium consisting of Morris Homes, Gentoo Homes, and Browne Smith Baker [...]
no limits … route to zero
Posted in events, green buildings, legislation, resilience, route2zero, sustainability, tagged constructing the future, elevate east lancs, No Limits, transition towns on July 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The presentation for my recent Route2Zero event for No Limits (Constructing the Future @ Elevate East Lancs) is available here: No Limits Route2Zero. The pdf is more print friendly than the actual slides used, with the images removed to reduce the size of the file. Also the reference for the Transition Town movement discussed on [...]
on walter segal construction
Posted in comment, green buildings, tagged walter segal on July 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Holding an improvement module event within a Walter Segal construction last Weds, introduced me to this concept of sustainability and green construction. I also wonder why we dont hear more of it as an alternative approach to housing and other small non domestic construction. And with the concept being ’self build’ opens up a whole [...]
out breeam’d ?
Posted in BREEAM, LEED, built environment, comment, green buildings, open source, route2zero, sustainability, web2.0, tagged creative commons, freeconomics, UKGBC, wikinomics on July 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The UK Green Building Council has promised an open source sustainability code, to help address the confusion arising from the myriad of different green building standards with a new Code for Sustainable Buildings, joining in the debate / tussle between LEED and BREEAM.
Paul King, Chief Executive of the UK-GBC,: “Industry needs a clear and practical [...]
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defining zero carbon
Posted in built environment, carbon, comment, construction, energy, facilities management, futures, green buildings, legislation, links, quality, route2zero, sustainability, technology, tagged DCLG, facilities management, zero, zero carbon on January 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As a post on this blog noted at the end of last year, the definition of zero carbon buildings is currently under consultation by the Department for Communities and Local Government.
I am in full agreement with Casey over at Carbon Limited who blogs for a call to arms on this one, this consultation is so [...]
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