The next Innovation Circle Session on ‘Passivhaus’ will look at the possible influencing factors of implementing the Passivhaus principles in the UK. Friday 20th March 1-3pm at the Adelphi Conference Room, Adelphi Building, UCLan.
Led by Sabine Engelhardt – Green Cities, Manchester, and Facilitated by George Hall
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passivhaus innovation circle
Posted in events, innovation, tagged passivhaus on March 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »
twittering on the edge of chaos?
Posted in built environment, comment, improvement, innovation, technology, tagged complexity theory, edge of chaos, emergence, management systems, simple rules, Twitter on March 2, 2009 | 3 Comments »
It seems everyone is trying to understand and analyse twitter at the moment, so after nearly a year of twittering , here are my thoughts:
Perhaps it is a little more than coincidence that Twitter has been named after our feathered friends, as it is very close, in my mind, to the classic edge of chaos example [...]
on web awareness
Posted in comment, innovation, technology, web2.0, tagged AEC, be2camp, BIM, BIMstorms, CAD, CE, collaborative working champion, conferences, ExtranetEvolution, facebook, Facebook to BIMstorms, HND, jodie miners, mel starrs, Paul Wilkinson, second life on November 25, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Paul at ExtranetEvolution AEC conferences, content and ‘unconferences’and Jodie at I have no opinion world architecture festival have commented recently on the low awareness and application of web technologies in the AEC and conference world. As one would expect following previous posts here, and as a founder to be2camp, I would share the same views, [...]
on sustainability now
Posted in IT, comment, events, innovation, second life, sustainability, tagged be2camp, Dave Hampton, eco-terrace, Linkedin, Paul Wilkinson, Phil Clark, Rob Annable, Sustainability Now, Twitter, web2, web3 on July 8, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Last Tuesday I attended the Building Sustainability Now conference event, from my study, popping out from the event and discussions only to deal with phone calls and other work issues. I also made a good number of new contacts, either through email address exchange or social connections such as Linkedin. Oh and I didn’t use [...]
sustainable construction commitments launched
Posted in IT, News, built environment, collaborative working, comment, construction, facilities management, innovation, procurement, sustainability, waste, tagged 1:5:200, eco-towns, responsible sourcing, Sustainabile Construction Strategy on June 11, 2008 | 4 Comments »
The UK Government today launches its Sustainable Construction Strategy, with a whole raft of targets, measures and reporting mechanisms. It seems like it has been a long time coming, the consultation period being most of last year. Construction minister Shriti Vadera comments “Our aim is to become a world leader in sustainable [...]
wikitecture wins international open source competition
Posted in News, architecture, collaborative working, futures, innovation, open source, second life, virtual worlds, web2.0, tagged wikiteecture on June 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A web2 collaborative project I have been following through second life and wiki architecture has been the open source architecture design competition via Open Architecture Network.
Delighted then to receive the following good news alert from Ryan at Wikitecture:
Wikitecture Wins International Competition: 3D-Wiki Used to Compose an Open-Source Entry
Chicago, IL, June 09, 2008 – [...]
revolutionary wind turbines
Posted in energy, innovation, tagged Twitter, wind on May 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Selsam is flying wind-turbines for maximum power. It’s like a kite, only with giant spinning blades. Looks so scifi …. resembling a field of wind-swept reeds swaying on the horizon
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Posted in comment, fairsnape, futures, innovation, knowledge, resilience, web2.0, tagged Charles Handy, Empty Raincoat, guide, networking, recession, sigmoid curves, survival, Twitter on March 9, 2009 | 3 Comments »
The recent excellent BBC Life on Mars series painted a harsh, dark and in many ways ugly portrait of life in Britain in the mid 1970’s. It was in that this environment I started a career in construction, a young trainee QS, working a ‘statutory’ three day week with fuel and power rationing (only able [...]
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