Posted on April 28, 2008 by fairsnape
Pams second post on snow and ice clearance over at Public Works blog, reminded me of two items I had collected into my google notebook for future isite posts.
Reported in the Guardian Friday last Under Road heaters may beat snow and ice , the Highways Agency plans to install pipes underneath a section of [...]
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Posted on April 3, 2008 by fairsnape
The recent speech by Tom Watson MP, Minister for Transformational Governance, Power of Information, can be found here and is a fascinating overview and history of information management - well worth a read.
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Posted on April 1, 2008 by fairsnape
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 [...]
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Posted on April 1, 2008 by fairsnape
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 [...]
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Posted on March 31, 2008 by fairsnape
It took a colleague over in Chicago to point out that Gordon is now twittering - is this for real? One of my predictions for 2008 was an increase in such technology - I was thinking of the built environment - not main stream politics though.
And his call sign …. 10 Downing Street
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Posted on March 25, 2008 by fairsnape
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 [...]
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Posted on February 25, 2008 by fairsnape
Its clean and its efficient and its possible - its efficiencity - whilst the government dither on policy Greenpeace have produced an attractive and informative animation to show just what is possible in our towns and cities. It is a animated and illustrated portal to many of the initiatives and emerging technologies in the built [...]
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Posted on January 9, 2008 by fairsnape
Learning from and sharing with other sectors is important to overall improvement. Colleagues at the Benchmarking Institute have highlighted the following Managing Best in Class Innovation web cast scheduled for Jan 24th , hosted through the Automotive News, but the overview is important to all sectors, including the built environment:
Innovation is important for all [...]
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Posted on January 4, 2008 by fairsnape
The news that Medway Council have given the green light to a coal fired power station at Kingsnorth in Kent seems at complete odds with the current informed thinking on energy, on coal and on the current ‘mood’ or zeitgeist towards sustainability. It also appears as a developing country decision - not one taken by [...]
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Posted on December 6, 2007 by fairsnape
Autodesk have (or are) sponsoring a very informative series of podcasts, the (e2 the Economies of being Environmentally Conscious), on environmental issues. there are 6 podcasts:
Chapter 1: Paving the Way
Chapter 2: Energy for a Developing World
Chapter 3: Harvesting the Wind
Chapter 4: Growing Energy
Chapter 5: State of Resolve
Chapter 6: Coal & Nuclear: [...]
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