Archive for October, 2006
Ashden Awards for Sustainability - call for entrants
via:: Green Building Press
Two (or three) weeks left to enter - entries are now invited up until 14th (international) and 21st (UK and Schools) November 2006 for The 2007 Ashden Awards for Sustainable Energy. The awards have been running since 2003. Previous winners include:
Gloucestershire Warm and Well
Widespread improvements in energy efficiency and comfort
2006
The aim of [...]
The Khazzoom-Brookes postulate - or why energy efficiency might not be the answer to a low carbon economy
A fascinating summary over at EurActiv.com on why energy efficiency may not be the panacea some of us believed it to be. I’ve argued in the past that the way to reduce carbon is to start with the beginning and reduce the energy you use. However, some studies have looked at this in [...]
Sidebar goodies - RSS feeds for news and jobs
The eagle-eyed amongst you will have noticed my new sidebars. I am experimenting with all that the new improved Google Reader is offering. Rather than use ’static’ blogrolls, I am using Google reader to tag items I hold as newsworthy and post to the sidebar. Generally, these are snippets of news that have caught my [...]
Corus to offer SBEM guidance in relation to steel buildings
Found via: Buildingtalk
Corus have launched The Part L - SBEM (Simplified Building Energy Model) Advice Service as part of their ongoing commitment to added value services for the construction industry.
The service will be available to specifiers only through the Colorcoat Connection helpline: +44 (0) 1244 892434The service will focus on the roof and wall [...]
Building Regs Discussion Forum at DCLG
Ever since I discovered the DCLG forums, I’ve been waiting for this:
The Government has recognised that there are some issues with the existing system of Building Regulation, including concerns about compliance and enforcement. In particular, the Government is interested in reviewing the effectiveness of its guidance, concerns about industry’s ability to find the right [...]
Set your video/Sky+ for (very early) Monday morning…
Found via Contract Journal, BBC2 are showing a series of programmes on Workskills in the Construction Industry.
Full Program:
0200 The Complete Guide
The construction industry is a leading employer with a huge range and variety of jobs and it needs more recruits than any other sector – 80,000 over the next four years. Find out about what [...]
Strategy, vision, mission statements, oh my…
It’s that time of the year again. Q3 results are in and thoughts turn to next year’s business plans.
I have decided to draft a business plan for my final MBA project, rather than a traditional academic piece of work. Having spent the last two years discovering what can go amiss in engineering consultancies, I’m [...]
CIBSE and APM offering tailored project management training
Spotted on the CIBSE events pages:
The Association for Project Management (APM) is the UK Member body of the International Project Management Association (IPMA) and through them CIBSE is offering a Professional Project Management qualification that is recognised worldwide.
The IPMA set standards offering an international terminology for project managers in a wide variety of [...]
51% of UK construction professionals feel corruption commonplace within UK according to survey by CIOB
CIOB (Chartered Institute of Building) have published the results (pdf) of a survey of 1400 construction professionals. From their press release:
The World Bank has estimated the cost of corruption to the global economy at US$1.5 trillion a year. More specifically corruption in the Great British construction industry could cost anywhere up to £3 billion [...]
Energy Saving Trust embraces Flickr and asks us all to commit to saving 20%
The Energy Saving Trust have embraced the power of Flickr to promote their campaign urging us all to save 20% of the energy we currently use.
If, like me, you have hundreds of photos on Flickr, the site can be quite slow to load. You can also search for images of where you would like [...]
