Archive for November, 2006
Is BREEAM carbon neutral?
One of the neat things about having a blog is finding out how folks find me. Recently someone has found me by asking a search engine the question - Is BREEAM carbon neutral?
I’m happy to answer that question - unfortunately, no. BREEAM is not currently carbon neutral. Which brings up a topic I had a [...]
Is all publicity good publicity?
Watchdog have been uncovering rogue solar water heating traders over the past couple of weeks. The question is - is this bad publicity or can the industry exploit this opportunity and put a positive spin on the situation by raising public awareness of the technology? Watchdog couched the story as ‘Solar water heating is becoming the new [...]
Environment Agency name top 100 environmentalists of all time
::via Guardian
EA have released a list of the top 100 environmentalists EVER. Some favourites of mine included in the list (with ideas for Xmas list reading and viewing):
4. David Attenborough - Sunday nights just wouldn’t be the same without Planet Earth
5. James Lovelock - I’d recommend two of his books Revenge of Gaia and Gaia
9. Al [...]
CIBSE’s ‘proper’ journal
The BSJ (Building Services Journal) may be the missive that comes through the door every month, but I had often wondered in the past where the peer reviewed scientically based journal aimed at CIBSE members was. Turns out it’s the snappily titled Building Services Engineering Research and Technology. It appears to have been [...]
Another reason to love Larry David…
Larry David is somewhat of an icon in our household with re-runs of ‘Seinfeld’ tiding us over until the new series of ‘Curb your enthusiasm’ comes out. Turns out he is a bit of an environmentalist and is married to Laurie David, who produced Al Gore’s ‘An Inconvenient Truth’. Larry also drives a hybrid…
I shouldn’t laugh…
…but this amused and intrigued me in equal measure. I was doing some research on the history of the building regs for an assignment which I am trying to finish and came across a page on Wikipedia for Energy efficiency in British Housing. A little known fact about Wikipedia is that if you click on [...]
Friday fun
A little bit of Friday silliness - build any message up to 40 characters out of buildings at GeoGreeting (via Lifehacker).
Peak Oil Event in London, Saturday 25th November 2006
I won’t be able to make it, but if anyone does and blogs it, please let me know:
PowerSwitch will be presenting a talk about ‘Peak Oil’ designed for people relatively new to the subject, or those looking for a broader understanding of the issues surrounding it, on 25th November 2006 in Covent Garden.
Entry [...]
Survey investigating usage patterns of Building Energy Performance Simulation tools in the construction industry
I was contacted by Rokia recently, who is looking for help on the following research project. My MBA experience has made me sympathetic to the need for meaningful survey responses when researching, so if you have a few minutes, please help out and fill in the survey. I have taken the survey myself and it’s [...]
The Queen’s Speeech and the Climate Change Bill
The Queen’s speech is now online here and the Climate Change Bill is on her list:
My Government will publish a Bill on climate change as part of its policy to protect the environment, consistent with the need to secure long-term energy supplies.
Other interesting bills include:
A draft Bill will be published to tackle road [...]
