Archive for November, 2007
Interactive map of UK renewable energy locations
Since August 2006 this resource has been available and I failed to mention it until now. http://maps.restats.org.uk
From the press release: The collection of renewable energy statistics - began in 1989 via a project carried out by ETSU (now FES - a part of AEA Technology Environment) on behalf of the UK Department of Trade and [...]
One definition of a zero carbon development
There is a wealth of information available at the LEP website including ‘Towards Zero Carbon Developments’ (pdf 108 pages from July 2006). The document proposes a definition of a zero carbon development as:
A zero carbon development is one that achieves zero net carbon emissions from energy use [...]
Insurance companies taking notice of climate change
(another slightly out of date post - I liked my point about nat vent buildings though, so I’ve posted it anyway)
Via It’s the Environment, Stupid evidence Allianz/WWF (October 2006, pdf, 46 pages) plus Lloyd’s (pdf, 17 pages) are taking notice of climate change.
The only overt reference to the built environment within the Lloyd’s report is [...]
Conversations in cyberspace
I love blogging. There are those who believe that it can be a little one sided, but for me, I find it an infinitely better communication tool than say, a letters page in a magazine, or even email. Case in point, last week I expressed disappointment at Bovis’ BREEAM targets.
Andrew Kinsey (their senior environmental manager) [...]
Knowledge Management - Quick wins
(another article I found sitting forlornly in my draft bucket since March for no apparent reason - late but not out of date)
Dave Pollard has posted another excellent post on KM. The scary thing is how many of the things he says not to do, I have seen done at various (or many) employers. [...]
BREEAM around the internet
I have BREEAM set as a key word in Google, Technorati, Topix, del.icio.us and Bloglines - if anyone writes BREEAM on the internet, I get notification of it (hey - you all know what a geek I am by now). Which is how I found this OT (off-topic) discussion on [...]
Part IV
Another funny architecture blog - this time at Part IV . Who knew these creatures had a sense of humour…
BIM growth across the pond
Some good news on BIM from Building Design + Construction (A US publication).
The rate at which newcomers join the ranks of BIM users has been increasing, FMI reported. BIM usage grew by three percent in 2003, six percent in 2005 and 11 percent in 2006, the study found.
A white paper from [...]
One definition of innovation
I don’t know where* I found this definition but it came to mind when I found Scott Berkun (who wrote the excellent The Art of Project Management) had a new book out on innovation, The Myths of Innovation.
Innovation is the collection, assessment and implementation of ideas to transform an organization’s:
Products: [...]
Underwhelmed
Bovis Lend Lease has pledged to build all projects worth £5m or more to BREEAM ‘Very Good’ standard by 2010.
I’m finding myself underwhelmed by this. I would be more impressed if they committed to carbon reductions (it’s easy enough to get a ‘Very Good’ on a reasonably sited new build project without necessarily addressing [...]
