Archive for December, 2007
Back quickly
I know I said I had gone for Xmas, but a quick comment on the supplement to PPS1:
para. 20:
In particular, planning authorities should:
– not require applicants for energy development to demonstrate either the overall need for renewable energy and its distribution, nor question the energy justification for why a proposal for such development must be [...]
Merry Xmas
A bit early to be calling it a day for Xmas, but I am currently up to my eyeballs in learning Spanish - I have homework to do and everything!
Normal service will resume in the New Year; expect blogging to begin again on Monday 7th January. I am endeavouring to clear out all my drafts [...]
I will survive…
After the serious note yesterday - some silliness. Rob Annable over at no2self has some coffee-snortling funny lyrics to the tune of I will survive:
Were you the one who tried to break me with your RFIs
you think I’d crumble you think I’d lay down and die?
Fraud, KBR and Vanity Fair
Recently found this article in Vanity Fair of all places. The article exposes some of the alleged shocking over-expenditure by KBR in Iraq. KBR, (#15 in ENR’s 2006 Top 150 Global Design Firms) formerly Kellogg, Brown and Root, have recently been shed by Halliburton.
There are so many things to be said here, but the point [...]
Intense Debate
I’ve activated a new plug-in from Intense Debate which I am hoping will make commenting a better experience for commenters. I’m not sure what will happen with the sidebar comments (another new feature recently added), but hopefully everything will work together.
Features of Intense Debate include:
don’t waste anymore time checking back in on a blog to see if [...]
Oslo September 2008 - call for papers
This looks intriguing.
ABSTRACTS DUE February 1, 2008
ANNOUNCEMENTS of Accepted Papers March 1, 2008
COMPLETED DRAFTS DUE June 1, 2008
The Topic
Following successful Congresses in Berlin 2005 and Leeds 2006, the Council for European Urbanism will hold its third international congress in Oslo, Norway from the 14th to 16th September 2008.
The congress will discuss the rapidly-evolving topic of [...]
New look, nearly New Year
As you can see, if you are not one of my 50 odd subscribers by RSS (at last folks seem to be catching onto the joy of RSS), I’ve changed the look of the blog (again). If you are one of my 50 odd subscribers, thank you and please stop by and have a poke [...]
BRE confirm micro-turbines not best suited to urban sites
BRE have just issued ’Micro-wind turbines in urban environments: an assessment’ (BRE Trust report FB17, ISBN 978-1-84806-021-0) and although I haven’t managed to get a copy myself the Guardian have and they dissect it here.
The gist of things is that micro-turbines aren’t a great idea in urban areas on a domestic scale. Good to see the [...]
