Archive for January, 2008
Locavores - pros and cons
Turns out, there a word for what I talked about in this post , eating within 100 miles - locavore.
Eating locally sounds like it will be of great environmental and social benefit - but is it? Tim Harford, one of my favorite economist/journalists* weighs in at Forbes.com here and the Free Exchange blog [...]
Del.icio.us.ness for January 24th
What caught my eye today, January 24th:
Building the world’s new eco-cities: enough theory, time for action. - Very good (if long) article by Hugh Pearman on the future of cities. Good overview of the state of things with a ‘light green’ attitude for the future (i.e. technology may save us if we wake up [...]
Del.icio.us.ness for January 21st
What caught my eye today, January 21st:
Advanced Energy Design Guides Free Download - ASHRAE design guides for small offices, retail and schools. Claims to be 30% more efficient than ASHRAE typical standards.
Soneva Fushi - carbon free by 2010 - Interesting project in the Maldives, by XCO2. The resort wants to go carbon neutral. I [...]
Prize up for grabs
Building have a fairly easy sustainability quiz with twenty quid in amazon vouchers up for grabs here. Question 2 is a bit vague, though…
BREEAM is a means to an end
Again, this is a draft which has been kicking around a long time. I hope the links are still valid. I was originally going to post this as part of a BREEAM primer, which still hasn’t quite materialised. Some day I’ll pull all the threads together …
I’m beginning to see a dangerous tendency towards taking [...]
Del.icio.us.ness for January 15th
What caught my eye today, January 15th:
Weather Data - For use with Google Earth - loads of weather data in EnergyPlus weather format ? 295 locations in the USA, 71 locations in Canada, and more than 800 locations in 100 other countries throughout the world.
Lyons-Dubai - via BLDGBLOG, news that “The Arab emirate of Dubai [...]
PVSYST 4.21 - software for PV design
This has been sitting in my del.icio.us inbox since April 2006. I can’t remember where I found the link originally.
PVSYST 4.21 is a PC software package for the study, sizing, simulation and data analysis of complete PV systems.
It is suitable for grid-connected, stand-alone, pumping and DC-grid (public transport) systems, and offers an extensive meteorological [...]
Del.icio.us.ness for January 14th
What caught my eye today, January 14th:
PR Squared: “What I Wish My New Employee Knew” - I particularly like “Barring a huge project or crisis, we don?t want you working that late; it doesn?t impress us, it makes us question your efficiency.” Hear, hear
The war on hot air - Mysogynist comments re: Ferraris aside, King [...]
Plan B 2.0
Has anybody read this yet? Lester Brown’s book (free ebook download at the link) has been sitting on my to-do list forever (since April 2006 at least - oops!) and rather than wait to read it myself, I thought I’d share it with you all in the hope that someone will read, dissect and point all the [...]
Del.icio.us.ness for January 13th
What caught my eye today, January 13th:
Best-of-Breed RSS Readers Now Free - Newsgator is now FREE. There’s a strong possibility I will switch from Google Reader in 2008 (which usurped Bloglines during 2007)…
what percentage of school buildings approved by his Department were built to the Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method (a) very good [...]
