Del.icio.us.ness for February 15th
February 16th, 2008
What caught my eye today, February 15th:
- The High Cost of Low Trust – Stephen Covey on trust in the business place: “With low trust, you get a lot of rules and regulations that take the place of human judgment and creativity”
- Ultimate House Design – Scott Adams (of Dilbert fame) redesigns the house – and makes some valid points.
- SaaS – the killer app for CAD? – Good overview on where the world of CAD ought to be heading in the next few years…
- Energy saving most effective in CO2 cutting -report – Squeezing more productivity out of the energy that industries, homes and vehicles burn is the most economical way to stifle rising energy demand and control output of planet-warming gases, according to a new report from the McKinsey Global Institute.
- A standard method for the Whole Life Costing of Sustainable Design – RICS event on 18 March in Glasgow. Interesting topic
- UK-GBC supports Sustainable Building in Practice – A new guide to building sustainable homes was issued this week, which the UK-GBC is pleased to support.This publication provides hands-on, practical advice to developers in the area of new-build residential homes and contains several contributions from UK
- Mexico to build only energy-smart homes in three years – Aggressive plans by Mexico to produce no more traditional build houses within 3 years.
- Energy Efficiency in Buildings: EPBD ? The EU?s buildings platform; Stakeholders want to move on quicker despite the slow start in many Member States – Great article summarising recent events re: EPBD in Brussels. Good stats on where the rest of Europe are up to on implementation.
- Haden Young boss makes shock departure – Building – No sucession plan in place – when the guy had been there 40 years? tut tut.
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