Archive for August, 2008
My del.icio.us bookmarks for August 26th through August 28th
These are my links for August 26th through August 28th:
Sending recycling to China ‘better than binning it’ - "This study sought to answer the specific question of whether the CO2 emissions from the transport outweighed the benefits of the recycling. It quantifies the CO2 emissions from transporting one tonne of recovered mixed paper or recovered [...]
Pascal’s Wager, Weitzman and the inadequacy of cost benefit analysis on climate change
via Twitter, Solve Climate have a useful summary of Dr. Martin Weitzman’s paper “On Modeling and Interpreting the Economics of Catastrophic Climate Change” (pdf).
Whilst I haven’t tried to wade through the paper myself (my grip of economics, although much improved, is not quite up to that level yet ;o)), the point which resonated me was [...]
Visualising the skills shortage
I’ve talked before about the skills shortage in our industry, but the graphic I used then didn’t illustrate quite as well as this one why we are feeling the effects quite so strongly. Look at that blip around 60 years old. These guys (and gals) are retiring or have just retired or will in the [...]
My del.icio.us bookmarks for August 21st through August 23rd
These are my links for August 21st through August 23rd:
Widgetbox › CIBSE Search Widget - A widget you can add to your website to search for LCEA's.
Freelance Jobs & Freelancers - iFreelance.com - via Paul Miller - a website posting freelance opportunities and freelancers. Considering for my blog redesign in the future…
ISO - News [...]
Del.icio.us.ness
What I’ve been reading about:
7th Generation Businsses: Ecoprises? « Brightest Green Blog - Recycling provides employment: "The 36x return on employment that waste recycling creates seems to make good business sense on nearly every level."
McCloud: No chaos at Hab - Building Design - Kev fights his corner, in what seems to be a frenzy kicked [...]
My del.icio.us bookmarks for August 18th through August 19th
These are my links for August 18th through August 19th:
One green energy firm 100% renewable - "Data available on electricityinfo.org shows that Good Energy is the only firm offering its customers energy which is all generated from renewables. Other companies which claim to offer green power, such as Ecotricity and Green Energy, don't even generate [...]
Friday silliness
How many consultants does it take to change a light bulb?
Three. One to change the bulb and two to write the standards and tell him what he did wrong.
How many consultants does it take to change a light bulb?
We don’t know. They never get past the feasibility study.
How many consultants does it take to change [...]
My del.icio.us bookmarks for August 10th through August 15th
These are my links for August 10th through August 15th:
Blogs - RIBApedia - RIBApedia opens it's doors. Under the blogs page: "Blogs (or webblogs) are diaries written and disseminated on the web." Tempted to log-in and start tweaking stuff but the rules of engagement aren't clear? Do you have to be an architect [...]
Social butterfly
Blogging has been light, for a number of reasons. Mainly red wine based, which is always a good excuse in my book. My new found love of life in London is leading me to sorts of weird and wonderful social occasions. This means I don’t have time to read feeds never mind write blog posts. [...]
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What I’ve been reading about:
Reader’s Rant - Building Services Journal - "BREEAM is about environmental damage reduction and not about sustainable development. Yet BREEAM is increasingly interpreted within the construction sector as being a metric for sustainable development. Use of the terms ‘very good’ and ‘excellent’ have become misleading because they are hijacked to mean [...]
