My del.icio.us bookmarks for September 30th through October 2nd
October 2nd, 2008
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These are my links for September 30th through October 2nd:
- BREEAM: The BREEAM Awards – Good pdf case studies of the winners. Will be interesting to see relative scores next year on BREEAM 2008 – of course with PCR's now mandatory, it might take a couple of years to trickle through (length of time of construction now being a big factor)
- Greens and nuclear energy, part 2: Who else? « lightbucket – Lightbucket does an excellent job of summarising the pro-nuclear stance of scientific environmentalists over the past few years.
- Construction lacks visible leadership, shows research – Building – "The research suggests that construction companies are failing to provide adequate development of leadership potential. This is particularly evident within larger companies, where 18% are not progressing their leaders in any way, and 45% do not have a formal succession plan or leadership strategy."
- Is sustainability boring? – Braungart (of Cradle to Cradle) is in fine form:"Like when you were asked: ”How is your relationship with your girlfriend?” What do you say? Sustainable? I’d say: “I am so sorry for you.” Design is the complete opposite of sustainability. We would still live on trees if we were sustainable." Go read the whole thing.
- Academy for Sustainable Communities – Leadership of Place – Interesting research on leadership from ASC. Specifcally on KBE, but the principles could be applied elsewhere:
"Processes such as interdisciplinary working, collaborative learning, cooperation, reciprocity and trust are at the heart of leading effective place shaping in a KBE environment. This creates some common challenges for leaders:
• Leading without ‘formal’ power
• Leading the leaders
• Leading complexity
• Leading where outcomes are uncertain/ unpredictable, and having sufficient resources to make things happen
• Crossing the public/private (and sometimes community) divide effectively
• Maintaining commitment over time
• Involving local communities and addressing local community benefits"
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