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My del.icio.us bookmarks for July 18th through July 21st

These are my links for July 18th through July 21st:

Cost Analysis of The Code for Sustainable Homes: Final Report - Planning, building and the environment - Communities and Local Government - Revisions to Cyril Sweett's initial cost analysis for specific credits in light of the finalised technical guidance on the Code
Open the Floodgates: The Era [...]

My del.icio.us bookmarks for July 11th through July 17th

These are my links for July 11th through July 17th:

Kyoto2 Oliver Tickell - Kyoto2 is a framework for a new Climate Protocol under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) for 2012 and beyond.
Steering a sustainable path through GM issues | Forum For The Future - In summary, GM might have a role to [...]

My del.icio.us bookmarks for July 10th through July 11th

These are my links for July 10th through July 11th:

The Standardised Method of Life Cycle Costing for Construction Procurement - Standardized Method of Life Cycle Costing for Construction Procurement brings together ISO 15686-5 and the BCIS Standard Form of Cost Analysis (SFCA) along with industry recognized occupancy cost codes, and will provide you with:° A [...]

My del.icio.us bookmarks for July 9th through July 10th

These are my links for July 9th through July 10th:

Low carbon refurbishment of buildings - Management guide - This guide is aimed at those who wish to ensure that a planned refurbishment delivers carbon savings, in addition to meeting its other objectives. It provides clear, practical guidance based on real world experience.
Jones Lang LaSalle acquires [...]

My del.icio.us bookmarks for July 6th through July 8th

These are my links for July 6th through July 8th:

BREEAM: Buildings BREEAM Supplement - To coincide with the launch of BREEAM 2008, BRE Global and Building Magazine released an supplement - BREEAM Beyond Excellence
U.S. Green Building Council set to modify LEED standards - Washington Business Journal: - The certification process has been criticized for being [...]

Del.icio.us.ness

What I’ve been reading about:

Zero carbon targets debated at AECB conference - Discussions on renewables and greenwash
Models of whole life costing - Building Services Journal - Book review by Hywel Davies of Whole Life-cycle Costing: Risk and risk responses
BSRIA Infonet: Whole-Life Costing Analysis, Churcher D : Books & Downloads - Publications for the building services [...]

My del.icio.us bookmarks for June 30th through July 5th

These are my links for June 30th through July 5th:

Comment period for first ANSI green building standard complete- 7/1/2008 11:25:00 AM - Building Design & Construction - Green Globes positioning themselves to take on LEED (and BREEAM). The changes sound very familiar and similar to BREEAM. I believe Green Globes was born from a [...]

My del.icio.us bookmarks for June 26th through June 27th

These are my links for June 26th through June 27th:

Where’s the science bit? - Building Design - More on the apparent demise of the BRE to capitalism. Pipe smoking blokes vs. smooth operating sharks might be a wee bit OTT, though. Plenty on what's wrong - but how to fix it??
Experts blast BRE’s ‘unproven gimmicks’ [...]

My del.icio.us bookmarks for June 24th through June 26th

These are my links for June 24th through June 26th:

My M&M’s® - Get Your Favorite Faces on Your Favorite Candy - Upload a Picture and Message - Completely OT, but really? Printing photos on M&M's.
Sex and the City and Handbag Insanity » Transition Culture - Poor Rob is stunned that women rent handbags in [...]

Gordon’s low carbon future

I love Twitter.  Settled down this morning to some light email and RSS catch up when a tweet flashed up (via twhirl) to tell me Gordon Brown was addressing the Government’s Low Carbon Economy Summit on London’s South Bank, complete with a link to the live speech.  One click later I was watching the speech [...]