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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 play in securing a more sustainable food production system in the future…but, it’s definitely not a ‘silver-bullet’ solution to world hunger, climate change and poverty.
• Food and the G8 (Jonathon Porritt) – "There is a deep, hugely damaging fault-line running all the way through it (Food Matters), captured in a brave but ultimately forlorn attempt to hold both "business-as-usual" and "business transformed" within the same policy framework."
• Beware of hype on the value of green buildings- 7/1/2008 – Building Design & Construction – Use data with caution: "the LEED rating has no effect upon commercial rents, but the Energy Star rating is associated with rents higher by 2.8%"
• Soaring energy costs herald more whole life costing in construction – Building Services Journal – Excellent article on WLC, comparing private and public funded projects. Author is from the improbably named "Davis Langdon Mott Green Wall" which just goes to show the current state of consolidation in the industry…
• Romanian Green Building Council – Romanian GBC have set up a blog to inform peeps of it's movements and developments. Nicely implemented.
• Rethink Your Business Model Around Green – Harvard Business Online’s Leading Green – green businesses are challenging the conventional wisdom that centralized production delivers a sustainable advantage through economies of scale. In fact, in the emerging green economy, many businesses are shifting to distributed models where production i

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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 standardized method o
• BROKERWATCH Engineering consultants target prices cut at Panmure Gordon – Panmure said that while the sub-sector is not completely immune to a global economic downturn, diversification by market and geography is key with an interesting consolidation play in place at the moment.
• CEEQUAL – The Civil Engineering Environmental Quality Assessment and Award Scheme – via Martin – free pdf of CEEQUAL manual: "This page offers you the opportunity to download a free pdf version of the CEEQUAL Scheme Manual for your personal use."
• Improving the energy efficiency of our buildings: A guide to air-conditioning inspections for buildings – Planning, building and the environment – Communities and Local Government – This guide is intended to help anyone who manages or controls air-conditioning plant understand how the Directive and Regulations work in practice, how to apply the Regulations, what their responsibilities are and when air conditioning inspections are req
• interview with the Rocky Mountain Institute’s Amory Lovins – The McKinsey Quarterly – interview Rocky Mountain Institute’s Amory Lovins – Energy, Resources, Materials – Electric Power – Good interview with Amory geared up to business readers. "the most important policy innovation is decoupling the profits of utilities from their sales volumes"

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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 ECD, original developer of green globes- 7/9/2008 8:35:00 AM – Building Design & Construction – Jones Lang LaSalle adds ECD to growing list of acquisitions, recently including Upstream.
• workinproperty: Link Executive Bonuses To Green Targets – The UK's biggest trade union, Unite, has suggested that company executives should have their pay and bonuses linked to meeting "green" targets.
• First international standard on whole-life cost analysis – Building – published by the Building Cost Information Service as “BS ISO15686-5 Buildings and Constructed Assets – Service Life Planning, Part 5: Life Cycle Costing”.
• The Art of Nonconformity » A Brief Guide to World Domination – Via my good friend Cathy. Yes, it's a self help guide, but a good one.

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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 industry – Single and site licence software – Free publications – Try before you buy – Presents a simple process in five sequential steps for the practical calculation of whole-life costs for the construction and operation of buildings.
• Assessors in demand as deadline looms – Building Services Journal – CIBSE Certification has accredited over two thirds of all the energy assessors and CIBSE Low Carbon Energy Assessors (LCEAs) to produce Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) and Display Energy Certificates (DECs).
• Carbon targets impossible without post occupancy overhaul – Building Services Journal – BSRIA propose a "Soft Landings" framework
• BD+C’s Top 150 Building Team LEED APs- 7/2/2008 12:31:00 PM – Building Design & Construction – Perkins+Will have over 50% of staff LEED accredited, more than anyone else.

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