http://www.melstarrs.com/elemental Communicating sustainable solutions for the built environment Tue, 07 Sep 2010 23:00:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.melstarrs.com/elemental/2008/04/05/my-delicious-bookmarks-for-april-1st-through-april-5th/ http://www.melstarrs.com/elemental/2008/04/05/my-delicious-bookmarks-for-april-1st-through-april-5th/#comments Sat, 05 Apr 2008 22:27:47 +0000 mel starrs http://www.melstarrs.com/elemental/2008/04/05/my-delicious-bookmarks-for-april-1st-through-april-5th/ These are my links for April 1st through April 5th:

• How To Find Lost Objects – via LifeHacker – a 122 page pdf on a similar vein to www.flylady.net
• IES <VE SBEM> EPC SOFTWARE MEETS 6TH APRIL DEADLINE – IES on the ball again when it comes to SBEM (even though their DSM software IMO is the tool you ought to use)
• Cover It Live – via Simon Dickson, a killer live blogging app. Might try this for Think 08…
• Cutting carbon will grow US economy – Researchers at Yale University reviewed 25 leading economic models and showed that GDP would increase by around 3 %/y if dramatic carbon cutting measures were adopted across the country.
• 1 April 2008: New release of iSBEM_v3.1.a for EPCs – The overheating calculation still isn't working – expect yet another version in the future…
• Hong Kong BEAM – Green Building Label – Interesting statistics – "A US study, for example, found that certified green buildings cost 1.8% more to design and construct, but yield 20% cost savings over the life of the building."
• PM helps householders go green – Article not that exciting in itself, but found it via Twitter. I love Twitter…"Green Neighbourhoods initiative will give a "green makeover" to up to 100 neighbourhoods in England with an aim to reduce their carbon footprints by more than 60 per cent."
• China Launches Green Building Council: An Interview with Kevin Hydes, World GBC Chair – China, BREEAM and LEED. International standards currently only used in office buildings for multinationals or upscale apartments. China's version called what? (link goes to mandarin site)

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