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Recent posts over at isite:
Eco City 2008 videos
Reducing the environmental impact of existing non-domestic buildings
Live blogging at Eco City
new sustainability forum
Voom or Veggie ?
News from the SD research network
Eco Town consultation
Gary Braash
Eco City 2008 – this week
profit from sustainability?

BOMA Top 10 Energy Efficient Strategies

As reported on the US Buidling Design and Construction site, BOMA (thats The Building Owners and Managers Association) to commemorate Earth Day and bring awareness to the importance of energy conservation in commercial buildings, published their top 10 ways for building owners and managers to reduce energy consumption. They are:
1. Check that Equipment Is Functioning as [...]

BoKlok

If that sounds like a product from Ikea to you, then you are correct. The name BoKlok means “smart living” in Swedish, and is Ikeas approach to prefabricated housing. Last month, it received planning permission for 36 dwellings in St. James Village, Gateshead. Live Smart@Home, a subsidiary of the Home property group, will oversee [...]

Asta La Blackpool Baby

Many of the media and news items this week covering Arnold Schwarzenegger attendance at the Tory Conference at Blackpool to speak on climate change issues pose the question – what can the Californian Governor tell us about environmental issues? (What can Arnie Teach Cameron?)
As Blackpool is on the Lancashire Construction Best Practice Club ‘patch’, [...]

Design may force school to close in summer

Combining design that is fit for purpose and climate change will increasingly be the challenge that faces our industry. The Guardian report on the 9th April may well hint at things to come:
Teachers yesterday demanded the right to walk out of hot classrooms during soaring temperatures, claiming “glasshouse” schools were putting children’s safety at [...]

Climate Change

There seems to be a lot happening in politics and environmental circles this week. Just what does all this mean for construction and facilities management. I am reading the latest draft bill to determine that and will feedback through here.
Two very relevant themes that have jumped out though – zero carbon housing, in production and [...]

Another major customer announces green future plans

An amened version of the blog made to the isite blog (see blogroll panel for link)
Following in the trend of Asda, M&S and the NHS, the John Lewis
Partnership have announced plans for a green future for its energy and
buildings. All future John Lewis and Waitrose stores will be based upon
sustainable designs.
This will affect all aspects [...]

A new benchmark for facilities management approach to enviromnetal issues?

Could the M&S plan to spend £200 million on its wide ranging eco plan be a new benchmark for facilities management environmental approaches?  How much of that sum be focused through fm?
See M&S promises radical change with £200m environmental action plan
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