Greening our buildings: so what is wrong with the facilities manager?
Portcullis House Pick up a modern architectural history book and you will probably read of great architects who followed through their design concept with a single-minded doggedness that resulted in...
View ArticleGreening our buildings…and how to make them people friendly
BedZed As I said in my last blog, in the creation of any building there is always the moment the architect and engineer have to give up ‘their’ creation to clients. Last time, I explored the role of...
View ArticleSmart green homes: things I wished my house would do by itself
Smart homes and building sand castles My family and I won our first architectural award last weekend. In fact we won two. First prize for most technically daring and second prize for tallest. It’s...
View ArticleRenewables and planning: is that permitted?
New planning regulations are coming into force in December removing the need to apply for planning permission for some small-scale wind turbines and air source heat pumps. Now while most of you will be...
View ArticleThe Feed-in Tariff and life after 43p
What a month it has been! With the global PV price falling over the last few years, we all knew that time would be called on 12 per cent rates of return and a 20p(ish) Feed In-Tariff was around the...
View ArticleIs a lack of technical expertise hindering energy efficiency for SMEs?
I was recently asked this question, and the answer at first seems to be a big… YES! The back question leading on is of course, why isn’t there technical expertise in energy efficiency for SMEs? Well...
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