Lord Stern at the RIBA
Almost exactly two years after the Stern Review (October 2006), Sir Nicholas Stern addressed a packed Jarvis Hall at the RIBA. After a warm introduction from RIBA President Sunand Prasad, Stern cautioned the audience that his presentation contained no pictures and launched into a detailed exposition of the economic implications of climate change in the [...]
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Big turnout for Wolfgang Feist lecture
Has the AECB (Association of Environment Conscious Building) come of age? If the turnout for last night’s lecture by PassivHaus founder Wolfgang Feist is any indication, the answer is yes. The initial venue of the RIBA Wren room sold out the first day, and the event was relocated to accommodate 250 bookings.
Feist gave a rapid [...]
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Debunking McDonough
After my interview last summer with American green guru Bill McDonough of Cradle to Cradle fame, I was fascinated by this indepth profile which argues that he’s not the green saviour he’s made out to be. Despite the success of his book and McDonough’s eloquence which goes down well in corporate board rooms, there is [...]
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Recycled plastic offers an alternative to timber, even in Dubai
It’s the second time in as many weeks that I’ve heard about an imitation timber product made from recycled plastic.
This differs from the product I saw at Interbuild - which is made from recycled polystyrene. Plastic timber production is ramping up in the UK, where it trades under the name of I-Plas.
The West Yorkshire-based company, which originally [...]
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Decentralised energy – reducing London’s carbon footprint
London First, a membership organisation dedicated to furthering the city’s pre-eminence as a global financial centre, released a report last week on the potential of decentralized energy to achieve major carbon reductions.
London’s Climate Change Action Plan sets a target of decentralising 25% of London’s energy supply by 2025. London First commissioned Buro Happold [...]
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CarbonBuzz workshops at RIBA this week
CarbonBuzz was formally launched at the Building Centre last week by RIBA President Sunand Prasad, FCBStudios’ Bill Gething (Chair of RIBA Sustainable Futures), Hywel Davies (CIBSE Technical Director) and Bill Bordass (Research Director of the Usable Buildings Trust www.usablebuildings.co.uk). The high-powered line up who gathered to launch CarbonBuzz says a lot about its potential. This [...]
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Hattie is the Sustainability Editor of the Architects' Journal
