Olympic Park - Westfield Stratford City synergy
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Don’t miss the UK environment Factfile in today’s Guardian
Posted on April 28th, 2010 by Hattie Hartman
I love these graphics because they put the UK’s low carbon agenda in a global context. Interesting to note that the UAE’s per capita C02 emissions are four times the UK and twice the US. Brings home the context in which Masdar is being built.
View the Factfile here.
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Living Drainpipes
Posted on September 11th, 2009 by sustainability
What with all the recent commotion about living walls, Footprint wonders whether drainpipe planting could be a good alternative… Maybe not.
Images from deputy-dog.com
Know of any other ’sustainable’ drainpipes? Email your photographs to ajintern@emap.com
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Liquid wood makes a debut for Ford cars
Posted on August 4th, 2009 by sustainability
Despite the increased ease of getting around our cities without reliance on the motor car, it is a fact that the car is certainly going to feature in our daily lives for a long time to come.
Now major auto manufacturer Ford is rushing to green their upcoming vehicle lines as quickly as [...]
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The Future of Sustainable Housing events
Posted on August 3rd, 2009 by sustainability
This month the BRE, in partnership with the Energy Saving Trust and the Zero Carbon Hub, are hosting a series of half-day events focussing on low-carbon housing.
Prominent speakers from Communities and Local Government will provide an in-depth, yet simple and practical look at what the requirements for low carbon housing will look like in 2010.
The [...]
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Guest bloggers coming up
Posted on August 1st, 2009 by Hattie Hartman
I will be on holiday until Aug 24 so a diversity of surprise guest bloggers are lined up to post on Footprint over the next three weeks.
Watch this space.
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Another Dallas eye popper
Posted on April 21st, 2009 by Hattie Hartman
Definitely not sustainable, but irresistible…
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More clever marketing from Kingspan
Posted on March 31st, 2009 by Hattie Hartman
Kingspan Access Floors has just launched a new recycling programme so that onsite offcuts from flooring systems (between 2.5 and 5 per cent of net floor area) are returned to the Hull plant for shredding.
This machine separates steel from chipboard. The steel is then recycled, while the chipboard is returned to particle board manufacturer Sonae [...]
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SIP and schools
Posted on March 9th, 2009 by Hattie Hartman
Kingspan just wrote to me saying that their insulated panels division is currently involved in over 50 new school projects. Sounds like a lot, or is it?
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Sutton plans to make Hackbridge UK’s greenest place to live
Posted on February 16th, 2009 by Hattie Hartman
The London Borough of Sutton last week unveiled a master plan to make Hackbridge, home of BedZed, a model of One Planet Living, the environmental approach championed by eco-charity BioRegional where each person uses only his or her fair share of the planet’s resources. In this community of 2,500 households, the plan -developed with input [...]
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