Hattie Hartman’s sustainability blog: best practice, projects and products
The Canadian High Commission recently hosted a full day of CPD seminars targeted at architects to demonstrate how Canadian products can meet the Code for Sustainable Homes and the new Part L.
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How often is it that we have an articulate minister at the RIBA? Hilary Benn, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, gave a succint summary of the dire climate predictions facing the UK and what Government is doing about it.
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Hab Oakus, a joint venture between Kevin McCloud’s development company, Hab, and housing group GreenSquare, has won planning permission for its first project.
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More of a handbook than a guide, the NHBC Foundation has recently published ‘The Code for Sustainable Homes simply explained’. Aimed at developers, designers, and contractors, it distills the rather lengthier Code for Sustainable Homes Technical Guide (300pp) released in 2006 into a more user-friendly and less daunting manual. It takes a strategic approach to [...]
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GOOD is an interesting website / magazine / blog by a group of individuals, businesses and NGOs exploring what ‘good’ is in sustainability terms (note clever use of .is suffix in web address).
Their ‘how much water do you use’ diagram is a fun but serious take on water consumption and unlike most includes ‘virtual’ use (i.e. [...]
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Christmas parties are fine, but they’re even better with a bit of substance. Last week Anne Thorne Architects invited clients and friends in for minced pies, but the speakers were the real draw to the Bethnal Green office.
Ex-Grimshaw Anna Maria Orru of Exploration Architecture showed some rather lofty–and beautiful images of biomimicry (toucan beaks and [...]
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