Listen again: Green school design on Radio 4
Amazingly, the same week that I’ve been writing about POE in the AJ and attending our own conference on the subject organised together with the Usable Buildings Trust, Radio 4’s programme Costing the Earth is all about whether so-called green schools are as green as their designers claim. The answer: the only way to [...]
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Getting energy data right…
I spent a fascinating day yesterday at the AJ conference on post-occupancy monitoring. One of the recurring themes was the challenge of gathering accurate, consistent data, comparable data. Imagine my dismay when I looked at my POE feature in today’s AJ to find that the colour key for gas and electricity had [...]
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HAPPY HOLIDAYS
I am writing my year end post from Vermont, where 18” of snow in the last two days has transformed the landscape into a spectacular winter wonderland. This is my last post for 2008.
Coming up in January is the AJ’s conference on post-occupancy evaluation – a critical area for ensuring that low carbon buildings match [...]
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Hattie is the Sustainability Editor of the Architects' Journal
