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James Woudhuysen - sustaina-babble and the credit crunch

To Pall Mall last night for a lecture from James Woudhuysen, the professor of forecasting and innovation at De Montfort University, Leicester. Or alternatively a sustainability iconoclast. By that I mean he has it in for greenies that believe we need to rethink man’s role in the world. So out goes conservation, reduction or going [...]

Existing stock - in its infancy

To the Design Museum yesterday to chair a conference entitled Retrofitting & Energy Management. I was given a matter of days to prepare for this so was rather relieved that the whole thing went pretty smoothly. The presentations and ensuing discussions on what and how to address energy use in our existing stock could be [...]

Paper cuts

The Green Way

Swiss Re’s disappearing natural ventilation

Swiss Re’s disappearing natural ventilation

Letter from Brussels

The Weekly Green Gauge

Post occupation evaluation, the defence

Witty Wicks