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Do FTSE 100 Companies do their Share?
I came across the report from one of the carbon offsetting companies: Carbon Retirement. In their report “The state of voluntary carbon offsetting in the FTSE 100” published at the 18th or April 2011 they highlight the facts of some … Continue reading
Posted in Carbon Offset, GHG, Sustainable development
Tagged Carbon offset, FTSE 100 Index
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4th Industrial Revolution
In the weekly newspaper of the Association of German Engineers, we can read about the 4th industrial revolution to start in Germany during this year’s industry exhibition “Hannover Messe”. With their initiate named “Industrie 4.0”, Germany seeks to keep the … Continue reading
Posted in BIM
Tagged Building Information Modeling, Business Process Management, M2M
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Building Information Modelling and Green Design
I liked the article from BuildingGreen.com so much that it is almost copied here. The executive summary brings it all to the point: “Architectural design programs and building performance analysis programs have been widely used as separate tools since the … Continue reading
What does waste have to do with water and carbon footprint?
This post will deviate a little from the usual/ intended build environment theme of the blog. On the other hand I think the same principles of the topic may be relevant for the build environment. WRAP and WWF have worked … Continue reading
Posted in CO2e, GHG, Waste
Tagged Carbon dioxide equivalent, Carbon footprint, Energy Saving Trust, Greenhouse gas, WWF
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Energy: EU commission plans compulsory energy targets
The European Commision has a clearly defined strategy relating to energy. In 2007 it was ratified to reduce energy consumption by 20% in 2020. Back in November 2010 the European Commission has adopted the Communication “Energy 2020 – A strategy for competitive, … Continue reading
Wood waste
At the weekend I visited my previous landlord who just cut down the surrounding pine trees on the property to make place for new houses to be built. He is a small developer and I asked him what he will do … Continue reading
Posted in Waste
Tagged Build Environment, Defra, Environment Agency, Waste, Waste protokol, WasteDataFlow, WRAP
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Reducing Waste to Landfill
In 2008 the construction industry recorded the following landfill waste figures: 12.55 tonnes of construction, demolition and excavation landfill waste [CD&E] 118 tonnes per £ million contractors output – for every £4 the industry produces around 1 pound of waste … Continue reading
Posted in Carbon footprint, CO2e, GHG, Waste
Tagged Construction, DECC, EEA, European Environmental Agency, Greenhouse gas, Landfill, Signatory Report, Waste, WRAP
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What is SaaStainability?
This blog is intended to help discussions of issues relating to Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and to sustainability. At BIW Technologies we have been talking about Software-as-a-Service since the company’s formation in 2000, and as SaaS pioneers we have a good understanding … Continue reading
