martin brown
Improvement advocate in the built environment with a passion for social media, wildness, music, mountains, walking, cycling, astronomy, geostuff, outdoor, inspirations, dark skies, connectivity, edge of chaos, improvement, natural environment, CSR, built environment, virtual worlds, resilience, community enterprise ... and more
Category Archives: facilities management
using twitter in the built environment?
Next week, the 12 – 15th May, sees a series of built environment ‘events’ in the UK: Be2camp north in Liverpool 15th May (following on from the worlds first unconference for built environment) Sustainability Now (13-14th ) Buildings Virtual Conference and … Continue reading
twittering facilities management
Post UPDATE: A twitterleague group has been created at http://www1.twitterleague.com/view_league/181 - this may not be the ideal method in the long run but a good starting point to identify those in FM who use twitter. I can see the definition of facilities … Continue reading
musing on a carbon 1:5:200
Reading many items and articles on the carbon issues that the built environment faces in the coming years, I have jotted a number of random thoughts in google notebook, which may one day be useful ‘spin’ for example: …almost every … Continue reading
Posted in 1:5:200, carbon, comment, design, energy, facilities management, sustainability, technology
Tagged facilities management, zero carbon
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facilities carbon management
Indication that carbon management is becoming a key element of the facilities management role is evident through the Guardian article Cut and Run which focuses on UCLAN’s excellence performance in obtaining the Carbon Trust Standard. The Carbon Trust says that universities … Continue reading
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keeping communities of practice alive
This week I find myself involved with and or facilitating four communities of practice (CoP) , two new and getting started like the Leeds Sustainability Forum and Green Drinks Lancashire ( which after the second ‘gathering’ is becoming a useful … Continue reading
Posted in collaborative working, comment, facilities management, links, web2.0
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defining zero carbon
As a post on this blog noted at the end of last year, the definition of zero carbon buildings is currently under consultation by the Department for Communities and Local Government. I am in full agreement with Casey over at … Continue reading
Posted in built environment, carbon, comment, construction, energy, facilities management, futures, green buildings, legislation, links, quality, route2zero, sustainability, technology
Tagged DCLG, facilities management, zero, zero carbon
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on public building epc’s
The UK Communities and Local Government government website states Our buildings are responsible for almost 50 per cent of the UK’s energy consumption and carbon emissions. October 1st marked the date by which UK public buildings have to display their energy … Continue reading
UKGBC task group too important to be so narrow?
The UK Green Building Council (UK-GBC) has announced the panel of experts that will shape the Code for Sustainable Buildings to complement the government’s consultation on its target to make all new buildings zero-carbon from 2019. The task group comprises: • Bill … Continue reading
the built environment twitters
There has been a welcomed increase in Twitter from uk construction recently. New to this world is: the UK construction magazine Construction News has a twitter @CNplus with deputy editor Nina Lovelace having a twitter account at @nina_lovelace New Civil … Continue reading
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Tagged be2camp, facilities management, Twitter
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Facilities Information Modeling
The recent white paper BIM and Facilities Management from Autodesk, makes the case to extend Building IM to Facilities IM(or at least to include) Building information modeling (BIM) is changing the way buildings are designed and constructed-but is it changing how they’re operated … Continue reading →