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: legislation
What is Green Deal: the hard, the soft, the CSR and the terminology.
Just what is Green Deal? Associated with my support for organisations developing strategies and implementation plans for ’transition’ to eco refit or green deal work, the following documents are proving very useful indeed. Getting Ready for Green Deal (Fairsnape and PBEnergy) Is … Continue reading
Posted in built environment, carbon, CSR, green buildings, green business, legislation, sustainability
Tagged CSR, eco-refit, Green Deal, sustainability. green build
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defining zero carbon – more clarifications (for homes at least)
On Wednesday I sat in on a Zero Carbon Hub consultation event relating to the defining-zero-carbon-homes-presentation2zero carbon definition for buildings. I did manage to send some tweets via twitter during the session, and here, I have pulled these together to give … Continue reading
Posted in comment, greenwashing, housing, legislation, links, route2zero, sustainability, technology
Tagged code level 6, Twitter, zero carbon, zero carbon hub
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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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no limits … route to zero
The presentation for my recent Route2Zero event for No Limits (Constructing the Future @ Elevate East Lancs) is available here: No Limits Route2Zero. The pdf is more print friendly than the actual slides used, with the images removed to reduce … Continue reading
is ISO 14001 working?
I picked up a copy of the Patagonia outdoor apparel catalogue over the weekend. In addition to the photos and products, these catalogue are always a good read to see how a leading organisation is approaching and communicating their environmental … Continue reading
Posted in built environment, carbon, comment, ecological footprint, greenwash, legislation, sustainability
Tagged ISO 14001, Patagonia
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all homes to be code level 6
All UK homes could meet a Code Level 6 by 2050 in line with the planned Code for Sustainable Refurbishment to reduce carbon emissions from existing homes. Source Now this will surely start another, necessary, debate on how this is … Continue reading
Posted in carbon, energy, facilities management, housing, legislation, refurbishment, sustainability
Tagged Sustainable Refurbishment
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Carbon management, route to zero and waste management event
Over 70 people from the regional construction, fm and energy sector attended last nights Lancashire Best Practice Club event at the Solarus Center in Blackpool. The event , in two parts, covered sustainability, targets for the built environment and carbon … Continue reading
JCT legally binding sustainability contracts?
To reinforce that we cannot address sustainability, carbon reduction and waste management from a hearts and minds, save the planet for future generations, common sense point of view and approach, JCT have started a consultation process as to which sustainability … Continue reading
Code level 6 too easy ? – go to level 7 or beyond
Following on from earlier posts (whats wrong) on this site where I raised the question that Level 6 of the Code for Sustainable homes was seemingly too low a standard – as Barratts and Eddie Shah, and others, already claim … Continue reading
Ten tips: building green for contractors on a budget
Ever-changing regulations surrounding environmental policy require contractors to re-examine business practices on a regular basis. Unfortunately, contractors are left to interpret a great deal of industry regulations on their own. Among these confounding regulations are those concerning environmental protection. Guest … Continue reading →