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: links
my shared links over the last week (May 12th)
Experimenting with a round up of key links shared via twitter over last few days, brought together by Rebel Mouse.
Green Deal Update Sources
Slowly green deal details are emerging. A number of people and organisations have asked me for good reliable Green Deal update sources. Across the web the situation still seems very patchy and I guess will remain so until we have … Continue reading
Posted in blogs, green buildings, links, refurbishment, sustainability, web2.0
Tagged DECC, Green Deal, greendeal
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Carbon Consultation Confusion (update)
There are a number of papers and proposals out for consultation at the moment, one just closed and another still to come. So as a guide (and really looking for correction here if anyone can add to): Code for Sustainable … Continue reading
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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sustainable resources and publications update
Items of interest to built environment + natural environment + sustainable communities filtered from the Sustainability Development Research Network (SDRN) update Engaging Places A new initiative has been launched by CABE and English Heritage to help every school exploit the … Continue reading
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
Tagged Communities of Practice, CoP
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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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zero carbon definition
Climate Change and Sustainable Development Team at the Department for Communities and Local Government have launched the consultation on the definition of zero carbon homes and non-domestic buildings. see the press notice at http://www.communities.gov.uk/news/corporate/1101131. They are interested in views on … Continue reading
Posted in built environment, carbon, green buildings, housing, links, News, sustainability
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smart sustainable homes?
Reading the BRE Smart Home Systems and the Code for Sustainable Homes published from ibexellence and available from their site (thanks for the info on this from Derek over at Keeping Ahead of the Oil Curve The objective of … Continue reading
Posted in carbon, comment, housing, links
Tagged be2camp, BRE, Code for Sustainable Homes, CSH, homecamp
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Use of social media can lead to innovative #smworkplace employees
Following my last blog on Social Media in the workplace two very interesting links have come to light: From Business Insider: As elaborated by the Harmon research on social media productivity … inclusive collaboration will unleash huge organizational potential for knowledge discovery … Continue reading →