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
Tag Archives: Green Deal
Architects and Green Deal: greater ability to improve public health than medical professionals
‘Architects have a greater ability to improve public health than medical professionals’ A provocative statement made by physician Dr. Claudia Miller, assistant dean at the University of Texas School of Medicine, at a recent healthy building materials panel moderated and … Continue reading
Green Vision for Social Media at Green Build Expo
Be2Camp returns to Greenbuild Expo in May with Green Vision. This year’s session, taking place on 8th May at Manchester Central from 1pm, will be the most exciting yet, with an amazing line-up of speakers (see below for programme). GreenBuild … Continue reading
Green Deal Guidance for the Property Industry
The Department of Energy and Climate Change has published The Green Deal: Guidance for the Property Industry in Great Britain aimed at property practitioners dealing with domestic or non-domestic properties The Green Deal is designed to help householders and businesses … Continue reading
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Tagged DECC, Green Deal, greendeal, more than just a green deal, Property, Property Industry, sustainability
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From Greendeal to Mindfulness in Sustainability
My More than Just a Green Deal keynote to the Merseyside Construction Conference March 13th 2013, making the case to see Green Deal as part of the Green Build and Sustainability agenda, and the need for doing the right green … Continue reading
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Tagged carbon, chouinard, climate, environment, fairsnape, Green Deal, keynote, mindfulness, Route to Zero, survivability, sustainability, think different, winning work
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Celebrating social media in the built environment
Only two days left to our Be2Awards, 2012 Social Media awards event in London at the Building Centre, kicking off at 1.30pm. As with our 2011 awards, the event, part of Social Media London Week, will be an inspiring combination of … Continue reading
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Tagged be2awards, be2camp, be2talks, Bikes, BIM, Coffee, cycling, Green Deal, London Social Media Week, RMI., social media
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On changing culture …
This Wednesday, I attended, and was privileged to talk at, two seemingly unrelated events, one being Green Deal and the other Building Information Modelling (BIM). Both very topical with a common theme of real presenting challenges to the the way we … Continue reading
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Tagged BIM, building information modelling, construction, culture, Green Deal, never waste a good crisis
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Building Down Green Deal Barriers
Themes covered in the Cumbria Green Deal workshop yesterday, both within round table groups and in general discussions were strikingly familiar, being the age old improvement issues that the construction and built environment sector has been trying to address for … Continue reading
FMB to offer Green Deal Installer Certification from Sept 2012.
The Federation of Master Builders (FMB) is launching FMB Certification, a ‘complete solution’ registration and certification service to companies committed to delivering the highest standards of customer service and workmanship in the building industry. The FMB is pleased to be … Continue reading
When our Green Deal and BIM worlds collide
Rushing from a Green Deal event in Lancashire to the ThinkBIM BIM event in Yorkshire has me thinking of when and how these two seemingly separate worlds and agenda will collide. Green Deal, if successful will drive mass refurbishment of … Continue reading
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Tagged Green Deal, greendeal, PAS 2030, sustainable construction
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Can social media power the Green Deal (and Sustainability)?
Earlier this year, through Be2camp, the built environment social media advocacy, we published a guide on using social media to improve understanding and application of Green Deal issues. This was discussed in a 2degreenework interview with myself and Stephen Kennett Stephen … Continue reading →