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: greendeal
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 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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Powering the Green Deal
How social media can help drive the Green Deal programme. Great to see our interview article in latest issue of GreenBuildNews. (Page 16, special report) The original interview with Stephen Kennet can be found on 2DegreesNetwork The Be2 Social Media … Continue reading
Posted in Green Deal, social media
Tagged 2degreesnetwork, be2camp, greenbuild, greenbuild news, greendeal, social media
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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
Posted in green buildings, Green Deal, refurbishment
Tagged Green Deal, greendeal, PAS 2030, sustainable construction
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‘Green Deal Conduit’ for SMEs
The interesting and innovation Green Deal Conduit approach from Parity Projects, giving better involvement with and access to Green Deal for SME’s is gathering pace, as the recent press release from Parity Projects indicates. New Organisation Announced – ‘Green Deal … Continue reading
Green Deal Opportunities for Industry
At last a good, readable and comprehensive guide to Green Deal from the Energy Efficiency Partnership for Buildings (EEPB) and the Construction Products Association The Guide is aimed at manufacturers, distributors, main contractors and installers, from individuals to SMEs to large … Continue reading
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Tagged cpa, eepb, greendeal
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Lancashire: Green Deal, BIM, Green Building and Social Media events
Hi, here is a quick update of Lancashire Construction Best Practice Club related events in the NW region over the coming months which may be of interest: Green Deal: If you have been following the news you will have seen that … Continue reading
Is this the Green Deal tipping point?
Building broke with the following news today (16th Feb), which can only serve to increase the importance of preparing for Green Deal, attaining PAS 2030 and creating Green Deal consortia to deliver. “Local authorities team up to issue large-scale retrofit … Continue reading
#Greendeal and the @LCBPC balanced view
The following great article written by David at DIEMLtd appeared on his blog (well worth reading, liking and subscribing to by the way) The impending Green Deal is really whipping some people up into a frenzy, but I’ve been here … Continue reading
Carbon taxes to deliver ‘free’ #GreenDeal home improvements? #CSR
Reducing carbon emissions and lifting home owners out of fuel poverty traps were central to the development of Green Deal. Reducing CO2 through Green Deal was part of the government’s fourth Carbon Budget to deliver the Climate Change Act 2008. … Continue reading →