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Delicious Bookmarks for September 15th to September 23rd

These are my Delicious Links for September 15th through September 23rd:

Twitter 101 for Business — A Special Guide – Twitter (yes those people) have written their own guide to business use of twitter. Here it is.
How to write a corporate Twitter strategy (…and here’s one I made earlier) – Neil Williams, Head of Corporate Digital [...]

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Delicious Bookmarks for July 20th to August 18th

These are my Delicious Links for July 20th through August 18th:

House 2.0: New Homes Too Small – "Doesn't it start at planning stage where there appears to be a basic assumption that smaller is more acceptable?
We build small homes, then the ones next to them cannot be seen to 'dominate' the street scene, so we [...]

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PassivHaus – its about saving energy

When I was studying to be an architect in 1990s Liverpool our design tutors gave us a project. We were to choose a method of generating renewable energy by the Mersey, and then design a ‘theme park’ ride that would be powered by this energy.
Now it’s worth remembering that as a design project in an [...]

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Where is the business case for Sustainability?

Three unconnected events have got me thinking.
Constructing Excellence recently launched their Essex Club in Chelmsford and I attended. The stated objective of CE is to demonstrate that long term, integrated collaborative working in the UK construction industry is better than going lowest-cost, a route that many contractors currently fear we are returning. CE aims to [...]

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A Timeline for the Code for Sustainable Homes

For my talk on GreenGauge Homes this week, I tried to find a visualisation of the compulsory introduction of the Code for Sustainable Homes, which came into use in 2007, and the Ecohomes rating which it superseded. When I couldn’t find one, I decided to make one myself.
Here it is:
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What is your experience of dealing with the Code? Is it hard to find information? Are you using assessors to advise you, and are they helping? Lets share our experiences and suggestions.

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