Ecobuild 2011 is fast approaching on Tuesday 1 March to Thursday 3 March. This is great for DIY people and builders to get the latest Green Building and Sustainable techniques, have a great day out, and learn some new things from the lectures and seminars.
Attraction in the lecture series are:
Human rights campaigner – Bianca Jagger
Professor [...]
This is an interesting competition with good prizes, to get ideas for renovating or replacing a large low cost housing development on the edge of George Town Penang, an island off north west Malaysia. It is open to architects, town planners and also students of the above.
It is jointly organized by the Penang State Government, [...]
Visiting a Home Depot in the US recently, President Obama said “Energy Efficiency is sexy”.
Clever use of buzz words to get his message to the American people (and us, thanks to the internet).
Insulation is slightly erotic as it is a type of blanketing… if you find that sexy of course.
This phrase will wind [...]
The public can get a look at the new US Embassy to be built in Wandsworth London.
It is at NLA (New London Architecture – a front for The Building Centre a Council and commercially sponsored educational body for building and DIY).
Go to The Building Centre, 26 Store Street, London WC1E 7BT, between Friday 26 February [...]
Kieran Timberlake US architect has won a US competition to design the new US embassy in London, in Wandsworth. This is the first time an embassy has been built south of the river Thames, and locals in Wandsworth and somewhat bemused. The US embassy is moving from Grosvenor Square – a famous central London [...]
Interesting seminars coming up on how to be on good terms with the people working on your building or large DIY job.
Some people have the ‘cowboy builders‘ idea stuck in their head from watching TV scare programmes and so they start off badly with builders or contractors.
Things always go wrong and always cost [...]
Next year’s Ecobuild has a look at the effect of 3 years of Government legislation on building practice – the Code for Sustainable Homes, EPCs, and many others. These are for new building and also refurbishment and DIY refitting.
We are supposed to be headed for the zero carbon home by 2016 – that is [...]
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World’s biggest event for sustainable green building, DIY, architecture, and living.
2 – 4 March 2010 at Earls Court London.
Ecobuild has:
100 free seminars
1000 suppliers’ stands
Conference with famous people
Speakers include Joan Ruddock, lots more
Cityscape & Ecobuild Installer – for builders, DIY fans and developers
Commentators at Ecobuild Arena
Sponsored by RIBA, BRE
Free registration for invitation >
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reat piece in Scientific American about a plan to replace fossil fuels completely by 2030.
Achievable with political will, if not capsized by vested interests of oil, coal, gas, car companies.
I will add a proper article in our main web site when I get around to it (sense of urgency huh!) – and maybe start a [...]
We have been very busy putting up new pages.
We did a section on finance, looking at ways to finance property and building projects. This included personal finance, business finance, mortgage refinance, remortgages, mortgages, loans and other finance and money advice. This could be money, loans or mortgages for architecture, building, remodeling, refurbishment, extensions, major DIY, [...]
