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Design Other 90 Network
Posted on: 17 January 2013
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Design with the Other 90%: CITIES features sixty projects, proposals, and solutions that address the complex issues arising from the unprecedented rise of informal settlements in emerging and developing economies. Divided into six themes—Exchange, Reveal, Adapt, Include, Prosper and Access—to help orient the visitor, the exhibition shines the spotlight on communities, designers, architects, and private, civic, and public organizations that are working together to formulate innovative approaches to urban planning, affordable housing, entrepreneurship, nonformal education, public health, and more.
Environmental innovation in Germany
Posted on: 17 January 2013
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This paper reviews the recent experience of Germany in encouraging innovation to reduce negative environmental impacts of economic activity. The essence of the German approach to policy-induced environmental innovation is discussed in the context of changing policy objectives, and illustrated with selected examples from waste management, renewable energy and transportation. The paper covers environmental and general innovation policies and the cross-cutting issue of policy co-ordination. Particular attention is paid to analysis of policies to promote renewable energy, including feed-in tariffs, and policies to promote advanced transportation.
Wimbish Passivhaus
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The Wimbish Passivhaus Project is a fourteen-dwelling Passivhaus-certified scheme in Wimbish, Essex. This programme looks at how the architect, Parsons + Whittley, and Bramall, the contractor, used Passivhaus design and construction methods to achieve both Passivhaus certification and Level 4 of the Code for Sustainable Homes. This video will be of particular relevance to architects and developers with an interest in Passivhaus principles, and for those working on schemes where the aim is to achieve Level 4 of the Code for Sustainable Homes (CSH), and beyond.
London 2012 Post-Games Sustainability Report: A legacy of change
Posted on: 17 January 2013
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The third and final London 2012 Sustainability Report is designed to chart delivery against the London 2012 Sustainability Plan. It focuses on what London 2012 achieved in the delivery of the Games and culmination of its sustainability programme. The report is centred on priority stakeholder issues updated with results and lessons learned from the Games together with new information on legacy where available.
On creating the environment for change, and fostering a green economy
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The authors of this article discuss three initiatives that helped to create a “greener” London.
Competitiveness of Port-Cities: The Case of Marseille-Fos – France
Posted on: 17 January 2013
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This working paper offers an evaluation of the performance of the port of Marseille-Fos, an analysis of the impact of the port on its territory and an assessment of policies and governance in this field. It examines declining port performance over the last decades and identifies the principal factors that have contributed to it. The effect of the ports on economic and environmental questions is studied and quantified where possible. The value added of the port cluster of Marseille-Fos is calculated and its inter-linkages with other economic sectors and other regions in France delineated. The paper outlines the impact of the port’s operations, and shows how their activities spill over into other regions than the one in which the port of Marseille-Fos is located. The major policies governing the ports are assessed, along with policies governing transport and economic development, the environment and spatial planning. These include measures instituted by the port authorities, as well as by local, regional and national governments. Governance mechanisms at these different levels are described and analysed. Based on the report’s findings, recommendations are proposed with a view to improving port performance and increasing the positive effects of the port of Marseille-Fos on its territory.
Responsive Environments
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The latest video on Urbannous is a presentation by Professor Ian Bentley, one of the authors of Responsive environments, looking at aspects of the cultural context, preparation and impact of the book.
Households with good transport access to key services or work
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This indicator incorporates information on car availability alongside walking, cycling, and public transport options to give an overall measure of how the Department’s policies encourage economic growth and reduce social exclusion.
Blueprint for construction 2013-2017
Posted on: 16 January 2013
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The construction industry’s annual skills forecast, prepared by CITB-ConstructionSkills with input from employers across the UK, paints a stark picture for the construction industry during 2012. The report further suggests that the prospects for the next 5 years (2013 – 17) are equally discouraging. Nearly every sector of the industry will continue to struggle with only the private housing, repair and maintenance and industrial sectors predicted to achieve anything like consistent growth. Regional reports are also available.
Atkins BIM strategy for Liverpool wastewater treatment works
Posted on: 16 January 2013
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As part of the United Utilities Process Alliance, the Galliford Try Costain Atkins Joint Venture at Liverpool, Atkins have used BIM to help deliver significant cost and safety benefits on the development of a new wastewater treatment facility being constructed adjacent to the existing Sandon Dock site. Directed by the GCA board of Directors to employ a Building Information Modelling strategy for the detailed design and construction of the £130 million project in April 2012, and with commencement of the implementation phase imminent, project detail designers had to quickly develop a strategy which could deliver sufficient aspects of BIM to enable the joint venture to achieve BIM Level 2 competency. The strategy was to adopt 3D modelling to drive the project forward in a Collaborative and Integrated method. In essence, the GCA approach was to get the right information to the right people at the right time and in the right format in order to foster a working environment in which, various BIM applications could be demonstrated at given opportunities in the design and construction process.
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