December 27, 2007

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SB08 Melbourne – sustainable building conference

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The next World Sustainable Building Conference SB08 will take place in Melbourne in September 2008.

It sounds like this event will stress the importance of industry and economy as tools for promoting a better built environment: “SB08 has a multifaceted program that builds strong and effective linkages across stakeholder groups to advance sustainability knowledge and practice through market and industry transformation”

Reading about the themes of the conference we find: “There is growing recognition of the importance of whole-of-life thinking (time dimension) in the performance of built assets at all levels – from individual products to buildings to urban infrastructure systems (space dimension) (…) Stakeholders should contribute to improved overall quality of life while minimizing adverse impacts to our Natural Capital. Sustained liveability for future generations is our challenge.”

December 26, 2007

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Do you know what SUSTAINABILITY is?

Category: ⚐ EN+eutv+sustainability+video

Here is a spot made by Surconsciente. These guys never stop amazing us with their original proposals.

December 23, 2007

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eu:abierto – Ethel Baraona Pohl – caja-negra.com

Category: ⚐ EN+architecture+eu:abierto+sustainability

Today we want to welcome Ethel Barahona Pohl to eu:abierto.
‘I am an architect from Salvador and for the last 9 years I have lived in Barcelona. I have attached my professional development to technical publications on architecture and construction, such as Constructiva and Waterdrops magazines. I am dedicated to publishing and with the project Caja Negra: (www.caja-negra.com) I carry out activities for various international firms.
I have recently published the book Arquitectura Sostenible. I am a co-writer, together with architects César Reyes and Claudio Pirillo. You can have a look at it from:
www.editorialpencil.es
www.ribabookshops.com
I am particularly interested on sustainable architecture and all novelties and topics that enable a more adequate social, environmental and economical development of our profession.

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B-side of the consumer society

Category: ⚐ EN+city+sustainability+video

Our friends from basurama have been working on their blog for a few months. It is becoming more and more interesting each day. There, we have found an eye-opening report by la2 (Spanish public tv channel). In the words of juan from basurama: a well rounded, realistic report. Not softy, nor mushy. Gives voice to those who speak without slant or external opinions. It doesn’t become patronising, nor dogmatic (something out of the ordinary in this time of the year, and we are pleased about it).

un tesoro en la basura report

December 22, 2007

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USA, Canada and Japan sabotage agreement on climate change

Category: sustainability+the environment

At the last negotiations about climate change held in Bali, USA, Canada and Japan were against a post-Kyoto treaty to stop global warming and are convincing other delegates to do the same.
It seems that these countries are happy to continue polluting the atmosphere as they please –and the rest of the planet will pay the consequences. Most wealthy countries had agreed to drastically reduce polluting emissions by year 2020 – a key move, according to experts, to stop climate change. Countries like China and India, and other large developing countries, won’t commit to the treaty until all developed countries do. This news is worrying. As well as USA, who did the same they did in Kyoto, now Japan and Canada refuse to even mention a global agreement to reduce CO2 and other polluting emissions.
Source: www.avaaz.org

November 28, 2007

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eutv for participation!

Category: ⚐ EN+eutv+internet+sustainability

We have done some changes in eutv wiki –we invite you to visit it again. This site aims to show what is being done in the project and to be a platform for participation with ideas or proposal for the improvement of all that you see necessary.

We mean it when we talk about getting involved with and taking part in other projects. We know it is unusual, so here are some examples of how you can work with us:

Companies can support, finance or offer services in exchange for visibility in the project.

Universities can do a visibility exchange, bearing in mind that professors and students can publicise their works and research on sustainability through our website.
We are particularly interested in projects that go beyond the academic approach – we would like to promote participative projects that require researchers to get in touch with all kinds of people.

Local governments wanting to do work on sustainability in their town can be publicised in our platform in exchange for local publicity of our multimedia contents.

Museums can offer events for promoting sustainability, like exhibitions or workshops that we can help organising.

If you have a website about sustainability, you can share your contents and exchange links. If you want, you can become a moderator and dynamizer of one of our sections.

November 6, 2007

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Blackle: “black google”

Category: ⚐ EN+internet+sustainability+technologies+the environment

Why a black google? Some studies say that having a black background instead of white helps saving energy. Based on these results, Heap Media Australia has created a black version of google they have named BLACKLE. For more info on this project, its characteristics, history, critics, you can check wikipedia (what else!). One of the advantages: there is no publicity. One of the disadvantages: it doesn’t have as many functions as google. Besides, there are different opinions about its efficiency: according to some research, for LCD screens the energy use could even be higher. Once again, energy efficiency is not all that simple. These are some of the tips that the official google site offers in respect of this matter.

October 29, 2007

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Sustainable Construction International Conference – CICS

Category: ⚐ EN+architecture+sustainability

Logo CICS We want to remind you that there are only a few days left for registering for the Sustainable Architecture International Conference that will take place in Seville during November. Some very interesting names will take part in the Conference: Jaime Lerner, Salvador Rueda, Jean-Philippe Vassal, José Antonio Marina, Saskia Sassen, Paul Hyett…. More information at www.cics.es

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Sustainability & Architecture Workshop Summary (Seville)

Category: ⚐ EN+architecture+ecosistema urbano+sustainability

A few days ago, Ecosistema Urbano run one of the three workshops on Architecture & Sustainability organised by the Holcim professorship at the Architecture School in Seville.

Belinda and Domenico were very impressed by the enthusiasm and quality of the work carried out by the students, bearing in mind the workshop was only two days long. We have been surrounded by fantastic people, from Ramón Queiro de Holcim, who was a wonderful host, to: José Pérez de Lama, whom we already knew and was a pleasure to see again, José Ramón Moreno and Félix de la Iglesia, both very nice, and the sin|studio team (Paula, Ana, José María and Elena) whom we joined for some great tapas & cañas and with whom we have shared some of the best moments.

Here is the link to the blog where you can find a summary of the workshops and a photograph of the group of students who took part in the one we run.

October 14, 2007

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Future Perfect – Engineering and Sustainability

Category: ⚐ EN+engineering+sustainability

For those reading our blog from the UK, we propose a lecture about construction and sustainability taking place in London this Thursday 18th October.

Future Perfect – an engineering agenda for a sustainable society? is this year’s joint ICE (Institute of Civil Engineers) and RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects) annual lecture.

Mark Whitby, co-funder of the multi-disciplinar engineering firm Whitbybird based in London, will talk about sustainability, climate change and their impact on the design and construction of buildings and infrastructure.