Children get hands on with their eco extension
Published by Green Building Press on Wednesday, 24 August 2011 A Lancashire school is leading the way in sustainable design with an eco-friendly extension. Children from St John’s Southworth RC Primary School in Nelson, East Lancashire, have been learning about the natural and thermally efficient building materials which are being used to build their new classrooms. Youngsters from the Lomeshaye Road school swapped the classroom for the construction site to see for themselves how their new extension is coming along. After having cut the sod, taken part in a health and safety briefing and designed their own safety posters for the Accrington-based construction ...
Geothermal system heats and cools shopping centre
Published by The Engineer on Thursday, 20 January 2010 UK property developer Land Securities has revealed that its new shopping and leisure centre in the City of London is being heated and cooled by a novel geothermal system. Underneath the financial district’s so-called One New Change shopping centre, 60km of pipework — enough to wrap around the London Eye 140 times — will warm and cool the building by transferring heat to and from the ground itself and two water wells 150m below the surface. Coventry-based ...
Top 10 renewable energy technology breakthroughs in 2010
Published by EcoFriend on Wednesday, 29 December 2010 With our planet in a desperate need of new eco-friendly energy generating systems, researchers over the globe have been working hard to develop systems that can power the world of the future in a sustainable fashion. The year 2010 saw some great breakthroughs in the field of renewable energy technology, which when fully developed, could help create a better world. Here we have compiled a list of 10 such breakthroughs that are bound to have a significant impact in the future. MIT’s Concentrated Solar Funnel ...
Brunswick West eco-village hits mix between heritage and modern
By Andrew Rennie; Published in "Pakenham Cardinia Leader" BLENDING reclaimed building-materials with cutting-edge energy-saving design principles, WestWyck is a chic eco-village with a strong feeling of community that’s in keeping with the property’s 100-year history as the former Brunswick West primary school. “We wanted to show how you can adapt a heritage building to a new use,” owner Mike Hill said. Their efforts haven’t gone unnoticed, attracting interest from overseas researchers and picking up an interior architecture award from the Australian Institute of Architects in 2010. Read more HERE
Semiconductor Giant Pushes Millions Into Solar, LED Arena
An interesting approach to conserving environment. I think the time has come for all of us and businesses to follow. We cannot afford anymore such devastating ignorance eating our planet. Please, pull-up your heads off the sand, look around and make a move. POSTED BY: Dave Levitan / Wed, August 11, 2010 on IEEE Spectrum Energywise One of the biggest semiconductor manufacturers in the world, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, is pushing its chips into the middle in another field: solar power and LED manufacturing. Hsinchu-based TSMC announced that along with plans for new semiconductor foundries, they will spend more than $100 ...
on Wednesday, 24 August 2011
Children from St John’s Southworth RC Primary School in Nelson, East Lancashire, have been learning about the natural and thermally efficient building materials which are being used to build their new classrooms. Youngsters from the Lomeshaye Road school swapped the classroom for the construction site to see for themselves how their new extension is coming along.
After having cut the sod, taken part in a health and safety briefing and designed their own safety posters for the Accrington-based construction company the children are now being introduced to the two main building components – thermal clay blocks and natural insulation in the form of sheep’s wool. Floor coverings will be composed of recycled carpets.
St John’s Southworth RC is an Eco School and pupils have been closely involved in the design of the building. The designer, Emma Palmer from Campbell Driver Partnership, has specified building materials which come from natural sources and is keen for the children to have an understanding of the construction process from beginning to end.
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on Thursday, 20 January 2010
Underneath the financial district’s so-called One New Change shopping centre, 60km of pipework — enough to wrap around the London Eye 140 times — will warm and cool the building by transferring heat to and from the ground itself and two water wells 150m below the surface.
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on Wednesday, 29 December 2010
With our planet in a desperate need of new eco-friendly energy generating systems, researchers over the globe have been working hard to develop systems that can power the world of the future in a sustainable fashion.
The year 2010 saw some great breakthroughs in the field of renewable energy technology, which when fully developed, could help create a better world. Here we have compiled a list of 10 such breakthroughs that are bound to have a significant impact in the future.
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BLENDING reclaimed building-materials with cutting-edge energy-saving design principles, WestWyck is a chic eco-village with a strong feeling of community that’s in keeping with the property’s 100-year history as the former Brunswick West primary school.
“We wanted to show how you can adapt a heritage building to a new use,” owner Mike Hill said.
Their efforts haven’t gone unnoticed, attracting interest from overseas researchers and picking up an interior architecture award from the Australian Institute of Architects in 2010.
Read more HERE
I think the time has come for all of us and businesses to follow. We cannot afford anymore such devastating ignorance eating our planet. Please, pull-up your heads off the sand, look around and make a move.
POSTED BY: Dave Levitan / Wed, August 11, 2010 on IEEE Spectrum Energywise
One of the biggest semiconductor manufacturers in the world, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, is pushing its chips into the middle in another field: solar power and LED manufacturing.
Hsinchu-based TSMC announced that along with plans for new semiconductor foundries, they will spend more than $100 million on a LED manufacturing line and $218 million on a thin film photovoltaic construction facility. This comes a year after the company announced their intentions to move into these green tech fields, and follows on the heels of a number of business moves aimed at centering them in the push for solar and LED fields. …
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