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BBE Certificate in Ecological Building and Design
Registrations are open for the online course: BBE Certificate in Ecological Building and Design at http://bbe.org.nz/education This online study programme covers the fundamental concepts of Ecological Building and Design. It is suitable as a complement to existing careers in building and design, or for those…
Government partnership kickstarts Wynyard Quarter’s push to be exemplar of sustainable city building | EECA: Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority
Some great news. And an amazingly well done website for the Wynyard Quarter in Auckland. Maybe we will be getting a good waterfront after all… A quest to make Wynyard Quarter an international exemplar for sustainable development has had a major boost today with the…
Wynyard Quarter Smart | tracking our progress towards a sustainable tomorrow
The vision of the Sustainable Development Framework is to be the leading location of sustainable urban transformation and renewal in Auckland and across New Zealand. Source: Wynyard Quarter Smart | tracking our progress towards a sustainable tomorrow
How Much Room Do We Need To Supply The Entire World With Solar Electricity?
Very impressive map graphics as to how much desert space we’d need to supply world energy. In 2009, the total global electricity consumption was 20,279,640 GWh. The sun creates more energy than that in one hour. The tricky part is collecting that energy and converting…
Press Kit | Tesla Motors
Some interesting stuff. I did not really know about some of their other products. Tesla is not just an automotive company, it’s an energy innovation company. Tesla Energy is a critical step in this mission to enable zero emission power generation.With Tesla Energy, Tesla is…
Solar Energy : This Is What A Disruptive Technology Looks Like
Imagine that solar energy was cheaper than any other energy source. Now imagine that this actually happened a few years ago.I don’t know how accurate the research and logic behind the joulestandard is, however it seem to be making sense.If correct, we can expect disruptions…
Banking on green – but how to develop
I am hearing a lot about great sustainable buildings, however in 99% of all cases the articles fail to deliver some hard fact, ie numbers. What is sustainable about them, what is their water use, energy use. What materials have they used? What great features were…
Do we rate environmentally?
A nice summary of our sustainability status can be found in the build magazine. I would generally agree with the article. While we have an abundance of materials, knowledge and tools, we still struggle to deliver.
English dairy delivery company gets their first four EV’s
This is some good news. We need more of this. On a side note, I have seen several Nissan Leaf’s in Auckland lately and as announced earlier, Silvia Park has a charging station for them.
Solar Thermal Is Really, Really Dead – or isn’t it?
A very interesting article on solar thermal and solar PV. it’s now cheaper to heat water with a photovoltaic array than solar thermal collectors. It would be quite interesting to make up some numbers and comparisons for New Zealand since the install cost for a…