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    Quote of the Month: Buildings Cycle

    “…the so called building team. As teams go it really is rather peculiar, not at all like a cricket eleven, more like a scratch bunch consisting of one batsman, one goalkeeper, a pole-vaulter and a polo player. Normally brought together for a single enterprise, each member has different objectives, training and techniques and different rules. The relationship is unstable, even unreliable, with very little functional cohesion and no loyalty to a common end beyond that of coming through unscathed.”

    -Prof. Denys Hinton, 1976

Biomimicry in Buildings

By Sarah | Published: May 5, 2012

One of our core values here at Green Gauge Trust is that intelligent design and embedding energy efficiency in the fabric of a building should always be the foundation of low carbon buildings.  Our “fabric first” approach means if a building is designed properly, it will use less energy and preempt the need for fancy bolt-on technologies that add complexity rather than simplicity.  This TEDx Talk on biomimicry in buildings takes this concept and looks to nature for the best ideas with thousands of years of evolution behind them to be put into use in architecture.

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Greenbuild Expo 2012

By Sarah | Published: April 10, 2012

Manchester – 9-10 May 2012 –
One of the UK’s leading sustainable refurbishment and building events, Greenbuild Expo is an essential and informative event for built environment professionals covering everything from energy management and renewable technologies to sustainable materials and legislation updates. There are over 100 free seminars and workshops on offer and an exhibition hall packed with the latest green products and solutions. New for 2012 is the Green Deal debate area, with speakers from DECC, the Cabinet Office, Kingfisher and more discussing the government’s flagship green policy. The show is also home to Ignition12, the UK’s only woodfuel event and your chance to find out more about biomass and the RHI. Free registration and full details at www.greenbuildexpo.co.uk.

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Managing Director Appointed to BIS Working Group

By Sarah | Published: March 18, 2012

Green Gauge Trust’s Managing Director Liz Reason has been appointed to the Knowledge and Skills Working Group of the Green Construction Board set up by the Department for Business Innovation and Skills.  The Board will look more widely at green property and construction issues, encompassing priority activities of the Sustainable Construction Strategy in response to Paul Morrell’s Sustainable Construction Strategy.  We will keep you  updated with the board’s activities and progress.

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SW HAMMAR Seminar March 22

By Sarah | Published: March 16, 2012

Exeter – On Thursday, 22 March, the National Housing Federation will be hosting a Housing Asset Management Maintenance and Regeneration seminar. The day, which is free for NEF SW HAMMAR members, is to include the annual general meeting, and a panel of speakers covering building for the future as well as retrofitting. Among the speakers this year will be Green Gauge Trust Managing Director Liz Reason, addressing building for the future. For full details, including the day’s agenda and booking form, please download the booking form or contact Leah Jackson: leah.jackson@housing.org.uk.

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