Sustainable development can be described in terms of approaches that reduce negative environmental impacts while creating beneficial social and economic impacts. While there has been extensive research on the negative environmental impacts of construction, less work has been done on … Continue reading Achieving Social and Economic Sustainability Impacts Through Construction
There are many competing demands that need to be balanced when you assess school infrastructure. Ignoring one or more areas inevitably leads to problems in future. So when developing a school infrastructure assessment brief it is important to understand the … Continue reading Assessing School Infrastructure
I enjoyed a very interactive session with Tshwane Building Control Officers and Inspectors on encouraging and regulating more sustainable buildings. We went through the new Tshwane Green Building Bylaw and Standards in some detail. The Bylaw supports the development of … Continue reading Green Building Bylaws and Standards
I enjoyed hosting a SASBE Seminar on Sufficiency, Circularity and Systems with David Ness, Usha Iyer-Raniga and Will Swan. The seminar covered very different approaches to transforming the built environment for sustainability. David’s presentation covered the very simple, but effective, … Continue reading Sufficiency, Circularity & Systems
Jeremy Gibberd 