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Embodied energy data from building installations

6 december 2020admin
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There is growing need for information of embodied energy impacts. As I argued in a Linkedin article last week: Needed: A international Embodied Energy Data Authority’.* But here I want to address the lack of data for especially installations. Mainly… Continue Reading →

building, embodied energy, materials, research, resources

How to distribute the remaining Carbon budget ?

10 oktober 2020admin
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A few years ago, together with colleagues Guillaume Habert from Switzerland and Thomas Lützkendorf from Germany, I started exploring the CO2 budget that was still available, and the consequences for construction. This budget of maximum remaining CO2 emissions to stay… Continue Reading →

building, CO2, housing stock, policies, politics, population, society

the Graz declaration: a amendment proposal

5 juni 2020admin
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Next week, the world sustainable built environment conference was planned, from 9-11 June, in Gothenburg, Sweden. It has been put on hold since early March, due to Covid-19 virus of course. It probably will be postponed or become a virtual… Continue Reading →

architects, building, climate, CO2, future, news, policies, society, transition

biomass for energy? (not) again… 2/2

11 mei 2020admin
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Biobased resourcing is hot. Which is understandable, of course, they grow by themselves, (its solar energy), they capture CO2, require little energy to process, and know multiple uses. You can built with then, heat, or create high-value resources, like in… Continue Reading →

assessment, biobased, bioenergy, biomass, building, CO2, energy, materials, policies, resources, transition

Autartic living: living with the seasons

13 april 2020admin
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Now that Corona has us tight down, we see that countries are being thrown back on themselves. Local production of medicines and protective clothing is being started up, and there is growing belief that we need to arrange much more… Continue Reading →

0-energy, autark, autartic, building, island, transition

Eigg, what’s next? 2/2

7 maart 2020admin
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The Scottish Island Eigg, with around 100 inhabitants, for some 10 years now runs its own independent electricity network, and functions fine. (see previous article). In part 2: what now? With such a joint electricity network , which works fine… Continue Reading →

biobased, building, commons, future, island, labor, materials, resources, society, transition

Urban heat islands, a growing problem

4 december 2019admin
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Urban heating, or at least the increase thereof, has been in the spotlight for some time. And the basic effects were known to me. But after hearing a lecture by Math Santamouris during a recent Conference, a whole new world… Continue Reading →

architecture, building, climate, CO2, housing stock, materials, smartcities, solar energy, urban

New construction must comply with regulations 2050!

4 oktober 2019admin
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Why didn’t we realize this before… Since a year or two there has been a working group of a number of collaborating researchers in Europe, under the wings of an international NGO (iiSBE) who are investigating what the ‘carbon budget’… Continue Reading →

0-energy, biobased, building, CO2, embodied energy, future, housing stock, materials, retrofit, transition

For 1,5 degree scenario: biobased construction is inevitable

22 september 2019admin
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Some time ago ,  I was in a meeting for writing a biobased building manifest. Very  interesting discussions, which were hardly ever held at the policy level. Although I get signals that the discussion about the impact of materials, as… Continue Reading →

biobased, building, climate, embodied energy, future, materials, resources

Building without heating: more material or more installations?

1 juni 2019admin
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Last month I finally visited the ‘2226’ office in Austria near Bregenz. The building, realized about 4 years ago, already won many prizes. What is special about this building: it has no heating system, and in fact no ventilation system,… Continue Reading →

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