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Carbon Copy: sink or swim - professional ethics under climate change
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Laquo; Cape of Storms getting stormier. Cape Town to Joburg - what it costs the environment ». Sink or swim - professional ethics under climate change. A key challenge for planning and design professionals is figuring out how to incorporate the uncertain impacts of climate change in their plans. We try to avoid building in flood-prone areas, but we haven’t forecast how climate change will alter flood zones. And what about sea level rise? And that’s just for adapting to change. We routinely perform analys...
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Carbon Copy: Going Solar
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Posts categorized "Going Solar". It might be winter, but the water's hot. Eskom seems to agree with that assessment, as the rebate is higher for the flat panel system. But they are gradually reducing the rebate, apparently with the intention of phasing it out. No idea why. Next thing will be to find a use for the old water tank, which we left in the attic so it could be used for a gravity-fed recycled water system. 17 August 2011 in Going Solar. Going solar at home. OK, its been how many years? As it tur...
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Carbon Copy: mix your own cement
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Laquo; it might be winter, but the water's hot. Cape of Storms getting stormier ». Mix your own cement. Cement is massively energy-hungry in its manufacture. And it also uses a lot of energy in transporting it from the factory to your building site. So heres a business, called Origami 4. That lets you order just the essential chemicals online, while you supply the bulky sand and materials that are costly to transport. Sounds great for community-based building projects. 28 November 2011 in Building Design.
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Carbon Copy: it might be winter, but the water's hot
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Laquo; going solar at home. Mix your own cement ». It might be winter, but the water's hot. Eskom seems to agree with that assessment, as the rebate is higher for the flat panel system. But they are gradually reducing the rebate, apparently with the intention of phasing it out. No idea why. Next thing will be to find a use for the old water tank, which we left in the attic so it could be used for a gravity-fed recycled water system. 17 August 2011 in Going Solar. The comments to this entry are closed.
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Carbon Copy: Cape of Storms getting stormier
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Laquo; mix your own cement. Sink or swim - professional ethics under climate change ». Cape of Storms getting stormier. The City of Cape Town has issued the December 2011 issue of its bi-annual Enviroworks. Bruce Hewitson, South African Research Chair in Climate Change and Director: Climate Systems Analysis Group (CSAG), and an IPCC Lead Author, summarizes our challenge:. I mentioned Hewitson’s regional climate modeling work when I wrote about COP15. 29 November 2011 in Climate Change. Cool on Your Island.
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Carbon Copy: Travel
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Cape Town to Joburg - what it costs the environment. I’m not a big fan of carbon offsets. I think it’s far more important to change lifestyles than to think we can go on generating emissions with impunity. So when I travelled recently to a conference in Johannesburg, I decided to see if I could balance my carbon budget with other lifestyle choices related to travel. Many cars emit 150g of CO. So yes, it’s complicated, and I fly to Joburg more than three times a year, but it’s useful to think about the im...
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Carbon Copy: Projects
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It might be winter, but the water's hot. Eskom seems to agree with that assessment, as the rebate is higher for the flat panel system. But they are gradually reducing the rebate, apparently with the intention of phasing it out. No idea why. Next thing will be to find a use for the old water tank, which we left in the attic so it could be used for a gravity-fed recycled water system. 17 August 2011 in Going Solar. Here's what I need:. A title (e.g. building name, or owner, or address);. Green features (e&...
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Carbon Copy: Cape Town to Joburg - what it costs the environment
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Laquo; sink or swim - professional ethics under climate change. Cape Town to Joburg - what it costs the environment. I’m not a big fan of carbon offsets. I think it’s far more important to change lifestyles than to think we can go on generating emissions with impunity. So when I travelled recently to a conference in Johannesburg, I decided to see if I could balance my carbon budget with other lifestyle choices related to travel. Many cars emit 150g of CO. So yes, it’s complicated, and I fly to Joburg mor...
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Carbon Copy: even insects have to live somewhere
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Laquo; building with rice. Going solar at home ». Even insects have to live somewhere. Arup Associates has won the ‘ Beyond the Hive. 06 August 2010 in Agriculture. The comments to this entry are closed. Opinions, facts and news about using Earth's resources responsibly and reducing our ecological impact; it's about being carbonsmart. Maintained by Rory Williams. I also write a weekly newspaper column in the Cape Times. Cool on Your Island. African Architecture and Design. My heart's in accra.
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Carbon Copy: going solar at home
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Laquo; even insects have to live somewhere. It might be winter, but the water's hot ». Going solar at home. OK, its been how many years? I bought a cordless electric lawn mower. Back in 2004 with the idea of gradually replacing most of my electrical tools with cordless ones so that they could be charged from solar panels. The catalyst for getting the panel was a trip to the AfrikaBurn. 90W panel manufactured right here in Cape Town by SetSolar (model M750P). Steca 6.6F - 6A charge controller 12/24V.
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