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Tag Archives: Engineering

Education for Sustainability

Posted on July 27, 2013 by Doug King
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This week AJ Footprint featured a series of views, including mine, on how architectural education should address sustainability. Unfortunately this feature does not appear on the AJ website so I cannot link to it. So here instead is the original … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, Philosophical | Tagged Architecture, Education, Engineering | 2 Replies

Building Physics takes flight

Posted on May 22, 2013 by Doug King
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New Centres of Excellence in Sustainable Building Design will focus on teaching building physics, not ecobling. They will prepare engineering graduates to deliver the sustainable buildings the UK needs at substantially lower cost than is presently achieved. Continue reading →

Posted in Education, Energy Efficiency | Tagged Building Physics, Engineering | Leave a reply

Fashion Not Function

Posted on May 2, 2013 by Doug King
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Apart from the very obvious branding potential, urban wind turbines have little going for them. Its time for politicians to stop interfering and let engineers make appropriate sustainable decisions. Continue reading →

Posted in Eco-Bling, Politics, Renewables | Tagged EcoBling, Engineering, Regulation, Wind Power | Leave a reply

Imagine the Solutions

Posted on June 15, 2010 by Doug King
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Sustainable design is a philosophy, not a set of rules. Creative interdisciplinary thinking will solve the problems that confront society, not slavish adherence to performance criteria. Continue reading →

Posted in Education | Tagged Engineering, Sustainability | Leave a reply

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