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The Bartlett assesses the sustainability of its own estate
The Bartlett assesses the sustainability of its own estate. 15 May 2012. Bartlett experts regularly advise government and industry on reducing built environment –related carbon emissions but in a bold move Alan Penn, Dean of the Bartlett Faculty…
Faculty of the Built Environment
UCL-Lancet Commission Report on Healthy Cities launch on 30th May 2012
UCL-Lancet Commission Report on Healthy Cities launch on 30th May 2012. 10 May 2012. The second UCL-Lancet Commission on Healthy Cities entitled “Shaping Cities for Health: Complexity and the Planning of Urban Environments in the 21st Century”…
The Bartlett School of Planning
UCL-Energy student joins panel of sustainability experts
UCL-Energy PhD student Tia Kansara is to join a panel of sustainability experts on a discussion panel to celebrate the launch of ‘The Banana Theory Installation’.…
UCL Energy Institute
John Heasman Bursary Awarded to Postgraduate Student
John Heasman Bursary Awarded to Postgraduate Student. 27 April 2012. Congratulations are due to Eric Pisani, postgraduate student at the Bartlett School of Planning, who has been awarded the John Heasman Bursary. Postgraduate student, Eric Pisani,…
The Bartlett School of Planning
Interpreting data from the English Housing Survey
Much of UK's policy to improve the energy efficiency of dwellings is based on energy modelling of the UK stock using various protocols to interpret data from the English Housing Survey (EHS).…
UCL Energy Institute
Flushing out the answer to drought
Flushing out the answer to drought. 22 March 2012. We’re facing the worst British drought for 30 years and London and the South East will be hit particularly hard by hose-pipe bans. So, what can we as individuals do to reduce water usage? Bartlett…
Faculty of the Built Environment
Professor Paul Ekins comments on the 2012 budget
Professor Paul Ekins comments on the 2012 budget. 22 March 2012. Professor Paul Ekins, Director of Energy and Environment Policy at UCL-Energy, reflects on the 2012 budget:. For those in favour of moving towards the sustainable supply and use of…
UCL Energy Institute
Strengthening the EU ETS: creating a stable platform for energy sector investment
Strengthening the EU ETS: creating a stable platform for energy sector investment. 1 March 2012. Europe faces the intertwined issues of debt, recession and economic uncertainty. These issues also impact its climate and energy policy, and in…
UCL Inst. for Sustainable Resources
Oxfam Shelflife: Making Charity Shops Social Museums via the Internet of Things
Oxfam Shelflife: Making Charity Shops Social Museums via the Internet of Things. 27 February 2012. As reported on today's BBC Technology, Oxfam has launched its new Shelflife system linking goods with the past using QRCodes. Ever wished an object…
Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis
Zero Carbon Homes
Zero Carbon Homes. 22 February 2012. Joanna Williams (2012), Routledge. Joanna Williams explores the diverse approaches that are being adopted around the world to delivering zero carbon homes and the different societal systems and geographic…
The Bartlett School of Planning