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Archive for September, 2008

Zero Carbon consultation delayed (again)

Posted in Code for Sustainable Homes, energy, stamp duty exemption, tagged , , , on September 30, 2008 | 3 Comments »

At a meeting last week, the message from BERR’s side of the table was that the consultation on Zero Carbon (originally planned for summer, then autumn) is now unlikely to come out until 2009. That’s going to give industry at most 6 years to tool up to delivering zero carbon. Given that ministers are long [...]

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BRE bashing

Posted in Code for Sustainable Homes, sustainability, uncategorized, tagged , on September 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

This is the second time that I have written this post, as I had not saved the first version and then browser magic lost it… I haven’t posted for a long time and wanted to avoid a negative post for my return, but unfortunately events have determined this otherwise. Last week I undertook BREEAM for [...]

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payback periods – clients gone mad

Posted in climate change, energy, engineering, renewable energy, sustainability, tagged , on September 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Over on Zero Champion, Phil brought up the subject of payback periods, citing some examples from clients: 12 months, or 18 months, or 39 months. Those periods equate to ridiculously high rates of return! 100%, 67%, and 31%! Are there so many fabulous investments out there that clients can justify hurdle rates like this? Could [...]

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hiatus

Posted in uncategorized on September 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I’m not just not blogging. I’m also on holiday. Back to the office on the 22nd and looking forward to getting back into the swing then.

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