Summer Academy for Passive Buildings in Bulgaria and Romania

On March 22, 2013, in Architecture, Buildings, Efficiency, General, Green News, Partners, Sustainability, by PM100
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Credit to: Energy Plus International

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Energy+ International Ltd is planning series of trainings and events in Bulgaria and Romania to promote the most energy efficient standard – the Passive House Standard. The Summer Academy for Passive Buildings will start on May 13th in Sofia Bulgaria with a 7 day training “Certified Passive House Designer” CEPH for international professionals. Guest lecturer will be the Passive House designer from Denmark arch. Anders Sonnichsen who is well known to the Bulgarian architectural community as a member of the panel of judges for the Passive House design competition in Lozen, Bulgaria. (more…)

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Royal Institute of British Architects recognises the Passive House

On February 20, 2013, in Architecture, Buildings, Efficiency, environment, General, Green News, Innovations, PassivHaus, Sustainability, by PM100
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Credit to: Passivhaus Institut, Germany

Wolfgang Feist awarded Honorary Fellowship – Visits to projects in the UK 

Darmstadt. Prestigious recognition for Dr. Wolfgang Feist and the Passive House in London: The German pioneer in energy efficient construction was awarded an Honorary Fellowship by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA). The award ceremony took place on 6 February with a gala dinner held at the head office of the renowned architects association. The founder and director of the Passive House Institute and professor of building physics at the University of Innsbruck also took advantage of this trip to visit a selection of innovative building projects and exchange information with major stakeholders involved in the development of the Passive House concept in the UK. (more…)

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Conference offers chance to win short stay in Passive House

On January 30, 2013, in Architecture, Buildings, Efficiency, General, Green News, PassivHaus, Sustainability, by PM100
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Credit to : www.passivehouseconference.org

Photo: © Passive House Institute (Germany) The Muhmann family won a short stay in a Passive House in Großschönau (Austria).

Photo: © Passive House Institute (Germany) The Muhmann family won a short stay in a Passive House in Großschönau (Austria).

Darmstadt, 15.1.2013. Those wishing to experience the advantages of Passive House buildings first hand can avail themselves of the opportunity to do so in April in a competition taking place at the International Passive House Conference in Frankfurt am Main. Correct answers to some simple Passive House questions combined with a bit of luck can win you a short stay in a particularly efficient accommodation in Vienna, near the River Rhine or at the foot of the Alps. The winners of last year’s competition confirm that it’s worth your while! (more…)

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Final report BAU 2013: Even more international, more professional, more innovative

On January 20, 2013, in Architecture, Buildings, Efficiency, General, Innovations, PassivHaus, Sustainability, World, by PM100
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Credit to: BAU 2013

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Photo: © BAU 2013: Even more international, more professional, more innovative

  • Exhibitors delighted: “the BAU trade fair where you need to be is”.
  • With over 235,000 visitors was the record level of 2011 again reached.
  • For the first time more than 60,000 international visitors.
  • Top architects such as Daniel Libeskind and Christoph Ingenhoven confirm the importance of the BAU as the leading architects fail.

BAU, the world’s leading trade fair for architecture, materials, systems, more international, and become finer than ever and even more professional. On this denominator can bring six successful days, the No. 1 platform in the industry again with the venues enthusiastic exhibitors and visitors have brought.  (more…)

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Beetle pest may encourage nesting turtles to move

On July 19, 2011, in General, Green News, by PM100
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The beach might not be a turtle egg-laying site for much longer (Image: Patricio Robles Gil/Sierra Madre)

The beach might not be a turtle egg-laying site for much longer

Credit to: http://www.newscientist.com/

by Catherine Brahic, La Escobilla, Mexico

THE egg is exactly the same shape, size and colour as a ping-pong ball, but soft and covered in a thin, glistening fluid. Just seconds ago it was dumped into a hole in the sand by a female olive ridley sea turtle.

It’s midnight on La Escobilla beach on Mexico’s Pacific coast, where two biologists and I squat near the solitary turtle. She’s one of the stragglers; last week, some 50,000 females swam in to lay their eggs, a phenomenon known as an arribada. The beach plays host to several arribadas each year. In 2007, 1.4 million nests were dug in this 15-kilometre stretch of sand, making it a contender for the largest sea-turtle nesting site in the world. (more…)

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