Thursday, March 17, 2011

Green Building and Eco-Friendly Homes in United Kingdom(part three)

Governement is pushing sustainable building practices because of the ignorance of officials and the presence of traditional buildings.

Private Councils such as United Kingdom Green Building Council are seeking for funds. Big companies are penetrating UK Green Building market also.

source:green-uk

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Green Building and Eco-Friendly Homes in United Kingdom(part two)

Green Building construction is able to resolve landfilling waste disposal problems, for the reason to use recyclable and also sustanaible materials.

As a logic consequence, UK governement has introduced landfill taxes and encouraged recyclable material use in construction.

The main advantage of Green Building is to avoid waste material production, but Green Building is also a profitable business, too.

There is a data to emphasize green construction. In UK public buildings it was found that carbon dioxide emission in case of these buildings was much more than all of Kenya.

(to be continued)

Green Building and Eco-Friendly Homes in United Kingdom(part one)

United Kingdom is the country, leading the world of construction, concerning green house building.

The main reason for this is the alarming rate of construction industry waste in this country. The alarming percentage is already 36%.

In case, this rate of wasting landfills continues, there will be serious waste disposal problems.

(to be continued)

Monday, March 7, 2011

environmental affairs-based on suite101free online course(part six)

The main purpose of environmental affairs and management is to study and train within a framework of wide range of academic disciplines.

For the effective establishment and maintain of an environmentally safe, efficient and cost-effective environment, managers and decision makers need tools and knowledge to establish environmental programs and policies which cope with eco-issues.

source:suite101.com/lesson.cfm/17295/646

Sunday, March 6, 2011

environmental affairs-based on suite101free online course(part five)

Sustanaible development indicators incorporate broader categories, like Economy, Society/Culture, Environment, Governement/Politics, Education, Health, etc.

Namibia is a fine example for the use of sustanaible development indicators to monitor environmental trends and developments.

(to be continued)

Thursday, March 3, 2011

environmental affairs-based on suite101free online course(part four)

Effective environmental indicators help managers or communities to determine actual statement, to define clear goals of future, and how far it is from defined statements.

In case of measuring integration or efficiency, numerous indicators are required.

(to be continued)

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

environmental affairs-based on suite101free online course(part three)

Sustainable development indication must be accomplished, based on following indicators:

1. pressure of society on environment(pollution and resource depletion)

2. resulting state of the environment(incurred changes) compared to sustainable statement.

3. response of human activity, especially by political and societal forms, measures, policies.

As known, indicators are important environmental management tools. Indicators should clear complex systems, thus making them perceptible and understandable.

(to be continued)