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0-impact built environment

The omnivore’s dilemma, review

 Michael Pollan The omnivore’s dilemma, 2006 “At its most basic, the story of life on earth is the competition among species to capture and store as much energy as possible, either directly from the sun, in the case of plants, or in the case of animals, by eating plants and plant eaters”. Thats how Micheal…
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renovation in Ireland & England

 Ireland- May 21 there is a green building network meeting in Dublin. Main topic is mass renovation, and how the Irish can build a national program for this. I will particpate in the forum on mass renovation for 0-energy, and hope to have some fruitful contacts from it , to further develop implementation of 0-energy…
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Why we will crash at some moment

New blog has been uploaded ,  entitled: Why we wil crash ,  starting with Dutch earthquackes …. See the blog page

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Sustainable concrete is nonsense

 I am currently in debate with some people in the Netherlands, about materials and sustainability. It all started with a interview in the most respected newspaper in NL, the NRC, in which the former director of BREEAM NL, now project leader at “World Business Council for sustainable development” expressed that he was going to work…
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Books and reviews

Now and then I add to the website a review of a book I read. I make some notes anyway and why not share these. A new one has been added. Some books however are available online, in a complete form for free download. As and example the famous book: “Without the hot air” ,…
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