Onder initiatief van Prorail is in Nederland de CO2-prestatieladder ingevoerd: een systeem voor bedrijven om samen te zorgen voor minder CO2. Belangrijk uitgangspunt is dat een grote verantwoordelijkheid aan de bedrijven zelf wordt gegeven. Het systeem is een stappenplan om achtereenvolgens 1) inzicht te krijgen in de eigen uitstoot, 2) eigen ambities te stellen, 3) deze intern en extern te communiceren en 4) via dialoog en samenwerking met andere bedrijven deze aanpak te verspreiden binnen de bedrijfswereld.
Welke bedrijven hieraan deelnemen, vind je ook op de website.
Prorail heeft dit instrument ondertussen doorgegeven aan de Stichting Klimaatvriendelijk Aanbesteden en Ondernemen SKAO.
Struktonrail NL heeft in dit kader zijn expertise beschikbaar gesteld voor kleinere bedrijven via de tool duurzame leverancier.
woensdag 30 november 2011
zondag 27 november 2011
Window farms or how to grow food in your apartment
Britta Riley tells in a TED talk 'A garden in my apartment' her experiences with growing food in her apartment and how she and her friends from all over the world researched, tested and tweaked the system using social media. They call it R&DIY! If you are interested in their experiences, have a look at their blog rndiy.org.
Playscapes, wonderful playground design
I just discovered Playscapes, the blog of Arcady, an American woman collecting examples of non-commercial playground design. It contains a lot of wonderful examples from real artistic designed playgrounds over natural designed playgrounds to very inventive low cost playground design for a favela. Inspiring to stroll around in this blog. I would have liked to be much younger...
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maandag 7 november 2011
Limburg goes climate neutral by 2020
The summary report on how the province of Limburg, Belgium will become climate neutral by 2020 is now available in English.
The full report of this study by VITO is only available in Dutch.
vrijdag 4 november 2011
Sustainable by design 2050
Sustainable by design 2050 is an initiative of the International Union of Architects. It is a website that serves as online exhibition and database for sustainable architecture. It aims at increasing the awareness and knowledge among architects on sustainable design strategies.
Apart from information about innovative sustainable architectural projects all over the world, you also find some 50 short films on responsable architecture.
Apart from information about innovative sustainable architectural projects all over the world, you also find some 50 short films on responsable architecture.