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Concise Handbook of sustainable design by Françoise-Hélène Jourda

Awareness, recently, that the planet's resources are limited will generate a revolution. Technological and cultural revolution, just as - if not more - important than the Industrial Revolution. This does not only reduce our energy consumption or find energy alternative but to maintain our capital resources, or what's left, leaving to future generations the opportunity to meet their needs.

It is now possible to construct buildings with a very low impact on the planet. We have the means. Just with the ambition to implement due to other buildings designed, whose aesthetic is still to be discovered. But we must also fix our cities, "heal" our living spaces, restore balance. Many examples are already built, experiment in progress, technical solutions available. Just "do" and teach the "how". The handbook of sustainable development for students and architectural firms is to accompany their project work through a series of questions they should ask when choosing the site, program and throughout the process design since the first sketches to the final choice of location of materials or construction detail.

Each question is accompanied by an illustration and explanatory text necessary to understand how this question is relevant to register their project with an eco-responsible.

Françoise-Hélène Jourda architect committed long standing commitment to sustainable development in construction, has made numerous pilot buildings in this area. She is also a professor at the Technical University of Vienna (Austria) where she directs the past ten years the department of architecture and sustainable development.

Author: Françoise-Hélène Jourda
Publisher: Publisher
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Bollore wins contract Autolib '

Bolloré Group has won the contract for motor Self-service from the city of Paris and the surrounding communities, the project Autolib ', which should enter service in late 2011.

Electric vehicles are held 4 seats specially designed by the Bolloré group Autolib that will be powered by battery "lithium metal polymer" factory of Finistère Ergué Gabéric and will require only four hours of charging only. The 30 kWh battery will have a range of 250 km and 150 km in city beyond. These are 3000 electric cars that should be put into circulation as a first step in a program providing for the establishment of 1000 stations with parking and recharging terminals (including 700 in central Paris).

Autolib 'will offer a monthly subscription of 12 € for a contract year and another 15 € for a one-time contract in the week. In the first case, the first half-hour costs 5 €, the second 4 and subsequent € 6 €. In the second case, the first half hour costs € 7, the second and subsequent € 6 € 8.

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Besançon help its citizens to save energy

What's good for the planet can also be good for the wallet! As recalled by the Municipality of Besançon, the energy consumption in homes represents 43% of the total energy consumption in France and 25% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. At the same time, energy prices are growing exponentially: + 16% for gas and + 10% for electricity directly impacting the average household costs for 2010 alone.

Besançon To help improve their carbon footprint, Besançon decided to help its citizens to reduce their consumption and thus their bills by offering since December 1, a loan service of sophisticated equipment to detect leaks energy housing, measure consumption and electricity costs of equipment and the amount of CO2 emitted.

Those are three thermal imaging cameras, to view the energy losses of a building, and 200 watt meters to measure the power and electricity consumption, which will be available for free.

The material in question will take aware of improvements and will intelligently guide future work in the homes to rectify this and secondarily to assist the municipality to meet its commitment to 20% reduction of energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions emissions to 2020 made under the European Convention of Mayors .

Specifically, loans are made with the Department of Energy Conservation Technology Centre Municipal . They are made over a period of two days for the cameras, and 7 days for the meters. Simply bring a piece identity valid, a recent proof of residence (EDF or telephone receipts, etc. ...) and a security deposit of 50 € for the loan of a power meter and 800 € for the loan of a thermal imaging camera.

Once the measurements, the direction of energy conservation will analyze the results obtained and guide those who wish to professionals able to perform work necessary to save energy.