Walk The Landscape - another new website produced by TJW Media
01/09/10 14:00 Filed in: Web Consultancy | Web design
- An attractive online presence
- Open and personable
- Clearly position it’s market proposition
- SEO optimised
- Be easy to use with CMS elements.
If you fancy having an expert guide to exploring the Cotswolds - check out Anne’s new site!
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New web site design
27/08/10 11:23 Filed in: Web Site Production
Retrofit for the Future Diaries - new Energy Saving in Housing blogging network set up for Enegry Saving Trust by TJWMedia
09/07/10 15:27 Filed in: Blogging | Web Site Production
About Retrofit for the Future: The Climate Change Act (2008) requires that by 2050, the UK’s annual carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions should be reduced by 80% compared to 1990 levels. Home energy use is responsible for over a quarter of UK CO2 emissions which contribute to climate change. We must therefore aim to reduce CO2 emissions from all dwellings by an average of 80% to help meet the UK’s long term goal.
The challenge is to develop methods to refurbish UK housing stock to help meet the UK Government target reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and energy use.
In March 2009, the Technology Strategy Board launched an SBRI initiative ‘Retrofit for the Future’ under the Low Impact Building Innovation Platform principally to address this challenge in social housing.
‘Retrofit for the Future’ is the first programme of its kind in the UK, and will see social housing units across the country retrofitted with new, innovative technologies to test low carbon building technology.
Understanding and implementing best practice retrofitting is key to meeting the government’s CO2 reduction target of 80% by 2050. The results of the projects will be shared to help show how the UK’s current housing stock could be made more energy efficient.
In the initial design phase, over 190 organisations – including housing associations, architects and construction companies – received up to £20,000 each to carry out full feasibility studies and devise innovative proposals. From these proposals, 86 have now been awarded development contracts to carry out retrofits on current social houses.
It is intended that the principles established by Retrofit for the Future prototypes can be applied throughout the country and that social housing will continue to take a lead role in terms of energy reduction and CO2 mitigation.
The retrofit prototypes will each receive an average of £142,000 to demonstrate deep cuts in carbon emissions and exemplar energy efficient measures in UK social housing. The level of funding is specifically designed to stimulate the implementation of innovative, proof of concept demonstrator houses that may offer cost effective solutions for wider role out across the UK. The Energy Saving Trust, a leading independent organisation set up to provide energy saving advice for the public, will work in partnership with each of the projects to collect data from each of the retrofitted houses, including internal and external temperature, humidity and CO2 levels. Each demonstrator house will be carefully evaluated by the Energy Saving Trust for at least 2 years. This data will then be assimilated to form a database which will be made available to researchers, social landlords and energy companies to ensure that the most cost effective technologies are employed in future retrofits and the potential for lower cost implementation in volume across the remaining UK social housing stock.
A brilliant, if rather damp, first Virgin London Marathon
28/04/10 10:50 Filed in: Photography
This time also managing a booth at the Expo. Many thanks to Mark Robert Hare, Vikas Parthipan, Andreia Ismael, Luis Vidal Hernández, Dámaris Bravo Luna and Jahangir Alam for being such a great crew. If you can do that job you can do most anything guys!
Right - Emlyn Christie of Wimbledon Windmilers after finishing the marathon, making 2:49 look easy....
Hoping for a vintage year, Diniz planning full schedule - IAAF Race Walking Challenge
02/04/10 13:22 Filed in: Athletics reporting
This year the 32-year-old Frenchman is determined the experience will make him stronger, and, with a new more positive approach, plans to follow the IAAF Race Walking Challenge through to the final in September.
Vasco - constant in her desire for progress - IAAF Race Walking Cup
02/03/10 18:26 Filed in: Athletics reporting
The 34-year-old resident in Santa Margarida de Montbui, founded her own club in 2006 named as the town, but when sponsors backed out she renamed it, with all due immodesty, as Club María Vasco.
In terms of the record books, she is unique in Spain for being her country’s first, and so far only, female Olympic medallist in athletics, having won bronze in the 20km walk at the Sydney 2000 Games.
“Our country wants more success, but being the first to win a medal fills me with pride and is something historic”, said Vasco, from her training camp in Zaragoza.
Vasco - constant in her desire for progress - IAAF Race Walking Cup
The evolution of the IAAF World Race Walking Cup, and its strong Mexican connection
27/02/10 09:15 Filed in: Athletics reporting
While, in this toughest of endurance tests, success requires inspiration from within, more often than not, supreme triumph occurs when a group of athletes share the same passion, often inspired by a visionary leader.
For historic reasons, Mexico shares this passion, arising from the Olympics Games, and the IAAF World Race Walking Cup, a competition that was formed from one man’s vision for breaking down barriers between people.
The evolution of the IAAF World Race Walking Cup, and its strong Mexican connection...
