This building is the main reception at CAT, and it is built using stone and timber. In the talk with Jo Gwillim, he pointed out that the reception had been built using timber that was not dried out first as this was a energy saving process, but it proved to be a costly mistake as the wood changed shape over time as it dried naturally and caused the ceiling inside the reception to crack and so work on this had to be done so that it was safe. Jo mentioned that it is all about trial and error when finding what is sustainable, learning from mistakes.
This little green house was interesting as it formed a type of dome that resembled the protective o-zone layer that is way up in our atmosphere that is is thinning and allowing stronger waves of sunlight to enter and rebound causing a temperature rise. This greenhouse had plains of glass missing and so allowed sunlight to pass through and bounce around inside until it escaped making it warm.
This board explains how solar power solutions can save gas emissions that would have otherwise been used in heating from boiler systems etc.
This counter shows the records of this singular solar roof panel at CAT. The top figure displays the current amount of power in watts being generated from the solar panel. The middle figure displays how much energy that has been generated from the panel since October 2006. And the bottom figure displays a weight of how much greenhouse emissions have been saved since.
In the talk, Jo Gwillim provided us with samples of insulators that could be used and it was our groups task to link the different materials to the name and on a scale of how good they are at insulation.
In the presentation with Jo, he showed us a short animated film that shows optimistically how sustainability can make the planet green greener again.
Home Sweet home by Anita Sancha
These are some notes I made from listening to Jo's lecture:
99% of materials US citizens use are thrown away within 6 months.
350 bits per million of Carbon is the target safe zone (only a 2 degree temperature rise) (at the moment we are at 390 bits per million)
Sustainability is something that goes on forever not something that is just temporary.
Look at the Bristol green land ice cap sea level
Look at WWF Eco report
Look at The Happy Planet Report
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