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EPCs are just a ritual (pt. 2): what could we be doing in order to do better, with Adrian Leaman and Bill Bordass (UsableBuildings.co.uk)

EPCs are just a ritual (pt. 2): what could we be doing in order to do better, with Adrian Leaman and Bill Bordass (UsableBuildings.co.uk)

FromZero Ambitions Podcast


EPCs are just a ritual (pt. 2): what could we be doing in order to do better, with Adrian Leaman and Bill Bordass (UsableBuildings.co.uk)

FromZero Ambitions Podcast

ratings:
Length:
55 minutes
Released:
Mar 9, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Here we go, part two of last week's recording with returning guests, Bill Bordass and Adrian Leaman. This continues our response to that Times article that was doing the rounds last week, now looking at what we should be doing, in lieu of appropriate and demanding guidance from the institutions that dictate terms.We pick up where we left off. Enjoy.Notes from the episode
The Usable Buildings website
The article that sparked the episode - EPCs are a national scandal, from The Times 

Newly Restored: E.F. Schumacher on Film (1977)
Energy Performance of Non-Domestic Buildings: Closing the Credibility Gap
Energy Performance in Use Government Policy
Building performance evaluation in the UK: So many false dawns

Buildings the Key to Energy Conservation (1979) 

How Big Things Get Done: The Surprising Factors Behind Every Successful Project, from Home Renovations to Space Exploration (2023), by the unpronouncable Bent Flyvbjerg and Dan Gardner  - 'Would have been better if they had not eulogised Gehry and toned down the hyperbole', as reviewed by Adrian

The chart that Jeff refers to again from The Energy Performance Survey of Irish Housing

Sleepwalking into unsustainability, a presentation
The National Retrofit Hub LinkedIn page
**SOME SELF-PROMOTING CALLS TO ACTION**We don't actually earn anything from this, and it's quite a lot of work, so we have to promote the day jobs.
Zero Ambitions Partners email address - zap@eiux.agency

Subscribe and advertise with Passive House Plus (UK edition here too)
Join ACAN

Join the AECB 
Email Alex and Dan about websites, branding, and communications - zap@eiux.agency; Everything is User Experience

**END OF SELF-PROMOTING CALLS TO ACTION**
Released:
Mar 9, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

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Zero Ambitions is a podcast about sustainability, the built environment, and zero-carbon goals. We talk about how sustainability applies to the built environment, to draw attention to the achievability of it all, wherever there is the will to make a difference. It's not easy, but it is possible. Hosted by Jeff Colley (Passive House Plus), Dan Hyde (Everything is User Experience) and Alex Blondin (Everything is User Experience) Zero ambitions is a hub for sharing good practices, advice, stories about the importance of sustainable building, retrofit, performance, efficiency, new materials, strategies, and whatever needs to be done in order to meet the collective challenges that lie ahead.