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Error – The elephant in the room when we talk about sustainability in construction In 2019, almost every professional institution associated with the UK construction industry has declared a Climate […]
Problematic resources The UN’s annual Conference of the Parties (COP) has moved the disclosure of greenhouse gas emissions into the focus of the public, policymakers and businesses. But while the […]
Useful Projects and Expedition Engineering are delighted to announce that we’ll be taking part in this year’s Green Sky Thinking event, taking place in London from 15-19 May 2017. Loosefit vs […]
Useful Simple Projects are working with the Great Recovery and Zero Waste Scotland (ZWS) to explore the value the circular economy could bring to a number of industries in Scotland. […]
The Disruptive Innovation Festival (DIF) 2016 is an online, open-access event staged over three weeks by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation. The DIF invites thought leaders, entrepreneurs, business, designers, makers and […]
Adoption of new approaches to construction: an impossible hurdle? Over the last year, I’ve been working towards a masters at UCL exploring how we might encourage the adoption of more […]
Fashion is surely the most circular of industries. Right? Here’s my reasoning. Don’t throw anything away, it’ll come back into fashion. I’ve recently stopped wearing my George Cox creepers for […]
If I told you that the life cycle of every building component can be broken down into eight phases comprising as many as 14 processes, could you name them all? […]
I was really intrigued by this article in the Guardian last week, citing the circular economy as a new way of doing business. It really isn’t. But it is brilliant […]
‘The Great Recovery’ is a trail blazing initiative conceived by Useful Simple Projects to promote closed loop design in the manufacturing industry. Supported by the Technology Strategy Board and now […]
Last Friday, a group of leading designers, manufactures and thinkers, from Jermey Myerson to Sebastian Conran to Robin Levin, descended on Morley house to kick off an initiative to save […]
