Today we were pleased to host Michael Pawlyn from Exploration Architecture for a really interesting lunchtime talk on biomimicry in architectural design. Our sister company Expedition (and two Useful simple Projects Associates Fred and […]
We have recently started working with ICLEI-Brasil on a project called ‘Sustainable Waste Management in Sporting Events’, focusing on three Brazilian Host Cities; Recife, and São Paulo and Rio de […]
Yesterday, Sophie ran the biggest product ‘tear down’ session to date at the Green Alliance’s Circular Economy Event. This was part of Sophie’s work with the RSA on The Great Recovery Project. […]
Establishing a new educational model for sustainable building design could be a smart idea, but only if the whole industry works on it together, says Chris Wise, Director of the […]
Useful Simple Projects is delighted to be providing a full design and management service to St Mark’s School for the delivery of a new sports hall – a new service […]
Congratulations to Judith for being identified by Building as one of the “freshest talent working in sustainable construction”. This follows on from Jo’s similar plaudit last year. Building Magazine has been […]
We have produced ‘Twenty Steps for Greening our Industry’ on behalf of the Green Construction Board, which will be launched at Ecobuild next week. It’s been great working so collaboratively on […]
The Energy Toolkit for Buildings in Rio is now live! The toolkit describes the feasibility of building scale renewable energy technology and energy efficient design techniques in Rio, and provides […]
‘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 […]
Useful Simple Projects in collaboration with Best Foot Forward have produced a reference carbon footprint for one of the 2014 FIFA World Cup Host Cities, Belo Horizonte. This is available […]
Today Judith and Jo cycled through the city of Fortaleza (Brazil) as part of a monthly event to encourage cycling. We cycled with representatives from the Brazilian Ministry of Environment, […]
Last night we took a group of youth representatives from Tottenham to deliver a TED-style talk to the Mayors Regeneration Fund leaders at City Hall. As part of a Tottenham-wide […]
