By Damian Holmes, on April 28th, 2010
Autodesk recently announced the availability of AutoCAD Freestyle software, a new, easy-to-use application for 2D drawing and sketching that specialty contractors and do-it-yourselfers can use to create professional-looking drawings, layouts and plans.
I think [...]
By Damian Holmes, on December 21st, 2009
Recently Nemetschek released Service Pack 2 for English Vectorworks 2010 and its variations (eg Landmark, etc).
Vectorworks 2010 now has Service Pack 2 which fixes issues with DXF/DWG import & export, wall joining as wells as a few other updates. For all you techies who want to know everything that has been updated you can go [...]
By Damian Holmes, on December 11th, 2009
Eli Cohen recently gave a lecture as one of the Freshkills Park lecture series and the Freshkills Blog posted this on Wednesday
Eli Cohen gave a terrific talk Monday night on his work, as director of Ayala Water and Ecology, using plants to remove pollutants and contaminants from water, soil and air. We’re grateful to the [...]
By Damian Holmes, on November 23rd, 2009
The latest edition of the Monthly Review (November 2009, Volume 61, Number 6) includes a paper from Jules Pretty is professor of environment and society at the University of Essex, UK. titled Can Ecological Agriculture Feed Nine Billion People?
Below is an extract from the paper
Something is wrong with our agricultural and food systems.Despite great progress [...]
By Damian Holmes, on November 16th, 2009
Telegraph reports
Scientists meeting at the third International Barcode of Life conference in Mexico City last week have agreed on a region of DNA that will be used to identify plants by genus in a new system of codification.
Although genetic “barcoding” of animals, which allows scientists to identify animals from a small section of their DNA, [...]
By Damian Holmes, on November 12th, 2009
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With the recent drop in costs for photovoltaics (PV) and the effect of dust and haze on solar-thermal technology(the technology originally planned) has caused a rethink in supplying energy to Masdar. The utilities management company has decided to use 50% photovoltaics and 50% solar thermal due to costs. Although photovoltaics produce 20% [...]
By Damian Holmes, on November 10th, 2009
London Development Agency reports
The London Development Agency (LDA) has congratulated a London company that has been recognised for its innovative and environmentally-friendly approach to construction.
The company was recognised for its potential contribution to the engineering and construction industries at the London Technology Fund (LTF) Competition awards ceremony held on Wednesday night at the Royal Bank [...]
By Damian Holmes, on November 2nd, 2009
Nemetschek North America announced recently that they have released a European versions of Vectorworks 2010 software and are now available in Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands.
“Our localized version is developed by Nemetschek North America, and then enhanced by us to meet the local requirements in our [...]