Tue, 19 Dec 2023 05:56:11 +0000 http://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/ Lussumo Vanilla 1.0.3 http://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=3808&Focus=51096#Comment_51096 http://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=3808&Focus=51096#Comment_51096 Sat, 28 Mar 2009 22:33:43 +0000 ali.gill
i get bsd (www.bsdlive.co.uk) and theres a q&a article with a pr guy on greenwash - i'm driven to quote it
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how do you think greenwash is affecting the green agenda?
i hate it when some over enthusiastic pr (journalist?) gets hold of something vaguely green and hypes it out of all proportion, without really understanding the issues or backing it up with credible evidence. It weakens the whole green agenda and we run the risk of compounding cynicism right across the board. It happens in the built environment too. Some client tacks on some wind turbines (wood insulation/ufh/pellet boiler) and the pr agency suddenly claims the buildings sustainable. Utterly pointless, and it discredits the whole small scale renewables industry. To those kinds of pr's i say sort your act out. Understand the detail, understand the real story behind it.
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the whole article is based on rhetoric.
two elderly people living in a five bedroom house is not sustainable.
energy consumption based on assumed and untested air tightness figures is irrelevant.
what is green? what is it? this article sums it up... unspecific, untested, unproven, great strapline.]]> http://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=3808&Focus=51097#Comment_51097 http://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=3808&Focus=51097#Comment_51097 Sat, 28 Mar 2009 22:40:02 +0000 ali.gill an article in greenbuilding magazine shouldnt be a thinly veiled advertisement for the companies involved and namechecked throughout.]]> http://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=3808&Focus=51117#Comment_51117 http://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=3808&Focus=51117#Comment_51117 Sun, 29 Mar 2009 20:20:14 +0100 Mike George http://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=3808&Focus=51118#Comment_51118 http://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=3808&Focus=51118#Comment_51118 Sun, 29 Mar 2009 20:59:01 +0100 mike7 Posted By: Mike GeorgePretty harsh that Ali. But then I don't see anyone disagreeing with you.
I also thought it harsh - but I'm rather on the fringe here. It brought to mind that wonderful bit in 'The Life of Brian' where the members of the Peoples Popular Front of Judea point to the sole member of the Popular Front of Judean People, or something like that.]]> http://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=3808&Focus=51154#Comment_51154 http://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=3808&Focus=51154#Comment_51154 Mon, 30 Mar 2009 19:12:36 +0100 Moderator
Thanks for the feedback though.]]>