The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) predicts that in order to meet the 2020 target of generating 15% of energy through renewable resources, then new ways are needed to be developed to generate heat. Presently, heat generated from … Continue reading →

Europe consumes more resources than most other regions. An average European citizen uses about four times more resources than one in Africa and three times more than one in Asia, but half of one in USA, Canada or Australia. Does … Continue reading →

Traditionally, architecture incorporated a number of disciplines such as mathematics, physics and arts, and involved a highly varied skill base. It still does, but now, architects are branching out into more fields than ever before – biology has become one … Continue reading →

Off the coast of Japan, an undersea earthquake occurred on Friday, 11 March 2011. It was the most powerful earthquake recorded to have ever hit Japan and the 5th most powerful since records began [1]. The earthquake combined with the … Continue reading →

Bicarbonate of soda (also known as sodium bicarbonate or baking soda) is cheap and readily available. Perhaps its best known use is as an ingredient in cakes and biscuits; however it has many other applications too, and can be extremely … Continue reading →

“Climate change represents an urgent and potentially irreversible threat to human societies and the planet and thus requires to be urgently addressed by all parties [1].” A consensus agreed by most climate scientists and the public to date and formally … Continue reading →

As people start to wake up from their hangovers and get ready to commence the new year there is no doubt that most of us entered 2012 with a big bang, full of fireworks explosions.  In London, alone, over 250,000 … Continue reading →

On a scale of 1 to 10, 1 being poor and 10 being good…how would you rate your council? Your national Government? Wider bodies – such as the EU? I imagine that not many of you will be giving top … Continue reading →