ACCORDING to the mantra reuse should come before recycling, however, the reuse industry is often overlooked in favour of recycling. The website Treehuger asks if the Government could help to turn around the decline in the reuse of building materials.

The new report, Pushing Reuse (from BioRegional and Thornon Kay of Salvo) argues that reuse has been traditionally overlooked by policy makers, although it offers greater environmental benefits. It suggests that a reuse champion is needed to advocate reuse and potentially set up an incentive scheme for reuse which gives payment for materials diverted from landfill.

Treehugger [source]

Reuse before recycling

London UK - The Government has back-pedalled on the immediate replacement of PPG15 with PPS15. In October 2009 Mark Field, Thornon Kay's constituency MP for Westminster, kindly sent our comments about PPS15 to Rt Hon John Healey MP for Wentworth and minister of communities and local government (since 2009). He referred the letter to Ian Austin MP for Dudley North and junior minister CLG, who said that the comments will be 'given careful consideration'.

This week Ruby Kay of Salvo and Rod Donaldson of Source in Bath met their MP Don Foster and had a very productive meeting. He promised to do what he could to get salvage conditions on to the new PPS15 guidance. It is important that as many people as possible continue to lobby their MPs about this issue if more is to be saved from demolition.

Salvo's previous call to lobby MP's

Energy efficient buildings


THE EU lays foundations for buildings of the future but misses a towering opportunity to convert buildings of the past. After one year of difficult negotiations with the Council, the European Parliament and the Swedish Presidency reached a political agreement (1) yesterday evening on a text of the energy performance of buildings directive.

Luxembourg Green MEP Claude Turmes commented, "The Greens are very pleased that the EU has laid the foundation for the buildings of the future, but deplore that an opportunity has been missed to boost the renovation of existing structures.

The Greens [source]

Energy efficient buildings

Western Heritage fire under investigation


Teton, Wyoming USA - A fire which swept through part of Teton is currently under investigation by state and local authorities. The building's occupant, a reclaimed lumber business called Western Heritage, was issued a cease and desist order by the County Attorney earlier this year.

Tenton Valley News [source]

Victoria and Albert Museum opens it's new galleries


Above: The Renaissance City Courtyard at the V&A [pict V&A]


Victoria & Albert Museum, London UK - The V&A's new Medieval & Renaissance galleries have opened, designed by architects MUMA. The 10 new galleries showcase its amazing Medieval and Renaissance collections. The £30m new additions fill a whole wing of the museum and contain more than 1800 treasures from AD300 to 1600. The collections chronicle how European art and design changed from the fall of the Roman Empire to the end of the Renaissance era.

The Guardian [source]

V&A new galleries

Titanic reconstruction



CHANNEL 4 are currently looking for architects and professional in the fields of engineering, design, planning or construction, to take part in a reconstruction of the ill-fated Titanic. The team chosen will have to use traditional Edwardian techniques, machinery and materials to gain an insight in to the problems the original builders would have faced.

The programme will be aired on channel 4, filming will begin in early March 2010 and continue for approximately 12 weeks.

The Architects Website [source]

Reuse of the Week:
Phone box reused as a libary

Westbury-sub-Mendip, Somerset UK - A traditional red phone box has been reused as a library in the village of Westbury-sub-Mendip. The worlds smallest library was dreamed up by a resident when the village lost its phone box and mobile library in quick succession. Users simply stock it with a book they have read, swapping it for one they have not. "It's really taken off. The books are constantly changing," said parish councillor Bob Dolby.

So far BT have given over 350 phone boxes to parish councils, these have been transformed into art installations, a shower and even a public toilet.





BBC [source]

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