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Tuesday, December 28th, 2010

Solibri Partnering with + Arkitektar in Iceland

Solibri, Inc., a leading provider of Model Checking, Building Information Model (BIM) analysis and Building Code Checking solutions in the construction field, today announced a Partner Agreement permitting + Arkitektar to sell and market Solibri’s products in Iceland. Read More

Tuesday, December 28th, 2010

Will Indonesia’s Big REDD Rainforest Deal Work?

Flying in a plane over the Indonesian half of the island of New Guinea, rainforest stretches like a sea of green, broken only by rugged mountain ranges and winding rivers. The broccoli-like canopy shows little sign of human influence. But as you near Jayapura, the provincial capital of Papua, the tree cover becomes patchier—a sign

Monday, December 27th, 2010

TerraSAR-X – Ice flow like molten metal

From over 500 kilometres up, as TerraSAR-X looks down on its icy surface, the Antarctic’s Nimrod Glacier looks like molten metal. During its flight over the Antarctic, the German Aerospace Centre’s (DLR) radar satellite is one of the few that can direct its view over this glacier in the Transantarctic Mountains. Researchers can use these

Monday, December 27th, 2010

Scotland’s Elgin Flood Scheme

The go-ahead has been given for Moray Council’s proposed Elgin Flood Protection Scheme which will help protect homes and businesses in the town from the risk of flooding from the River Lossie. Roseanna Cunningham, Minister for Environment and Climate Change, announced today that the scheme has been confirmed with modifications as recommended in the report of

Monday, December 27th, 2010

Galileo’s Navigation Control Hub Opens in Fucino

Galileo’s terrestrial nerve centre formally entered service today. With the first Galileo satellites due to be launched next August, Fucino in central Italy will oversee the running of all navigation services provided by Europe’s global satellite system. Read More

Monday, December 27th, 2010

An Introduction to LEAP

LEAP, the Long range Energy Alternatives Planning System, is a widely-used software tool for energy policy analysis and climate change mitigation assessment developed at the Stockholm Environment Institute. LEAP has been adopted by hundreds of organizations in more than 150 countries worldwide. Its users include government agencies, academics, non-governmental organizations, consulting companies, and energy utilities.

Monday, December 27th, 2010

Dartmouth College Selects Spinwave Wireless Mesh Network for Campus-wire Energy Management

Dartmouth College is installing a Spinwave Systems mesh network based on Spinwave sensors to monitor and manage its heating, cooling and electrical systems across the campus, the company announced today. The Spinwave system encompasses more than 200 pulse counters to transmit data every 15 minutes from meters in 125 college buildings spread out over 250 acres on the Dartmouth campus

Monday, December 27th, 2010

TAS 9.2.0 Released

The latest version is required for all UK & ROI Building Regulations projects. The latest version is required for all UK & ROI Building Regulations projects. Read More

Monday, December 27th, 2010

CHFP Sea-Ice Historical Forecast Project

The CLIVAR Working Group on Seasonal to Interannual Predicability is coordinating the WCRP Climate-system Historical Forecast Project. This is a multi-model and multi-institutional experimental framework for sub-seasonal to decadal complete physical climate system prediction. The ‘complete physical climate system’ implies contributions from the atmosphere, oceans, land surface cryosphere and atmospheric composition in producing regional and sub-seasonal

Monday, December 27th, 2010

Two Posts Available at CASA: Lecturer in Advanced Spatial Analysis and Visualisation

This is an early ‘heads up’ on two posts at CASA to be advertised in the New Year. CASA, home of Digital Urban, is expanding and we are looking for two lecturers to teach on our MRes in Advanced Spatial Analysis and Visualisation course. In short, we are looking for highly skilled and motivated individuals with