UBM, the publisher of Building magazine, has just launched a new journal, Building Sustainable Design, focused on low-energy building design and superseding Building Services Journal that used to be published by arrangement with CIBSE.
Why mention it here? Well, for a start, editor Andy Pearson is keen to include relevant contributions from ICT companies showing how information technology can contribute to the design of more sustainable buildings. And, as part of the publication's embrace of online media, BSD also features a blog in which BIW's Paul Wilkinson (see his blog) has written one of the first posts, putting the case for greater use of social media to support collaboration throughout the decision-making processes surrounding planning, design, construction and FM.
Many thanks for the honourable mention. Paul’s post was right on the money – collaboration is key. While technology won’t make for a better construction industry in itself, it’s certainly arming people with information and even giving them the chance to exchange ideas with their peers over platforms like blogs, Twitter etc. Anything that stimulates debate can only help the industry, and hopefully bsdlive.co.uk, and BSD, will play its part too.
Posted by: Krystal Sim | Wednesday, 18 February 2009 at 01:17 PM