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Lessons towards a showcase building

February 23, 2010

We’re starting to retrofit one of our buildings as a showcase of sustainability. I’m thinking about Schendler’s advice to find your biggest lever and pull on it. As an educational institution we need to do more than just have a sustainable building. For us, our biggest lever is to use that building to create a […]

Congratulations everyone involved in the Sustainable Habitat Challenge

November 23, 2009

I had the honour of being the warm-up act at the Sustainable Habitat Challenge Awards dinner on Friday (see ODT list of winners). It was a fantastic night, and not just because of the wine, music and train ride. The projects described were fabulous. Although I appreciated the “alternative” buildings, the ones I enjoyed […]

Software Engineering class explores our handprint

November 19, 2009

Our software engineering students have proven again that computing can make a bigger contribution than energy in the data centre. We’ve been working with the Dunedin 350 campaign. All semester, groups have been working with their client – Ella Lawton – to develop systems to raise awareness and engage people in climate change. […]

Almost 350

October 23, 2009

Including sleep, there’s 15 hours until we have to be coherent and on show for 350. Student projects are rapidly emerging and getting hurried testing (hopefully not too hurried!). If you’re in Dunedin, come and see us at the Spring Festival. (more Flickr images).

Capstone collaborations

August 19, 2009

A feature of our degree is the capstone project. Today I had to write a report outlining the 2009 collaborations with community and business organisations. It’s quite a list, so I thought I’d share it here. At the bottom of the list is the work Bachelor of Information Technology students are doing with other areas […]