One of the major hazards of all construction activity is inadvertently hitting underground infrastructure. To give some idea of how frequent this occurs, in the US in 2010 there were 112,917 incidents where underground utility […]
Every year about 150 billion litres of untreated sewage are dumped into Canadian surface waters. In 2010 I blogged about then Environment Minister JIm Prentice releasing a draft of proposed municipal wastewater systems effluent regulations, […]
Autodesk has releases its 4th annual Sustainability in Action Progress Report and Summary Sketch, an infographic highlighting key facts from the report. A few highlights from this past year include: Autodesk has decreased its carbon […]
In the U.K. since October 1st, 2008 public buildings over 1,000 m2 must display a Display Energy Certificate (DEC). DECs document the actual energy usage of a building and look similar to the energy labels […]
The June 2012 Electric Power Monthly from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) has power consumption by fuel type comparing 2011 and 2012 year to date through April. Net Generation (thousand megawatthours) Fuel […]
The Fourth Amendment to the U.S. constitution protects citizens from unreasonable searches and seizures and requires a judicially sanctioned warrant to search private premises. Tracking someone’s location or use of electricity using electronic devices have […]
One of the new generation of geospatial-related conferences that I have attended for two years now is Location Intelligence for Enterprise USA. It is not a traditional GIS conference but includes talks about vertical business […]
Fukushima Daiichi After the Fukushima nuclear plant accident in March, 2011, the National Diet of Japan established in October, 2011, the Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation Commission (NAIIC) chaired by Kiyoshi Kurokawa, a former president […]