The COMPENDIUM Vol.1 [PY-TV Issues 1-4]

[Editor-in-Chief]

Have you ever wondered what Pythagoras-tv would look like in print? Well, its here!

The first volume of The COMPENDIUM featuring the best of intelligent, popular content at Pythagoras-tv from issues 1 to 4, is available at the link below for download in Adobe Acrobat format. (.pdf). The file is about 20 mb so please be patient. It is in full colour and high resolution, and can be printed out for those of you who would like hard copy of the most exciting cultural journalism south of the equator.

PYTV-Compendium1-1.pdf

Volume 1 contains 82 pages, featuring contributions by:

CRAIG CRAWFORD - Los Angeles
JONATHAN BEGGS - Johannesburg
LEN ABLEMAN - Toronto
CATHERINE DEANE - Hong Kong
BRAD ARMITAGE - Cape Town
RICHARD HART - Durban
GORDON JUBBER - Pretoria
PETER MACHEN - Durban
BRUCE GOURLEY - Cape Town
CAMERON PLATTER - Durban
HEDMEKANIK - Durban
RICHARD BREYTENBACH - Cape Town
PIERRE FOUCHE - Cape Town
DON ALBERT - Cape Town
ELENA PASCOLO - London
ANDREAS GERDES - Cape Town
ILZE WOLFF - Cape Town
CLINT STRYDOM - Durban
EVELYN CRESSWELL - Durban
DIETER BRANDT - Johannesburg
ALEX PIENAAR - Sydney
NIC COETSER - Cape Town
TERRENCE BRAY - Durban
VINCENT TRUTER - Johannesburg
ANNEMIE vd HEEVER - Cape Town
CHRISTIAAN van ASWEGEN - Cape Town
RICHARD A SMITH - Durban
RAFAELLA DELLA DONNA - Cape Town
ROBERT SLOON - Cape Town
SHANNA JONES - London

Well done to the selected contributers for their valued content. Pythagoras-tv is receiving considerable critical acclaim and we appreciate the ongoing support and interest of our members. Keep those stories coming and if you have any suggestions about the format and content of the Compendium and indeed PY-TV itself let us know! Volume 2 (issues 5-8) will be compiled in April 2010, and we still have 2 more issues to go before then, so let's keep up the intelligent, popular discourse. After all, its:

YOUR FUTURE, YOUR SHOW!

DOWNLOAD VOL.1 HERE

PYTV-Compendium1-1.pdf

Enjoy!

-Ed

[Editor-in-Chief]

Oops, and another thing Len: I co-incidentally attended a presentation by Aurecon Group (of Africa, Middle East and East Asia Pacific) on Thursday and report that SANS 204 is in fact coming, but was delayed, it hasn't been scrapped. It seems that the Green Star crowd from Australia have assisted in SA's Green Star protocol and criteria greatly, but that SA's will be slightly more advanced now. It was a very interesting presentation and I will be posting a paper regarding a 5-year history of ESD in Australia by one of Aurecon's leading engineers, Jeff Robinson. It was a riveting presentation - and there is no doubt that the co-ordination and client involvement that going green requires will result in better buildings, and of course, a better world. It seems that SANS 204 will be referred to by the SA Green Star system as part of its grading process.

[Editor-in-Chief]

Oh, I almost forgot, I have heard from Mike Barker (PY-TV member and electronic/green specialist) that the NBR is also trying to make thermal modeling of the building mandatory before plan submission for anything over 500 sqm, which is a little bit over the top considering how specialised this is, and just what a "dark art" it really is... oh well...let's see. It could just be another money-making piece of legislation...

[Editor-in-Chief]

Yup, LEED is being advocated by some professionals in South Africa, and also Australia's "Green Star" rating system, so its a bit confusing. SA had also drafted what was called "SANS 204" which is now being scrapped in favour of something pending in the National Building Regulations which is a lot more common sense, but do tell us about LEED? In my view energy use per square meters should be stipulated per building type and it should be up to the designers to achieve those targets come what may... My concern about design codes that get into discussions about overhangs and wall thickness and so on is that they tend to limit innovation and are very climate specific. We all know that the best insulator is a 220 brick wall after all, but what a lot of people don't know is how radically climate affects building design. Does LEED get into that?

[Len Abelman]

New article coming soon- have you guys ever heard of LEED in SA? (Leadership in Energy Efficient Design Building rating system for sustainable development projects). Quite important now in North America on all large projects. Interesting if in use already in SA or whether there are similar parallel systems?

[Brian Mcfarlane]

wow its great! will this be a regular feature? if only you could get it to print...

[Editor-in-Chief]

Thanks Len - it goes quickly as the images are already titled, which was part of the plan! ;) When's your next article?

[Len Abelman]

Well Done Don!
Where did you find the time to format this?