Oh! Almost half a year from my last blog!

I didn't write blog for almost half a year!

What's wrong with me?

Anyway, I haven't put effort in writing blog. As simple as that.

Why? Maybe I haven't found something I want to write about for blog.

In fact, GFC has its effects on me. I am not a 4-day week roster.

That should mean more time for me. But then, if I am at home, I wouldn't bother to write blog.

And because of GFC, it's not good to spend time to write blog in the office. Otherwise, I may be in a real crisis.

Anyway, the office becomes a bit quieter. My workload fluctuates. But for April, I actually didn't take my day-offs as I've got work to do.

Some businesses and the governments are still spending.

The key is how you position yourself in the right place when opportunities comes along.

And I have the abilities and the tools to service clients with NABERS, Green Star, BCA Section J, etc.

So, it appears I am still surviving.

When will I write my next blog?

Any one have any idea they want to share?

Or any one want me to write in Chinese?

P.S. Gundam 00 is over! So, I am on Japdorama now.

Cape No. 7 and memoirs.....

Thanks to Alex L. Malthus' recommendation of Cape No. 7 (http://sustainology.blogspot.com/2008/11/blog-post_16.html), I watched that movie.

It stirred up some of my memories..... esp. with that catchphrase "Stay! Or I'll go with you!"

I also had some discussions in the guhk forum.

So, I decided to put this memories into memoirs.

I'll start with the persons' names first. Over time, I will fill in the details.

1. Ms Cheung - Girl on Bus Route 102

2. Mrs. B. L. (nee W.) - The summer class girl I still have contact with.

3. Ms. TAP Receptionist - Material girl.

4. Ms. Mdy - A real possibility but we were "ordinary people!"

5. Ms. F-a T. - The little sister in the whole company.

6. Ms. Apple - The girl that approached me.

7. Ms. D.K. - Have any girl asked you, "Fire, marry me!" She did!

8. Mrs. M.T. N. (nee K.) - A story not started.

9. Mrs. W.W.Y. W. (nee C.) - We've gone so far, but .... the one that I might say "Stay or I'll go with you!"

10. Ms. P. H. - She didn't ask me, "Marry me!" But the way she acted was saying so.

11. Ms. J.C. - An elder sister like girl that shutted the door.

12. Mrs. E.N. (nee C.) - I still have feelings for her. The other girl that I should ask myself "Stay or I'll go with you!"

13. Mrs. J. (nee T.) - A misunderstanding?....

14. Ms. L. - Yet another girl that implicitly invited me to approach her. But ....

15. Mrs. K. C. (nee L.) - Who else but my wife now!

P.S. Tomoko M. - The Japanese pen friend I have never met face to face.

Some new ideas

Instead of staying quiet for a while, I just think of an idea.

This is about posting the links that I read for the day.

So I can keep track of what info and blogs I've gone through.

Today, I skip through the following info:

Magnetic train:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_levitation_train
http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%A3%81%E6%87%B8%E6%B5%AE%E5%88%97%E8%BB%8A

Lunar space elevator:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_space_elevator

Other house energy rating software - Sustainability Victoria

ZTC Ltd. Tether-Sling Prototype - Page 10 - Orbiter-Forum

What is a well ventilated fridge space?

What is indoor or sheltered clothes drying line?

Energy Labelling - Selecting an efficient appliance Clothes dryer

Energy Labelling - Selecting an efficient appliance dish washer

Here are the url's I've read through yesterday or before, as from my firefox's browsing history:

Raining goals as Cahill and Co make statement - Football - Sport - smh.com.au

We were a circus: Rio praises new England order - Football - Sport - smh.com.au

Australian Building Codes Board: BCA 2008 Volume Two - List of Amendments

[轉貼][科技探討]MK82的衝擊——解析MK82核彈的原理 - 高達專區 - 動畫/漫畫 - 香港討論區 discuss.com.hk - 一個香港只得一個香港討論區

Which Linux makes the best business Windows replacement desktop? | Computerworld Blogs

Shorelink Library Network

Nabers Performance Rating Calculator

Windows Energy Ratings Scheme - WERS

MSI Announces Wind 2, Says Customers Hate Linux | Gadget Lab from Wired.com

Why smart people uses Linux « TransLXP - By Infrasound

Canonical Confirms MSI's Linux Return Rate Statement

Why so stupid?: how the human race has never really learned to think - Google Search

Edward de Bono - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

1/144 HG GN-X III A-Laws Type

Sale Items www.hlj.com

Main Page - DramaWiki

Linux Mint 5 "Elyssa" - XFCE Community Edition - Linux Mint

Solar power satellite - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

gundam 00 technology - Search results - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Artificial intelligence - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

pagetable.com » Blog Archive » Bill Gates’ Personal Easter Eggs in 8 Bit BASIC

Asustek launches new Eee PC laptop - Articles - Laptops - Digital Life

VF-25F Messiah Valkyrie Aruto Type (Plastic model) Bandai Macross Frontier 1/72

Space tourism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Spaceflight - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Real Cost of Space Exploration - a knol by Edward Isarevich

Moon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Earth Statistics

What is the diameter of the Sun?

Bureau - New South Wales Observations

Australian Water Availability - Solar Exposure

The Gardens of Babylon: Preliminary ideas about my PhD project

HVAC Systems

Hydrogen, H2, Physical properties, safety, MSDS, enthalpy, material compatibility, gas liquid equilibrium, density, viscosity, flammability, transport properties

Hydrogen - Specific Heat Capacity

SE_Ideal_App_for_FEL.pdf (application/pdf Object)

Space Elevator GEO Station on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Music of the Spheres: Popular Space Elevator View

Space maths & physics forum - Orbiter Forums

AttitudeMFD - OrbiterWiki

What is Earth's mean radius? - a definition from Whatis.com

Toshiba takes wraps off netbook | Register Hardware

Berbatov nets twice in United romp - Football - Sport - smh.com.au

The ROI of PC power management |Sustainable IT | Ted Samson | InfoWorld

Chinese Proverbs quotes

Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards (WELS) Scheme home page

Where Windows is #2 to Linux | Computerworld Blogs

Full Circle Magazine | Issue 17

ABSA

2008 Greening Rooftops for Sustainable Communities Conference, Awards & Trade Show - Courses & Events - Green Building Council Australia (GBCA)

Leading Green Thinkers Sydney - Courses & Events - Green Building Council Australia (GBCA)

Five Ways To Cut Energy Bills - Forbes.com

Wow, I have been through quite some webpages.

I believe this will be an asset which allows me to trace back information on another day!

Happy Birthday to me!

Another busy month!

Another not so productive month within the blogosphere!

Just to say "Happy Birthday to me!"

Hey, Lo Paul (chinese way of saying "wife"), I haven't received anything yet!

Unproductive August blogger

Wow, I didn't write blog in August?!

I was busy, I am busy, and I am going to be busy with real energy efficiency and "green(wash)" work.

What I've done in August:

• Several BCA Section J DTS (Deemed-to-satisfy) assessment reports.
• Completion inspection for the first Section J Report I've done. The building is at The Entrance (90 km from where I work)
  
• A few JV3 Performance Assessments for some proposed buildings. One of them is a big retail chain with specific alternative solution using PMV/PPD and HSI (Heat Stress Index).
  
• A number of NatHERS/BASIX assessments orf residential apartments and houses.
• I've moved house.
• I had a friend's family visiting me from HK. (Dr. Square Fong) We are both from the same B.Eng. course. We speak the same "green" language. And it might be alien language to our wives and other people (LOL)!
• Manage issues with the building of my family's new house. Yet more are still to come!

There are signs that the Australian economy is slowing down. When it appeared I might have a little break in my busy work schedule, suddenly some EE and ESD projects rushed in. The clients just liked to have the job done "Yesterday". (Yes, this is the trend. All jobs are already overdue?!!)

Some reasons (excuses) for the silence in the blogosphere!

Now, need to get on with the JV3 energy simulation which will due tomorrow! I will be late! OH, dun!

Update to "Unofficial ABGR Assessment"

I have an entry about Unofficial ABGR Assessment back in February.

I actually finished the report around June/July.

So, here are the updates from the assessment:

The base building ABGR (now it is NABERS Energy) could achieve 5 stars. The tenancy ratings ranged from 0 star to 2 stars. So there was some disparity here.

To fairly compare this building with other buildings, the whole building rating should be used.

The whole building rating was assessed to be 3 stars. This means "Best Practice" according to the ABGR official definition. This should be considered fair or even good for a building around 20 years of age.

However, in the Australian building market place, knowledgeable tenants will demand 4 or 4.5 stars.

To bring the building to 4 or 4.5 stars, the energy consumption has to be cut down by about 40%!!

For an existing building, this is not easy to achieve this. Some major renovations will be required to cut 40% energy use.

Well, when I talked to the property manager, "cost effectiveness" came before "sustainability"!

You know what that means?

June's Update

This month (June) seems not like a good month for me (and my family).

So that's why I have been silent for a while.

I had been quite busy at work.

Just when I had a little bit of breathing space, I fell sick. I (and my wife) contracted flu from my young boy as he got flu from the child care centre. We had two days of sick leave from that.

Just when I return to work (and still a little bit sick), work is pouring ......

Why I can type this now? It's because I am working on BASIX. Takes me five minutes for a recalculation. So I use this time to update my blog.

Well, BASIX again!

Look at here for BASIX: http://www.basix.nsw.gov.au/information/index.jsp