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CarbonCulture launches at seven Whitehall Departments
CarbonCulture is a new initiative started by More Associates for organisations that want to get really good at saving energy and carbon. Structured as a social enterprise, CarbonCulture exists to help all its members find the best 'moves' they can make to save energy and carbon.
CarbonCulture will spread that knowledge amongst the membership so we can all get better at saving as quickly and as cheaply as possible. We've been working for some time with pioneers DECC and Defra to design strategies to achieve initial savings.
After months of work, the first organisations to sign up launched with CarbonCulture's debut tool last week - an easy-to-use reporting tool to allow members to show the public their present energy and carbon practices. These are some of the most progressive Government departments – from HM Treasury to the Cabinet Office.
Shortly, new tools will be offered to members that will help to identify and drive new savings. CarbonCulture will be providing some amazing tools to help to do this in the coming weeks and months. If your organisation would like to get involved, send an email to membership@carbonculture.net.
Read more...Python/Django web developer
More Associates is a ground-breaking sustainable design practice based in Central London. We work with corporations, governments and NGOs, using design, technology and user-centred research to address the most exciting social and environmental challenges of our time.
You are an experienced web developer who loves building rich, compelling web applications that make the most of web technologies. You have excellent Python skills, are strong in back-end web development, and have substantial experience using Django in a production environment beyond. Ideally, you are equally strong in client-side technologies, and you know your box model hacks and image replacement techniques.
You believe in documentation, test-driven development and are happy using collaboration tools such as SVN and GIT, and running and deploying against release schedules. You are comfortable with the user-centred design approach and feel that the end users of your work are the most important drivers in the development process. You are technically agnostic, and open standards will normally be your first choice. You relish being a key part of a committed, fast growing team.
Ideally, like us you are passionate about creating social and environmental benefit through your work.
If you are this person please send an email with your CV to work@moreassociates.com
Read more...DECC select CarbonCulture behaviour-change programme
Today an extremely thorough procurement process came to a successful close when the Department of Energy and Climate Change selected More Associates to deliver an innovative programme that brings together realtime information with design-for-behaviour change. The project will create tools to deliver behavioural efficiency in DECC’s London headquarters, and that will have ready application across the Government estate.
Read more...More Associates to pilot CarbonCulture on the Defra estate
The Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs today decided to pilot More Associates’ behaviour-change and realtime information platform, CarbonCulture, for use across the Defra estate. Defra have been doing sector-leading work on the physical fabric of their estate for the last 18 months, since the beginning of their facilities management contract with Interserve.
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