Building is an act of culture, and the key lies in collaboration

This article was originally published by Green Deal Mt As our next contributor, we are honoured to introduce Perit Luca Caruso to the Green Deal Malta platform. In his article, Luca speaks about how the process of building is considered to be an act of culture, in line with the German concept of ‘Baukultur’, and…

Building for Tomorrow, Today!

Building for Tomorrow, Today!

Interview originally published by Money Magazine 64 The Malta Sustainability Forum opened its virtual doors at the end of January for five days of debate about some of today’s most significant sustainability opportunities and challenges. Following a pandemic that took the world by surprise, the need to understand what is happening to our pia net…

Malta’s Green Building (R)evolution?

The current state of the Maltese legislation and the available strategic plans, are summarized with the following three documents: L.N. 47/18 and especially Tech. Guide F regarding minimum requirements for the energy performance of a building. For Small and big developments feasibility study of alternative systems have to be produced (solar systems, heat-pumps, combined heat…

JUMP 2030 “The Good Urban Life”​ Cost Restore Training school.

My personal interpretation of The Salto. How is ‘the good life’ being perceived from a planning view in urban spaces? The modernist theory defined in the in 1933 Charter of Athens still determine the generic form and physical organisation of the 21st century city (Burdett 2018). Hence, from a planning point of view the good…