We collect feedback from all our CPD attendees to ensure that we continue to meet the needs of our clients. We ask each attendee to rate the quality of the training from 1 (poor) to 5 (excellent). Over the last two years 93% of the attendees gave the training a rating of 4 or 5.

“As pioneers in the field of providing Zero Carbon Homes, I loved the platform for honest opinions and frank discussions on issues ranging from bio mass and CHP to implementation in new and existing buildings.” Manmohan Dayal, Planning Officer, London Borough of Merton

“I have been familiar with the principles of sustainability for some years. BioRegional's One Planet Living course showed me how these principals may be practically incorporated into engineering designs to give benefit to the client, the community and the environment. I am convinced that BioRegional and their BedZED concept is a glimpse of the future development of our cities.”
Rob Moorhead, Senior Consultant, KBR, Halliburton

“It was a very useful day for me as it gave me another dimension to add to the new strand of energy assessor training. I look forward to attending more CPD courses at BioRegional and will definately be recommending this day to my colleagues.” Magda Devaris, Head of Projects, Adapt Assessment

“The One Planet Living course was pitched at the perfect level for all professionals, providing in-depth sustainable theory within a fully functioning sustainable mixed use development.”
Simon Green, Llewelyn Davies, Landscape Architects and Urban Designers

“Thank you for organising such a great course and a rare opportunity for the industry to get an objective assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of sustainable development.”
Dave Worthington, Renewable Energy Consultant, Energy for Sustainable Development Ltd.

 

“Within 10 years every new home will be a zero carbon home, and we will be the first country ever to make this commitment.”
Gordon Brown, December 2006.

This one-day event covers BioRegional’s solutions for sustainability and shows how Zero Carbon Homes can be delivered. In-depth seminars from experts in the field from BioRegional, Fulcrum Consulting and Cut the Carbon will cover energy efficiency and energy generation, for single dwellings and for communities, for new build as well as existing housing stock.

Course dates
Friday 30th January 2009
Friday 24th July 2009

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This one-day event will help you understand how to choose sustainable construction materials, based upon BioRegional's experience with material reclamation, developing sustainable communities and running the sustainable materials buying club One Planet Products.

It will cover the advantages, in terms of overall construction process and costs, and carbon savings, of sustainable construction materials. The format of the day will start with seminars and then break up into discussion groups before coming back together as a group at the end of both the morning and afternoon sessions.

Course dates
Friday 20th March 2009
Friday 25th September 2009

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This one-day course examines BedZED as one example of a sustainable community, and also uses ecological foot-printing and the 10 One Planet Living Principles as a framework for discussing and designing future sustainable communities. The course comprises three seminars in the morning and a workshop in the afternoon. The morning sessions cover sustainability in broad terms, followed by an in-depth look at the successes and lessons learnt from BedZED through a presentation and tour, then a seminar on the impacts of construction materials and how to specify and source low impact alternatives. In the afternoon session the participants use the knowledge gained in the morning and previous experience, to design a sustainable development using the 10 One Planet Living principles.

Course dates
No dates have been set for this course yet, and the full programme has not yet been finalised. Please call Matt Sullivan on 020 8404 4238 for more information in the meantime.

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The Code for Sustainable Homes looks set to push high standards in relation to water, so making use of green, grey and black water, and reducing demand in buildings, are a key issue for the construction industry. This one-day course will look at a range of technologies, including those used at BedZED, led by an experienced industry professional.

Course dates
Friday 22nd May 2009
Friday 20th November 2009

 

Places for our CPD events are £200 per person + VAT. This covers the full day's training, an organic, vegetarian buffet lunch and Fairtrade refreshments.

Students and registered charities can attend for the discounted price of £150 per person + VAT.

One Planet Products members get 1 free place and 5 places at £100 per person + VAT for each event. Additional places are priced at the full £200 per person + VAT.

Download the booking form (Word, PDF), which you can return to us by email, fax or post.

We can offer private CPD events on either of the three courses for your organisation, at a date to suit you (subject to speaker availability). Call Matt Sullivan on 020 8404 4238 for more information and a quote.

For a one-day BedZED and Beyond course you can choose 3 to 5 seminars, depending on the length of each one, to tailor the course to meet your needs - look at the seminar options. for more details

What is Sustainability? (45 minutes)
Pooran Desai, BioRegional Development Group, BioRegional Quintain Ltd, OBE, RIBA Honorary Fellow or Sue Riddlestone, Director, BioRegional Development Group
The aim of the talk is to demystify the buzzwords and generate understanding in the concept of sustainability. Definitions of sustainability, setting sustainability targets, tools to quantify what is or is not sustainable and eco-footprinting are all covered.

Introduction to One Planet Living (45 minutes)
BioRegional Consulting Ltd
Globally we are consuming resources at a faster rate than the planet can replenish them, causing problems such as climate change, disappearing forests and declining fisheries. For example, if everyone in the world lived as most Europeans do, we would need three planets to support us. The challenge facing humanity, therefore, is this: “How can people everywhere enjoy a high quality of life while living within the carrying capacity of one planet?” The answer is One Planet Living, guiding principles that can be applied to individual lifestyles, businesses, communities, even whole cities. This seminar introduces One Planet Living and some of the ways in which the principles have been applied.

BedZED Tour (1 hour)
Matt Sullivan or Tom Chance, BioRegional Development Group
The tour covers the history and aims of the development and the monitored results so far. We also look at the energy and water systems in place and the green lifestyles work that has been done on transport, food and waste.

Zero Carbon Homes (1.5 hours)
BioRegional Consulting Ltd
This seminar looks at how we might achieve zero carbon homes, both by upgrading existing housing stock and also for new homes. The seminar covers household energy consumption, energy efficiency and energy generation for single dwellings, using case studies to provide examples.

BedZED Architects: Presentation and question and answer session with lead architect from ZEDfactory (1 hour)
An opportunity to talk to and question one of the lead architects behind BedZED. The talk will detail the philosophy behind the ZED approach and discuss the developments undertaken since BedZED was completed.

Question and answer session with a BedZED resident (30 minutes or 1 hour)
Hear about the role the Residents’ Association play at BedZED in terms of furthering the green-lifestyles programme and building the community. You can also ask questions about what it’s like to live at BedZED

Green Water Treatment Plant (1 hour)
David Triggs, Consultant
David Triggs designed the Green Water Treatment Plant at BedZED for Albion Water. He will explain how the system works and detail successes as well as lessons learnt for future developments. If you would like to go inside the plant please ask in advance for us to arrange this.

Reclaimed, recycled and low impact materials for construction (1 hour)
BioRegional Consulting Ltd
A chance to learn more about the materials sourcing policy at BedZED and ask questions about how best to source and use reclaimed, recycled and low impact materials in future developments. The talk will also cover minimising construction waste and designing for deconstruction.

Biomass and Urban Forestry (1 hour)
BioRegional Consulting Ltd
An opportunity to learn more about using woodchip as a renewable fuel, a review of the CHP and woodchip supply chain at BedZED, and the potential for using urban tree surgery waste as a biomass fuel for future developments.

Operational Waste Strategies (1 hour)
BioRegional Consulting Ltd
The seminar will provide an overview of the waste issues that will have an impact on a community. It will include strategies to help achieve high levels of recycling and composting through the design of the collection system, infrastructure and communications activities.

Sustainable Food Strategies (1 hour)
BioRegional Consulting Ltd
Growing, packaging and transporting food accounts for approximately 25% of our eco-footprint in the UK. This seminar looks at how we in the UK could reduce this impact at an individual and community level.

Green Transport Planning (1 hour)
BioRegional Consulting Ltd
This seminar looks at how to reduce fossil fuel transport demand by implementing a green transport plan, thereby reducing the need for car parking and enabling better access to public transport, car sharing and walking and cycling routes.

One Planet Living Workshop (2 hours)
Each group is asked to come up with a sustainability action plan for a development using the 10 One Planet Living principles. The group projects include vary from retrofitting of Victorian houses to a new, mixed-use waterside development. Each group is supplied with the relevant plans, maps and details of local infrastructure and resources for their project.

Sustainability Action Plan workshop (2 hours)
We work with you to write a sustainability action plan for your organisation based on the One Planet Living principles. We have led sustainability action plan workshops for a number of organisations including WWF, Gaz de France, JP Architects, Prudential and Esmé Fairbairn Foundation.

We can offer a one-hour talk on BedZED and One Planet Living ® at your office. The cost for this is £300 + VAT (we also charge travel time and expenses for offices outside of London). The content is flexible but usually includes:

• Introduction to BioRegional
• Ecological footprinting
• BedZED:
• Water and energy infrastructure
• Water and energy consumption
• Lifestyles strategies for waste/ transport/ food
• One Planet Living® principles and communities

To book email cpd@bioregional.com with a preferred date.