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Sustainable community
specialists, BioRegional, held their first zero carbon homes training
session on 29th June within their education centre at the BedZED
ecovillage
in south London. The aims of the launch were to help the industry
begin to plan a move towards the new standard and to gain feedback
from the expert invitees to ensure that the course content would
be of the highest standard and of most use to the industry. Several
dates have now been set for further training sessions.
Gordon Brown announced: “Within
10 years every new home will be a zero carbon home, and we will
be the first country to make this commitment.”
The launch of this Continuing Professional Development course (CPD)
was attended by CABE, Department of Communities and Local Government,
Housing Corporation,
Environment Agency, National Energy Foundation, Adapt Assessment
(energy assessors) and planners from London boroughs, architects
and housing associations.
“At a time when we increasingly
have to provide added value to our clients with regard to more sustainable
construction, BioRegional's Zero Carbon Homes CPD course perfectly
complements the internal training provided by our sustainability
team.” Edwina McKechnie,
Junior Consultant, Davis Langdon LLP
"As pioneers in the field of providing Zero carbon Homes, I
loved the platform for honest opinions and frank discussions on
issues ranging from biomass and CHP to
implementation in new and existing buildings." Manmohan Dayal,
Planning Officer, London Borough of Merton
“I just wanted to add again how great I thought the CPD was
and just to remind you I would like to hear it all again.”
Magda Devaris, Adapt Assessment
Everyone building homes in the UK will have to adopt these standards
by 2016. The training course will equip participants with the knowledge
they need to deliver zero carbon homes. It covers policy, energy
efficiency and energy generation for single dwellings and communities
for new builds as well as existing housing stock. The CPD is grounded
in first hand experience and is based on real
case studies.
As with the launch event, subsequent CPD sessions will feature talks
from Sue Riddlestone, founder and director of BioRegional, as well
as seminars from Chani Leahong,
sustainable development specialist at Fulcrum Consulting and Simon
Corbey, sustainability consultant in the built environment. In addition
to this there will be the opportunity for attendees to have their
questions answered by members of the expert panel during the
Zero Carbon Surgery.
BioRegional are development partners in BedZED, the Peabody Trust’s
award winning urban eco-village in south London, and as such, are
uniquely placed to offer this training. With zero carbon housing
becoming a rapidly expanding area of policy and industry, BioRegional
will be holding events on the subject throughout the year. To book
places on a course click
here
Course dates
Friday 28th September 2007
Friday 30th November 2007
Friday 25th January 2008
See our website for more BioRegional training courses - courses
on sustainable procurement and reclaimed materials coming soon.
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