Sustainable Construction Event
Zerowise sustainable construction project:
Constructing affordable, sustainable housing for the
future
This event has now passed. To keep informed of
upcoming sustainable construction workshops please contact sustainable.business@kent.gov.uk.
Where: Pines Calyx Conference Centre, St
Margaret’s Bay
An information and networking session on designing and building
sustainable and affordable developments.
Agenda
9.00am: Registration and networking
9.30am: Introduction to sustainable construction (Jae Mather,
CarbonFree Group)
- Legal and policy context
- Barriers and opportunities for builders
- Best practice environmental technologies
10.15am: Case study (Andrew Bassant, Ecolibrium)
- Experience of designing and building low carbon buildings
11.00am: Working together through the South East Business
Carbon Hub (Jennie Colville, Kent County Council)
11.10am: Facilitated discussion (Jae and Andrew)
The results of the discussion will feed into the preparation of
a Kent Green Supplier's Directory.
- What issues are you facing?
- What do you need to move towards sustainability?
- Any experiences?
11.30am: Workshop end
Optional Tour of Pines Calyx, ending at
12:30pm
The ZeroWISE Sustainable Construction Project is part funded by
the South East England Development Agency (SEEDA) and European
Regional Development Funding (ERDF) as part of the South East ERDF
Competitiveness Programme 2007-13.
ZeroWISE Sustainable Construction Project
Presentations from the recent Site Waste Management Plan:
Networking and Information session are now available:
