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:


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