Forthcoming events:

RENEWABLE ENERGY POLICY & EVIDENCE BASE WORKSHOP - 10 MARCH, Bristol 

A free workshop for planning policy officers on Renewable Energy – Policy and Evidence Base

Wednesday 10th March 2010, 9.30am – 4.30pm, Novotel Hotel, Bristol

The Centre for Sustainable Energy*, in association with the Department of Energy and Climate Change** and the Department for Communities and Local Government, is pleased to invite you and your colleagues to a free workshop on policy and evidence base for renewable energy.

This event is one of a number of training events being run across England aimed at local planning authorities and regional planners. Intended for primarily for planning policy officers, this event will provide you with information to help you in your job of forming policies relating renewable energy and developing an evidence base for your Local Development Framework (please see attached for further information).

The workshop will take place at the Novotel Hotel, Bristol on Wednesday 10th March 2010. Lunch and refreshments will be provided.

To confirm your place, please complete the attached booking form and return it to Kirsty Mitchell at the Centre for Sustainable Energy by fax on 0117 934 1410, or email the required information to kirsty.mitchell@cse.org.uk.

Please forward this invitation to any colleagues you think will be interested in attend the event.

*The Centre for Sustainable Energy (CSE), a national charity based in Bristol, has been contracted by the Department of Energy and Climate Change with the support of the Department of Communities and Local Government to organise, deliver and facilitate these events.

**The energy remit from the Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform has now been transferred to a new department, the Department of Energy and Climate Change.

Planning & Commerce - 19th March 2010 - The Innovation Centre, Exeter

The pace of the economic downturn has had a profound impact upon town centres, retail centres, business parks and industrial estates. The availability of local employment is clearly at the fore, but the cumulative impact upon vitality and sense of place can be equally marked. The vulnerability of some areas has been exposed, but it has also thrown up new opportunities to review the function of our commercial centres. Our guest speakers will explore how PPS4 and PPS6 will impact on regeneration and rejuvenation, and consider the case for flexibility, invention and innovation.  See attached flier for more information.  

Eco Trusts' Sustainable Building Materials Health . Carbon . Life - 20th April 2010 - Great Bow Yard, Langport

This seminar aims to increase the understanding of what makes building materials sustainable. The choice of materials is governed by a host of factors including function, cost and sustainability. This seminar will help to identify the synergies between these factors and answer questions such as: How does choice of materials affect design and how can more sustainable materials enable more sustainable design? What are the links between materials choice and the health of buildings? How can sustainable materials help to protect and enhance historic buildings?  Click here for more information.  

Author:

Helen Clarke

Publisher:

The Royal Town Planning Institute

Date:

11-Nov-08

Categories:

Nations & Regions 

Sections:

Event

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