The Green Register of Construction Professionals

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Learn how to save energy & money whilst reducing your home’s carbon footprint. Book now for your place on a NEW 6 week course

5 October - 16 November 2010
Tuesday evenings 6.30pm - 9pm
The Create Ecohome - Bristol’s unique sustainable show-house providing hands-on experience of products.

Using case studies, discussions, practical exercises and
samples, this course looks at the three key areas of: building fabric, appliances and temporary/seasonal measures and habits and lifestyle. You will learn how to use energy more consciously and efficiently, cut carbon and increase your comfort while reducing bills.

Who’s it for?
This course is aimed at homeowners who are new to eco refurbishment. It will look at no-cost to high-cost measures in order to demystify what it takes to live more sustainably in your home, whilst taking into account individual budgets and lifestyles.

See the events page for more informatin and how to book.

Mark Letcher of Climate Works Ltd is giving a lecture on how we can refurbish our homes to make them more comfortable, less wasteful and more resilient to climate change and peak oil. He will also consider how we might make best use of a political shift towards 'localism' in the transition to a low carbon economy.

This event is being held in association with Bristol Green Doors. Their open weekend takes place on Saturday 11 to Sunday 12 September. For more information, visit the Bristol Green Doors website.

Wednesday 22 September 2010, 18.30, £5/£3

http://www.architecturecentre.co.uk/events-refurbishing-the-path-to-a-low-carbon-future

Delegates who attended our popular course: Understanding Recent Revisions to the Building Regulations Parts F, L and G, described the day as "very good interactive stuff, made my brain hurt which surely has to be good". One delegate said that they now 'have a clearer understanding of what decisions make a meanful difference' which is the main aim of the day.

To book a on the next Building Regs course please go to our events page.

TGR is pleased to announce the launch of a new series of courses designed to up-date professionals on the recent revisions to the Building Regulations Parts J, F, L and G.

See our events page for forthcoming courses at locations in and around the southeast. Places are being subsidised by SUSCON which means we are able to offer a very low rate of £40 instead of our usual fee of £180 for a one day course (funding subject to eligibilty criteria).

For more information contact mail@greenregister.org.uk

Low Carbon Futures:  Money does grow on trees

23 November 2010, The Watershed, Bristol - One day conference

A one-day conference to inspire and inform architects and construction professionals that green technology, government initiatives and smart sustainable design choices can help drive the new economy and provide marketing edge over others. Chaired by RIBA Chief Executive Harry Rich, featuring international input from the Head of Energy at Freiburg Stadt, the Director of the BRE in Wales/South West and cutting edge case studies, the conference looks to showcase the very best of practice and facilitate a forum for sharing knowledge and techniques that are both thought provoking and applicable.

Full programme and booking form to follow or see RIBA website for further details:

http://www.architecture.com/

Join The Green Register team for an evening talk on SUDS on the 19 July at Bristol's Golden Guinea (see events page for booking).

Cost - £5 or buy one get one free!

We're extremely sorry to say that we have taken the disappointing decision to cancel the two courses we had planned for next week in Glasgow - the Foundation Course and 'Becoming an Eco-Refurbisher'. 

Unfortunately the take up of places on these courses was extremely disappointing (less than five people for each course), and as The Green Register is a not for profit organisation sadly we cannot afford to run courses at a loss.  With such a poor take up of places the course would not have paid for itself, so much as we wanted to be able to run these courses in Glasgow we had no choice but to cancel.

We aim to reschedule for later in 2010 and hopefully with some help in promoting the courses we should be able to run them before the end of the year.  If you would like to be added to a mailing list registering your interest in hearing about new course dates please do contact us.

Lucy is taking part in a panel debate at 12:30-13:30 in the central area of this year's Greenbuild Expo event. The debate team will be looking at the future value of sustainability On the panel is: The Green Register’s Lucy Pedler, RICS’ Barry Hall and BRE’s Tom Saunders.

Each panel member will speak for 5-10 minutes on their topic. This will be followed by an audience Q&A. We hope to see you there! www.greenbuildexpo.co.uk - Sustainable Building Event - Greenbuild Expo

Earthscan is the latest company to offer our members a generous discount on its products. They say -

'Earthscan is the world’s leading publisher on climate change, sustainable development and environmental technology. We are currently offering a 20% discount to Green Register members on all our books'

Members can LOG IN for the offer code and place an order at www.earthscan.co.uk