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Be lean, be green: Energy efficiency and cost saving in private residential properties. London, 7 December 2011
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Sustain held this event in order to introduce private landlords to the Green Deal due to be launched in 2012, and the accompanying Energy Company Obligation (ECO). In addition, Sustain highlighted the support currently available for energy efficiency improvements, including grant funding. The event was supported by the Department of Energy and Climate Change with Emma Bulmer giving the Government’s perspective. Presentations are available online.
Rethinking EU Structural Funds: The future of European economic and social development. Brussels, 1 December 2011
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This joint European Commission and Local Government Association seminar aimed to brief participants on the EU’s initial proposals for the European Structural funds, and launch the debate on how councils can ensure the funds meet local needs in the future. Three presentations from this event are available online.
Cohesion policy investing in energy efficiency in buildings. Brussels, 29-30 November 2011
Posted on: 30 November 2011
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The aim of this conference and workshop, organised by Directorate General Regional Policy, was to inform participants about developments at EU level which are relevant to the period 2014-2020, and to focus on implementation difficulties encountered and possible solutions for the future. Background papers are available, together with presentations from sessions which examined: social and economic benefits of investing in energy efficiency in buildings; financial instruments for energy efficiency investments; energy efficiency and innovation; Framework conditions relevant to investments; and experience with investing in EE in buildings in the Member States.
Innovation in transport for sustainable cities and regions. Brussels, 29-30 November 2011
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This event provided an opportunity to: learn about the innovative transport projects and policies pursued by cities and regions; gain insight to the future direction of urban and regional mobility; discuss European transport policies for urban and regional mobility; gain understanding of the research needs for sustainable mobility in cities and regions.
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Cities in transition: 10th Metropolis World Congress. Porto Alegre, 23-26 November 2011
Posted on: 26 November 2011
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The 10th Metropolis World Congress represented a unique opportunity to exchange and establish contacts among more than 850 delegates and urban experts from more than 150 countries around the world. The event presented various solutions for governance, urban planning, participatory democracy, innovation, the fight against climate change, sustainability, peri-urban agriculture and renewable energies, and set forth the new guidelines for Metropolis for the next years. Presentations are available online under the following themes: Metropolis Women International Day; Innovative knowledge sharing in the southern countries; Urban growth and planning; Peri-urban agriculture and renewable energy; Metropolitan governance; The future of urban investing in Latin America; Cities and the third sector; Participatory democracy and citizenship culture; Integrated urban governance; urban innovation; International participatory budget experiences; Global Fund for Cities Development.
Contested regions: Territorial politics and policy. London, 25 November 2011
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The Regional Studies Association Winter Conference considered current debates on emerging new territorial dynamics and politics. This event also provided an opportunity to establish the need and nature of future research in this field and to address the concerns, and challenges confronting practitioners and policy makers. Presentations are available online on the following themes: New sites and forms of regional conflict: inter-regional, intra-regional and in-between regional; Remapping of regions and localities and the implications of this for multi-level governance, policy success and policy failure; Models of regional and metropolitan governance.
Intelligent clients, intelligent suppliers. London, 25 November 2011
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The Annual Convention of the Constructing Excellence movement brought together all those associated with the work of Constructing Excellence to review and discuss what makes an intelligent client, and what constitutes an intelligent response to this, which a particular emphasis on sustainable low carbon solutions. Presentations are available online.
Low carbon design: The power to deliver change. Bristol, 22 November 2011
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This RIBA event provided an opportunity to consider how we put into practice the latest thinking on sustainability, retrofit and low carbon technology, and the role of architects and built environment professionals in shaping the policy framework in which we work. A brief overview of the issues discussed is outlined in the twitter diary written by RIBA Yorkshire’s Ruth Donnelly.
Integrating multiple facets of river corridor development. Sheffield, 17-18 November 2011
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The last of the URSULA (Urban River Corridors and Sustainable Living Agendas) conferences provided a forum for the presentation of a wealth of research conducted during the URSULA project. Topics included how the River Don affects Sheffield’s microclimate, how the river could be harnessed to deliver hydropower, the effect of weirs in river ecology, the effect of biodiversity on wellbeing, as well as the approach developed in URSULA to design sustainable urban river corridors. Presentations are available online.
Climate change and the water sector: Integrating adaptation and mitigation in practice. London, 17 November 2011
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The aim of this conference was to take stock of current thinking on climate change, the developing evidence base on emissions and risks, and in covering both adaptation and mitigation and their inter-relationships, to look at how this thinking is being put into practice in response to the major drivers. Presentations are available online.
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