Carbon Seminar

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Course duration: 4 Hrs CPD

A Low Carbon Economy – An Awareness Seminar

Cost: £95 +Vat

Time: 10:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. & 1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. – Questions

The UK now has some world leading policy and regulations in the area of climate change and next year pressure on industry will increase as the Carbon Reduction Commitment and the 25% improvement to energy performance to building regulations (Part L) become law. The aim of this seminar is to provide delegates with a better understanding of the concepts and ideas helping to drive the UK toward a low carbon economy.

The seminar will explore the low carbon agenda which is developing faster than any other part of the business agenda and will examine the approaches and skills that are likely to be necessary conditions for success in the 21st century. It will also examine how organisations and businesses could take a central role in finding new ways of meeting people’s needs, expectations and aspirations whilst ensuring that the economy, society and the built and natural environments grow and develop in harmony.

Innovation and creativity on an unprecedented scale will be required to yield new processes, new methodologies and new ways of managing the future role of professionals in the public and private sectors.

Topics discussed include:

• The Stern Review
• Sustainability
• Climate Change
• Emissions
• Embodied Energy
• Embodied Carbon
• Operational Carbon
• The Carbon Management Hierarchy – Avoid, Reduce, Replace, Offset
• Corporate Social Responsibility
• Innovative Entrepreneurship -v- Ethical Practice

Intended for

The nature of the seminar is such that professionals from a wide range of backgrounds and experience can be accommodated.

Seminar Duration
4 hrs CPD

Speaker
Professor Robert Jackson
Professor of Sustainable Engineering Technologies
University of Salford

Why should you attend?

The UK now has some world leading policy and regulations in the area of climate change and next year pressure on industry will increase as the Carbon Reduction Commitment becomes law. The low carbon agenda is developing faster than any other part of the business agenda and will require new approaches and skills for success in the 21st century.

Who should attend?

Helping to drive the UK toward a low carbon economy will require innovation and creativity on an unprecedented scale to yield new processes, new methodologies and new ways of managing future expectations. Consequently, all professionals in the public and private sectors need to meet these challenges.

Why listen to the speaker?

Professor Robert Jackson holds the Mouchel Chair in Sustainable Engineering Technologies at the University of Salford, Greater Manchester, where he is Head of the Centre for Sustainable Technologies & Regeneration, He also chairs the Institution of Civil Engineers Environment & Sustainability Special Interest Group (NW). He lectures extensively to business throughout the UK and overseas in the areas of water, energy and waste, regularly appears on radio, publishes in the technical and legal press, and has appeared on BBC TV Newsnight.

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