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Buildings Summit - 21st October 2003, Queen Elizabeth II
Conference Centre
The Better Buildings Summit was held on 21st October
in Queen Elizabeth II conference centre. The event was
aimed at CEOs, or equivalent, within construction and
energy industries, and other groups (eg finance) which
have an interest. The theme of the Summit was to
deliver, better, greener buildings, faster. It
considered both new build and refurbishment,
particularly concentrating on:
- Energy efficiency
- Renewable energy
- Related issues (eg minimising waste; conserving
water)
The Summit aimed to:
- Examine Best Practice
- Identify clear action routes [and question existing]
- Review government role & policy framework
- Review supply chain/industry process as delivery
mechanism
- Consider what more we can do - as government; as
industry
- Consider how we can work together to decarbonise
building stock - what do we need to do?
Background Information & Speeches
Listed below are links to documents and speech
transcripts which you may useful.
Video
clips can be found at
www.livegroup.co.uk/betterbuildingssummit
See
also:
www.defra.gov.uk/environment/energy/betterbuildings.htm
www.odpm.gov.uk/betterbuildingsummit
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