Designing a Landscape for the Sustainability Challenges of Tomorrow

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Greening the UK's conference for UK house builders and developers, supported by the BRE Enterprise Hub for the Built Environment, will provide an update on how research and best practice has developed in the field of sustainable construction.  The agenda has been constructed to deliver a high quality session that provides an exciting mix of best practice case studies and the latest scientific research on building efficiency and sustainable site development.

To do this, the conference will focus on how green space and planting:

• Help house builders meet the challenges of the Code for Sustainable Housing;
• Have been used to improve the marketability of sites in order to increase profit margins;
• Could now be an increasingly important part of the planning system; and
• Enable development sites to be more resilient to the challenges of climate change.

Speakers

Confirmed speakers include Clare Brockhurst (Fellow of the Landscape Institute), Peter Wilder (MacFarlane Wilder), Matt Blaikie (Building Research Establishment), Dick Longdin (Randall Thorp) and Tim Briercliffe (Chair of Greening the UK).  Presentations have also been requested from the Department of Communities and Local Government and White Design.  

Attendees

This conference will be of particular interest to the following groups:

• House Builders
• Developers
• Architects
• Representatives of Housing Associations
• Development Control Officers
• Councillors involved in planning, environment and housing
• Council Leaders
• Civil servants working in housing
• Representatives of Housing Non-Governmental Organisations
• Representatives of Environmental Non-Governmental Organisations

Agenda

• Developments in Government Policy
• Meeting 2016 Code for Sustainable Housing Targets
• Designing a Landscape to Adapt to Climate Change
• The Role of Landscape Planning in the Development Process
• Marketability
• Reducing the Cost of Maintenance
• What Services are Available to You

For more information about Greening the UK campaign please visit our website:  www.greeningtheuk.org.uk.

To register your attendance please sign up using Eventbrite or RSVP to the group's conference organiser Alex Sewell by emailing alexsewell@bellenden.co.uk or calling 020 7234 3332.