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AN ANNUAL EVENT HELD EACH MARCH

Provisional date for next event March 2009

Explores issues around sustainable buildings through illustrated talks by designers and practitioners.

Previous speakers/topics have included:

Ben Law's timber framed house
As featured on Channel 4's 'Grand Designs'.

Building with rammed earth
Rowland Keable of In Situ Rammed Earth Company

Duncan Baker-Brown
BBM Sustainable Design
- Overview of sustainable deign in the built environment
- Current BBM Sustainable Design projects

Earthship Brighton
Frances Hunt and Taus Larsen. Built by Low Carbon Network

Elim Farm, Crowborough – a case study in eco-renovation
Paul Mustardé of GreenerLiving Homes Ltd

Introduction to Eco-renovation
Maddy Harland, editor of Permaculture Magazine

Laughton Lodge Co-housing
Melanie Nock

Local Progress Towards Greener Buildings
Francesca Iliffe, Sustainability Officer, Brighton and Hove City Council. Click here for development briefs for some projects to be discussed. Also see: Brighton and Hove City Council's Sustainability Strategy

Microgeneration
Howard Johns of Southern Solar

One Planet Living / BedZED
Pooran Desai of BioRegional

Grow your own building – making best use of local timber in construction
David Saunders of Weald Woodnet, The Woodland Enterprise Centre and TimberBuild Network SE

Harvesting and recycling rainwater
Mischa Hewitt, project manager of Low Carbon Trust’s Earthship Brighton

Self-build the Walter Segal Way
Geoff Stow of Walter Segal Self Build Trust

Strawbale houses – sustainable urban choices
Barbara Jones of Amazon Nails - Strawbale futures

Westergate Business Centre – renewable energy and sustainability in construction
Andy Smith.

ZEDFactory
Taus Larsen of Bill Dunster Architects ZEDfactory

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