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“The planning system could be like a sealed vessel through which we measure carbon emissions, but currently it acts more like a colander ...” #PlanningPolicy is uniquely placed to contribute to the UK’s #NetZero targets. Local plans — the rules and regulations regarding development in a specific area — could require all construction to be low carbon and climate resilient. So, why don’t they? Here, CSE’s Daniel Stone and Neil Best MRTPI share how their research with Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA) for the Climate Change Committee uncovered a huge gulf between spatial planning policy and the UK's net zero goals. Read the full report 👇 https://lnkd.in/eReWeM7A

Prefabricated Building with Natural Materials Monday 13th May 19:00 BST 🏗 The ACAN #NaturalMaterials Group is delighted to welcome Craig White, Barbara Jones and Will Kirkman, experts in building with natural materials. They will discuss the prefabricated systems that they work with, with examples from across the UK and Europe. The presentations will be followed by a live Q&A. This event is FREE to attend, however donations are welcomed to support ACAN actions. 🌱Craig White: Craig is CEO at Agile Homes. Agile delivers low-carbon, affordable homes to those in housing need using low-carbon, modern methods of construction, built and scaled at pace. Agile is helping to solve the housing crisis, using a land-supply that is new, free & hidden in plain sight. The climate emergency drives Agile’s design and development of its products and services, to ensure that operational energy and embodied carbon is minimised and that only natural and renewable, carbon capturing materials are used in the fabric of its build systems. 🌱 Barbara Jones: Barbara is the founder of The School of Natural Building, and the UK’s preeminent straw-bale building authority. She has decades of experience with straw bale building, clay and lime plastering, building physics and leading work on building sites across the UK and Europe. Barbara set up Straw Works, now Wellspring Architecture, which is a bespoke design company specialising in buildings made of straw and other healthy natural materials. Barbara is now a technical consultant at EcoCocon, an innovative wall system making the best of natural materials while ensuring healthy, comfortable, and energy-efficient living at the same time. 🌱 Will Kirkman: Will is the managing director of Ecomerchant, a business specialised in sustainable and natural building materials for the building trade and consumers. He recently set up We Build Eco a building company producing energy-efficient building kits from any design with a fast and precise process. Their kits are easy to assemble, and the buildings are natural, healthy and sustainable. Book your space now via the link in our comment!

Calling all UK and EU businesses and skills providers! In collaboration with the UK Skills Partnership the UK Mission to the EU is hosting a Green Skills Workshop in Brussels between 2-7pm on Thursday 29th February for UK and EU skills providers, businesses and business advisers to facilitate knowledge-sharing and encourage cooperation on developing skills training which meets the workforce needs of the renewable energy sectors and sustainable construction. Register ASAP to secure your place at: ➡ https://lnkd.in/dyydKq2f

First Minister Humza Yousaf visited BE-ST’s Innovation Campus today to announce the Scottish Funding Council's future approach to investing in Scotland’s innovation centres and to officially open BE-ST's National Retrofit Centre of Excellence. Stephen Good, CEO of BE-ST, said: “It was an honour to welcome the First Minister to BE-ST today and to be able to showcase the work we do every day and how far we have come since we were initially funded by the SFC back in 2014. After starting with an empty factory space, opening the National Retrofit Centre of Excellence today was a huge milestone in BE-ST's journey and the forthcoming SFC funding will only go to supercharge the delivery of an active skills programme in this space. " Read more ➡️ https://bit.ly/3HnpCSI