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Intelligent Buildings: More for less – Saving costs and delivering sustainability in the educational estate Friday 1st October 2010   CABE, 1 Kemble St, London WC2B 4AN CIBSE (School Design Group and Intelligent Building Group) Special ...»

SCALA/SCEME/CLAW Study Day - “Are we ready for the challenge of a new decade” – 11 June 2010   Following last year’s very successful Study Day at the Welsh School of Architecture, SCALA, SCEME and CLAW have once again come together to explore how delegates can meet the challenge of building a sustainable environment with the added challenges arising from the election, an ever...»

This consultation paper mapped out key issues related to establishing a system and set of policies for a low carbon schools sector. It was accompanied by Towards a Schools Carbon Management Plan - Evidence and assumptions informing consultation on a schools carbon management plan. CIBSE's key message, given that schools account for around 2% of UK greenhouse gas emissions, was that the schools sector should aim...»

  Date: 07th and 08th January 2010Location: University College London, Wilkins Building, Gower Street, WC1E6BT London Organisers: Nottingham University, UCL, CIBSE School Design Group, CIBSE Natural Ventilation Group and IBPSA-England   CIBSE School Design Group and CIBSE Natural Ventilation Group have contributed to the organisation of this international symposium which will introduce different approaches to downdraught cooling and illustrate this...»

International Safer Schools, Safer Communities (ISSSC) conference Ensuring safe and secure environments for children, young people and the community Organised by OECD/CELE, Department for Children, Schools and Families, the Home Office, United Kingdom and BREOne of the principal pre-requisites of a quality education is a safe and secure environment for staff, students and communities. As part of the »

Don’t forget to book your place at our interesting conference on November 24th.  It’s going to be a really interesting day.    ·         Update from Tim Byles on the latest initiatives to improve the design of school buildings and grounds.   ·         Overview of the School design review panel results and trends from CABE   ·         Dutch master, Herman Hertzberger will talk about...»

DCSF is consulting with schools and stakeholders to gather views about what can be done to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the schools sector, what needs to be put in place and what can be achieved. The consultation process will inform the development of a carbon management strategy for the schools sector which will help to guide policy in the years to come....»

CIBSE School Design Group @ IBPSA World Conference Wednesday, 29th July 2009, Glasgow Scotland On Use of Building Simulation in School Building Design To register, please send an e-mail to: d.mumovic@ucl.ac.uk or go to www.bs2009.org and click Register and Login. (£140 per delegate). Please note that this event is a part of a 3 day conference organised by Strathclyde University. Chair: Dr Dejan Mumovic, University College London 9.40 - 10.00 John Palmer (AECOM):...»

'KGH' is an international event supported by REHVA. The programme of this year’s congress is primarily focused on refrigeration, with our desire to mark the centenary of refrigeration science and engineering and the International. Institute of Refrigeration, as an intergovernmental institution, which has an aim to improve refrigeration for the benefit of the whole mankind. In addition to refrigeration sections, the thematic fields of the congress include the issues related to...»

ICEBO 2009 will take place November 17-18, 2009 in Austin, Texas.  The conference will be at the AT&T Conference Center, a LEEDs-certified building, on the campus of The University of Texas.  ICEBO 2009 is hosted by the Energy Systems Laboratory located at Texas A&M University, College Station and co-hosted by Austin Energy.  For registration and more detailed information, please visit our website.   The conference will bring...»