With the Carbon Reduction Commitment’s official introduction from the first of next month (see HEJ – February 2010), and carbon saving now high on the agenda for all healthcare estates personnel, the Institute is keen to draw members’ attention to a series of seminars it is staging this year, “Planning to achieve carbon reduction commitment targets for healthcare premises – practical information and guidance”, the first of which takes place this month.
Covering topics including the Carbon Reduction Commitment; current relevant HTM documents; “creating a carbon strategy document”; “roles and responsibilities”, and “optimising low and zero carbon technologies”, this month’s seminar will be held in Birmingham on 24 March; with subsequent seminars taking place in London on 20 April; Leeds on 29 April, and in Edinburgh on a date to be confirmed. The events will see speakers from Government departments and industry discuss the latest legislation and the implications for healthcare buildings, and offer valuable advice on how to develop carbon reduction strategies. Those presenting at the first will include David Pencheon, director of the NHS Sustainable Development Unit; Chris Hall and David Leonard from the BRE; Peter Clutton- Brock of the Department of Energy & Climate Change, and Graeme Hall, managing director of Brandon Medical. This issue of HEJ incorporates, as an insert, full programme details for this month’s seminar, and a booking form for those wishing to attend this first carbon reduction event or those planned for London and Leeds. For more details contact Jeff Pickering, at: jeff.pickering@iheem.org.uk T: 023 9282 3186, or visit www.iheem.org.uk/events
