Joanna Yarrow hosted a ‘Question Time’ style debate on ‘Low carbon homes: a reality check’ in the main arena at the recent EcoBuild conference. Organised by the Good Homes Alliance, this event explored whether the Government’s Code for Sustainable Homes will really deliver low carbon homes, or whether flaws in the Code might actually deliver homes that perform more poorly than those built to 2006 Building Regulations. It asked what else needs to be examined in our current solutions for sustainable house building in the UK.
Low carbon homes; a reality check
Posted 27 February 2008 by joanna
Posted in Build, Inspiration, Live, News
Tags Beyond Green Living, Carbon, Housing, Speaking
Climate change – the role of the communicator
Joanna Yarrow chaired a debate on the role of the communicator in efforts to combat climate change at the Fourth Annual IVCA Essential Communications Conference hosted by the London Stock Exchange – an annual event that focuses on the latest developments in the communication of CSR, Sustainable Development and Social Inclusion. Chairing a panel including representatives from Icon Films, Proctor and Gamble, Coast Magazine and the National Trust, Joanna led a discussion about how communicators promote issues ranging from climate change awareness to implementing sustainable development, and how communications could be harnessed to achieve greater sustainability at all levels of an organisation.
What does England mean to you?
What would hotter, drier summers, more frequent water shortages, flash floods and storms would mean to the South East of England? A new booklet describes how the region could change forever within 50 years if opportunities to lessen the impacts of climate change are not taken now. The booklet is a product of the Tomorrow’s England project (funded by DEFRA and overseen by a coalition of organisations including Beyond Green), which aims to communicate the impacts of climate change on the regions of England. Amongst other resources, the project website also provides a toolkit to help people to communicate and discuss the negative changes the booklet describes, and find ways to mitigate them.
Beyond Green appointed by Blue Sustainable Living Limited
We are delighted to announce that Beyond Green will be the lead sustainability consultants for new company Blue Sustainable Living Ltd, which has recently announced the formation of a new joint venture with Development Securities PLC. Blue Sustainable Living’s purpose is to pursue residential and mixed-use development opportunities in the UK, through which to define, develop and promote high-quality, authentically sustainable places and communities. Development Securities is one of the UK’s leading property development and investment companies, specialising in large-scale, mixed-use, urban regeneration projects. The joint venture’s first project is already in development: a planning application is expected to be submitted later in 2008 for a new mixed-use neighbourhood of some 800 homes that aims to establish new standards for authentic sustainable development in the UK. Beyond Green’s established strengths in place-making, project management, housing, sustainability infrastructure, behaviour change, communications and delivery planning will be applied to this and future Blue Sustainable Living projects.
A new life for Stanton Ironworks
Beyond Green has been hired by the developer Spring to provide planning and sustainability expertise for the redevelopment of Stanton Ironworks, a 500-acre site near Ilkeston. The ironworks once employed 12,000 and was one of Derbyshire’s leading manufacturing centres and the heart of the local area. A recent feature in the Derby Evening Telegraph highlighted the role Beyond Green will play. In the article, our chief executive Jonathan Smales outlines the vision for a place that “will feel like a traditional village” and will have “a proper centre, with shops, mixed uses and some employment”. Spring’s planning director Keith Fenwick describes the project as “a fantastic opportunity to create something really special.” During the next 18 months, Spring and Beyond Green will create a masterplan for the area, informed by public consultations, exhibitions and design workshops involving residents. A planning application is expected to be submitted in summer 2009.
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