FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
The recent announcement by Gordon Brown relating to the construction of a number of eco-towns combining affordability and high sustainability credentials creates further momentum to the sustainability agenda.
A DTI Global Watch Mission led by CIRIA produced a report "Towards Zero Carbon Homes" which illustrates other Northern European countries’ approach to the design and construction of low carbon homes.
The mission examined design and construction of new housing, refurbishment of older housing, emerging and existing energy technologies, materials and technical factors. The report’s conclusions stated that zero carbon technologies can be applied to a wide range of new and refurbished buildings through a mixture of good design and use of technology.
Since the launch in mid March, over 2,500 copies of the report have been downloaded from CIRIA’s website, with many more downloading the report from from DTI’s global watch website, confirming the industry’s appetite for information in this area.
Copies of the report and the presentations made at the launch are available from CIRIA’s website.
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For further press information, contact James Milne at CIRIA, Classic House, 174-180 Old Street, London EC1V 9BP. Tel: 020 7549 3342; Email: press@ciria.org
DTI Global Watch Missions have enabled small groups of UK experts to visit leading overseas technology organisations to learn vital lessons about innovation and its implementation of benefit to entire industries and individual organisations.
By stimulating debate and informing industrial thinking and action, missions have offered unique opportunities for fast-tracking technology transfer, sharing deployment know-how, explaining new industry infrastructures and policies, and developing relationships and collaborations.
CIRIA is a member-owned organisation that works with the construction industry,
government and academia to provide performance improvement products and services
in the construction and related industries. It was founded in 1960 and currently
engages with around 700 subscribing organisations.
Activities include collaborative projects, networking, publishing, workshops,
seminars and conferences. About 40 projects are run at any one time, about
100 events are staged every year, and 25 books published per annum.