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Green Roof Congress details unveiled at Ecobuild

CIRIA is to unveil details of the World Green Roof Congress as exhibitors at this year’s Ecobuild exhibition in London.

The Congress – supported by The Mayor of London’s Office and in partnership with Livingroofs.org – is the first event of its kind to showcase green roofs to a world-wide audience in the UK.

As well as taking the opportunity to find out more and register an interest in the World Green Roof Congress, visitor’s to CIRIA’s stand will be able to take advantage of a half-price offer on the best-selling Working with wildlife site guide (C567), explore available training options for a range of environmentally-themed areas – including green roofs, SUDS and environmental good practice on site.

Ecobuild is the UK’s only event dedicated to sustainable design and construction. It attracts hundreds of suppliers of green building products and services and brings together professionals from all parts of the construction sector.

Ecobuild takes place at Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London from 26-28 February 2008. To register, visit www.ecobuild.co.uk. CIRIA will be located on stand E286. For further information about CIRIA, visit www.ciria.org; email enquiries@ciria.org or telephone 020 7549 3300.

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For further press information, contact James Milne by sending and email to press@ciria.org

About Ecobuild 2008

• The biggest showcase of sustainable construction products in the UK – more than 500 exhibitors and thousands of products and services
• Over 75 seminars – free seminars, presented by experts, giving practical advice on every aspect of sustainable design and construction, from Adapting design & planning for climate change and Anatomy of a zero carbon house through to Choosing & using low and zero carbon materials and Water efficiency in the built environment
• Attractions and special events including The zero carbon house, Road to zero carbon, Solar city and SoH2O
• The Arena – controversial viewpoints and expert opinions meet around the hottest topics in construction and the built environment, including Zero carbon – how low can you go? and It’s the existing stock, stupid!
• Inspiring keynote addresses from well-known figures such as Janet Street-Porter, Kirsty Lang and Wayne Hemingway

Visiting Ecobuild is free. Visit www.ecobuild.co.uk

About CIRIA

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 500 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 20 books published per annum.

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