FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CIRIA – the leading provider of best practice guidance and training for issues relating to the modern built environment – will be launching the Local Authority Network on Drainage and Flood Risk Management (LANDFORM) at this year’s biggest new sustainability, regeneration and innovation exhibition, THINK07
LANDFORM will disseminate research outputs and policy on good practice relating to sustainable drainage and flood risk management issues to planners, local authorities and key stakeholders. This follows the creation of CIRIA’s Local Authority Contaminated Land network (LACL), of which 130 of the UK’s local authorities are now members. Also launched at THINK07, will be the Brownfield Risk Management Forum, a network developed to encourage and promote sustainable practices for brownfield projects in the UK.
In addition, visitors to CIRIA’s exhibition stand can find out about a raft of training courses for 2007 aimed at improving sustainability skills, with events focusing on environmental good practice, working with wildlife, SUDS, sustainable whole life costing and green roofs.
Reflecting THINK07’s main themes – sustainability, regeneration and innovation – CIRIA’s stand will also have information about current research projects on invasive plant species, assessing risk on UXO sites and managing archaeological risk in construction; new sustainable drainage guidance, The SUDS Manual (C697); details of a two day conference in autumn 2007 about environmental good practice and contaminated land; as well as information about CIRIA’s long-running network for championing sustainable construction, the Construction Industry Environmental Forum (CIEF).
THINK07 takes place at ExCel London from 1-3 May 2007. To register, visit www.think07.co.uk. CIRIA will be located on stand J4. 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.
The built environment accounts for about 50% of the UK’s carbon dioxide emissions and it’s increasingly clear that we have to change the way we design, construct and use buildings – and do so fast. This means rethinking the whole process and taking a fresh look at what we mean by, and how we achieve, a sustainable built environment – from specifying low energy lighting to creating places where people really want to live and work.
Think takes place from 1-3 May 2007 at ExCeL, London and is a new landmark event for the UK construction and property markets, comprising high-profile conferences, exhibitions and networking opportunities around three themes: sustainability, regeneration and innovation.
Think is gathering together the country’s leading opinion formers and
thinkers to debate:
• How the built environment meet today’s changing environmental,
economic and social needs
• What needs to happen to make the built environment truly ‘fit
for purpose’ in a carbon-constrained world
• What sustainability means for the private sector and government bodies
involved in regeneration?
• The wider responsibilities of the property and construction industries
as we deal with the issues of climate change, urban renewal and redevelopment
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.