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The Energy Saving
Trust (EST) and BRE today launched resource04, a unique four-day
event highlighting the latest energy efficiency and renewable energy
technologies for buildings.
resource04 provided
delegates with an unparalleled insight into the challenges facing
the property and construction industries as the UK looks to meet its
national targets for tackling climate change.
The Minister of State for Energy,
Stephen Timms MP, delivered the keynote speech on the opening day,
and focused on the UK's renewable energy challenge and renewables
targets for 2010 and 2050.
resource04 included
a mixture of exhibitions, showcasing innovative and practical energy
saving technologies and techniques, alongside a series of seminars,
speeches and debates involving key figures from Government
departments and industry.
As well as including a range of
speakers from EST and BRE, there were contributions from the
Department for Trade and Industry (DTI), the Office of the Deputy
Prime Minister (ODPM), the Department for Environment, Food and
Rural Affairs (DEFRA), the Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (OFGEM),
Solar Century and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), as well as a number
of speakers from housing associations, architectural practices,
housing developers and other organisations involved with the built
environment.
For further information contact:
Ben Frankel, Luther Pendragon, on 020
7618 9100 or benfrankel@luther.co.uk
Huma Humayun, Energy Saving Trust, on
020 7654 2492 or humah@est.co.uk
Helen Ball, BRE, on 01923 664303 or ballh@bre.co.uk
The Energy Saving Trust
The Energy Saving Trust (EST)
was set up by the UK Government after the 1992 Rio Earth Summit and
is one of the UK's leading organisations addressing the damaging
effects of climate change. EST's goal is to achieve the sustainable
and efficient use of energy, to cut the carbon dioxide emissions
which are the key contributor to global warming. EST is a non-profit
organisation funded by governments and the private sector.
Working with a range of partners, EST focuses on delivering
practical solutions for households, small firms and the road
transport sector - solutions which save energy and deliver cleaner
air.
Current priorities are to:
- simulate
energy efficiency in UK households and achieve social,
environmental and economic benefits
- create
a market for clean fuel vehicles which will deliver local and
global environmental benefits
- simulate
a market for renewable energy which will achieve social,
environmental and economic benefits.
www.est.org.uk
BRE
is owned by the Foundation for the Built Environment
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