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Cities and Built Environment

October 2011 Activities


Throughout October, 2degrees will be bringing you a range of content and activities relating to sustainability across the built environment. Join us for webinars on topics including the commercial and sustainability opportunities offered by the growing sizes of our cities, as well as a podcast on the rise of the megacity in Asia. Well also be looking at the roll-out of electric vehicle infrastructure and the opportunities the smart gird offers for cutting energy consumption of data centers. Also, follow our coverage of this years Greenbuild and read the blog posts from our regular contributors.

Green Build 2011

As Greenbuild enters its 10 year, it is moving outside of the US for the first time and heading for Toronto, Canada. Offering a snapshot of the green building industry as a whole, well be bringing you blog post updates of whats happening at the event together with any key announcements and technology trends that emerge.

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Thought Leadership

Throughout October, well have blog posts form our regular line up of contributors including: Paul Hinkin of Black Architecture, Robert de Jong from the Urban Land Institute, Martin Townsend of BRE Global and Juliette Daniels of the London Climate Change

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Partnership.

Cities and Built Environment


October 2011 Activities

Future Cities in a Resource Constrained World: Commercial opportunities

79% of the world's population is forecast to live in cities by 2040. Given that cities provide an effective scale to respond to many of the challenges of resource constraints, they are becoming a focus for companies interested in understanding future growth opportunities and for governments developing responses to sustainability challenges. This webinar will look at a recent study by Shell examining the drivers of city development, the development pathways of different city archetypes to 2025 and the stresses on cities - which present both challenges and commercial opportunities.

WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 5

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3:00 P.M. (BST) / 10:00 A.M. (EDT)

Data Centers and the Smart Grid

The smart grid has the potential to radically change the way we produce, distribute and use electricity. This webinar will explore the opportunities that the smart grid offers for the reduction in energy consumption of data centers, looking at this from both the

THURSDAY OCTOBER 6

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IT and data center facility perspective as well as offering tips on how to sell the idea to clients.

3:00 P.M. (BST) / 10:00 A.M. (EDT)

Existing Commercial Offices: How well do they perform?

A group of leading global real estate companies have got together to monitor and improve the environmental performance of existing buildings. Find out how they are tackling the issues and what has been learnt so far about the performance of existing commercial office buildings across Europe.

THURSDAY OCTOBER 13

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3:00 P.M. (BST) / 10:00 A.M. (EDT)

The Rise of the Mega-City

In this podcast with Thomas Tang, Regional Director of AECOM Asia, we hear about the pressures that mass urbanization is having on cities across the region, find out how they are responding to the challenges and learn which ones to watch in

TUESDAY OCTOBER 18

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the coming decade.

Cities and Built Environment


October 2011 Activities

Making Waste Beautiful: Improving design, changing public perceptions


TUESDAY OCTOBER 11
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How can waste companies transform the image of the industry? This webinar will explore the need for better design for energy from waste infrastructure.

3:00 P.M. (BST) / 10:00 A.M. (EDT)

Plugging In: How to deliver electric vehicle infrastructure

The roll out of electric vehicle infrastructure is gathering pace across the UK. This webinar will explore how much electric vehicle infrastructure is needed, what user behavior and technology trends are emerging, how local authorities are building flexibility into their electric vehicle infrastructure plans and de-risking their investments. Well also look at the practicalities of deploying electric vehicle infrastructure that should be considered and how to tackle the chicken and egg scenario of installing the infrastructure first or waiting for the demand to materialize.

FRIDAY OCTOBER 21

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3:00 P.M. (BST) / 10:00 A.M. (EDT)

What do Local Enterprise Partnerships Mean for Sustainability?


FRIDAY OCTOBER 25
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By April next year, all of the UK's Regional Development Agencies will have been abolished and responsibility for economic development passed on to Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs). But what does this mean for the sustainability agenda? This webinar will explore how LEPs aim to meet the challenges of delivering sustainability at a local level.

3:00 P.M. (BST) / 10:00 A.M. (EDT)

Cities and Built Environment


October 2011 Activities

Coming up next month


In November, we will look at the issues surrounding the UKs Renewable Heat Incentive including what it means for commercial and public sector organizations and the technologies which will be eligible plus the key considerations with their installation. Well also look at specifying and procuring sustainable construction materials and the rise of the vertical city garden. Also be on the lookout for the following activities in the coming months:

A guide to improving the energy effi commercial sector o The role of Display Energy Certificates in the
o Water and the smart grid

Energy saving in the workplace through behavior change

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