Education

The Sustainable Reality Seminar theatre sees a series of dedicated seminars providing expert opinion and advice on the challenges and issues ahead for the industry. With an emphasis on positive action, these seminars will provide real insights, practical information and direction to help put your sustainability roadmap in practice.

2009 Sessions included:

• Tackling Climate Change during a Downturn
• Achieving the Climate Change Targets for 2020 and Beyond
• Climate Policy for Business
• Gearing up for the Carbon Reduction Commitment
• Global Standards: Creating an International Language for Carbon
• Building Zero: Masdar City
• Debate: Achieving Zero Carbon
• Case Study: Innovative Solutions for the Education Sector
• Carbon Monitoring: Lessons for Footprinting
• Investing in Clean Energy
• Case Study:  Leicester College Embraces Wind Turbine Technology
• CHP: The Key to Low-Carbon Strategy
• Debate: Renewables in Action
• Case Study: Tesco Building Environmental Stores
• Case Study: Sony’s Green Management Plan

These dedicated seminar sessions are case-study focused and will give you insight into how to put theory into practice. Learn first hand what organisations have found invaluable to their energy saving campaign and what they could improve. These sessions are crucial to help you live up to your boardroom's expectations, corporate social responsibility goals and limit the impact of rising energy prices.

Be2Camp at Working Buildings 2009 was an “unconference” – a facilitated, participant-driven conference centred around Web 2.0 and the built environment. Where you suggest the topics you want to here, volunteer to speak, nominate speakers, suggest alternative speakers or suggest a topic for discussion.

As such Be2Camp at Working Buildings provides an organic and changeable collection of seminar sessions. By encouraging volunteers to speak we are ensuing that you are hearing the most up-to-date content from those with true passion and ideas.

The primary focus of Green500 scheme is to work with organisations with the greatest carbon saving potential.

With increased attention on IT as the fastest growing sector of energy use, this best practice panel aims to discuss some of the key issues and challenges involved. This session would discuss the sustainable IT solutions available and how these can be best used to reduce carbon footprint. Amongst the issues to be discussed include; date centres, infrastructure, Government policy, innovation and savings from green IT.