The Scottish Government

Sustainable School Estate Seminar - March 25, 2009, Edinburgh

The seminar, which took the form of presentations from a range of sustainability professionals, was chaired by John Easton (Archial Sustainable Futures) and attended by a broad range of stakeholders with an interest in the 'Greener' school agenda, including local authority representatives, architects and engineers.

Presentations:

• Welcome and Introduction - John Easton, Archial Sustainable Futures

• Sustainable School Estate Knowledge Portal - Lori McElroy, The Lighthouse

• Scotland's Climate Change Policy - George Tavit, Sustainable Scotland Network
• The Sullivan Report and Follow-Up Research - Dr Linda Sheridan, Scottish Building Standards and Jobran Hammoud, Davis Langdon
• Inverclyde Schools Project (two separate presentations) - Tom Reid, Inverclyde Council and Renate Powell, the Carbon Trust
• Optimising the Internal Environment - Gordon Hudson, Mott MacDonald
• Whitecross High School 'An Exemplar Classroom Design' - Colin Ashford
• Eco-minimalism and Principles of Passive Design - Howard Liddle, Gaia Architects (available soon)
• Renewable Energy Technologies - Andrew Lyle, RD Energy Solutions
• BREEAM Education - Leanne McMillan, BRE
• The Schools Renewables Initiative - Ruth Evans and Brid McKibben, Schools Renewables Development Officers
• Eco-Schools/WWF Local Footprints Project - Kate Campbell, Eco-schools Scotland and Betsy King, WWF Local Footprints Project

For further information, including contact details of any of the presenters, please contact the school estate team, email schoolestate@scotland.gsi.gov.uk or telephone 0131 244 0877.