Sustainable Communities conference

The Corn Exchange, Exeter

14 July 2009

Copies of the presentations from the conference are available below.

Creating a sustainable community is a highly complex task & one that relies on consideration of a number of broader issues as well as dealing with matters at the individual building level.

This ½ day conference focused on some of the key neighbourhood or development-scale issues when it comes to creating sustainable communities, such as transport, green infrastructure & the public realm, energy generation & community involvement.

Expert speakers provided examples of best practice & the latest thinking in each of these areas, focusing on the challenges that arise when considering these issues & the solutions that exist to overcome them.

The conference was organised by the Devon Sustainable Building Initiative (DSBI) & Ecos Trust on behalf of Constructing Excellence SW & Future Foundations.

For copies of the presentations from the conference please click on the links below.

All presentations are in PDF format.

Please note that some of the presentations are very large.

Sustainable Energy and New Communities (3.4MB)

Rob Shaw, Associate Director, AECOM

Green infrastructure and the public realm (2.3MB)

Len Croney, CABE Space enabler

Tackling Transport Issues (4.2MB)

Professor Graham Parkhurst, Centre for Transport & Society, University of the West of England (UWE)

Community Engagement (16MB)

Rebecca Taylor, Associate, John Thompson & Partners