Local Groups

Local Group meetings are happening all over the country and to let you know what is happening in your neck of the woods, details will soon be appearing on the soon to be launched ‘news, events, articles and features’ section of the AECB website.

  • Yorkshire

One of these events is the first meeting of the Yorkshire Group (organised and run by Matthew Thompson) on Thursday the 14th July. Bill Butcher and Chris Herring from the Green Building Store (and AECB of course) have invited the group to hold their inaugural meeting at their premises. The Green Building Store is a winner of the Queen’s Award for Enterprise for its ‘pioneering approach to sustainability’. Chris Herring will open with a presentation regarding the AECB and the Passivhaus Trust, followed by Bill Butcher discussing the Denby Dale Passivhaus Project.

  • Edinburgh

Also on the evening of 14th July the Central Scotland Group will be meeting up. The venue is The Melting Pot, 5 Rose Street, Edinburgh which is not a pub (as you might have thought) but a unique place in the heart of Edinburgh providing spaces for individuals and organisations to work, connect, meet and hold events. The Melting Pot believes in keeping their carbon footprint as low as possible, as well as helping our members and events customers minimise their impact on the environment. Deliberately chosen for its city centre location it occupies the top floor of Thorn House.

  • Nottingham

On Saturday 16th July (Zero Carbon Britain Day) the Nottingham Group will be visiting the first of Transition West Bridgford’s “Eco Houses Under Construction” at West Bridgford, Nottingham. This refurbishment hopes to achieve very close to the Passivhaus Standard for refurbished buildings (EnerPHit) and the visit will include a talk by Steve Day, Fabric Architects. The second event in the series will be an open day at a new, super-insulated, timber frame house held the following weekend, 23rd July, with a talk by architect Mike Siebert of Ecologic Homes. Email info@becohouses.co.uk to reserve your place(s) and to receive further details.

Some of the other group meeting dates are as follows:

  • Birmingham

Thursday 28th July ‘Energy and the Built Environment’ by Bernard Perkins.

  • Milton Keynes

Monday 18th July ‘Building Augmented wind turbines?’ by Derek Taylor.

  • Cheshire, Staffs & Shropshire

20th July visit to the new eco-self-build home in Shrewsbury

  • Hampshire Group

10.30 a.m. on Tuesday morning 12th July at Blake Lapthorn Auditorium, New Kings Court, Tollgate, Eastleigh SO53 3TG for a meeting in conjunction with the Sustainable Construction Network. There will be four thought provoking speakers including our own Jo Saady.

  • In the pipeline

Events in the pipeline (with dates to be confirmed): A new meeting for the Herts, Bucks, Middx area with Nicky Bryden of Clearplan Project Managers giving a presentation of some of their sustainable building projects; London have visits planned to both the Dalston Farm Shop and Wimbish Passivhaus projects; and the various groups in the South East are organising a visit to the Weald and Downland Museum where AECB member, Steve Curtis of Greenman Carpentry will be showing us their work on the Building Crafts Gallery at the Museum.

Contact Debbie email: Debbie@aecb.net for information on any of the Local Group events.