The Carbon Trust and Siemens have launched a scheme to provide UK businesses with green equipment finance worth up to 550 million over the next three years. This major new deal will boost green growth and unlock business investment in the low carbon economy key to the UK s recovery. ...

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PEDAL - Portobello Transition Town is recruiting 2 workers to help deliver their carbon reduction initiative. 1. Low Carbon Living Co-ordinator ( 28,152 pa, 35 hours per week) 2. Office Manager ( 23,000 pa pro rata, part-time, 21 hours per week) Both posts are subject to confirmation of funding ...

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In November 2010, the Building Standards Division issued a Consultation on Sustainability Labelling Within Building Standards. The public consultation on the proposals has now closed. A report on the consultation responses has been published and can be accessed at: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Built-Environment/Building/Building-standards/publications/pubconsult The system of labelling recognizes achieving the current minimum standards, ...

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New on-line renewables advice has replaced some former planning advice documents together with an external wind farm website. This initial launch comprises 10 advice sheets on renewable technologies. These will be supplemented later in the year with further advice on renewables related subjects. Your feedback would be helpful to ...

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SEPA sets out how they will help Scotland achieve its sustainable energy ambitions: Energy is fundamental to Scotland's economy but a substantial proportion of carbon emissions arise from our energy demand. So how do we move to a low carbon economy, while still ensuring we have enough energy to meet ...

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The online Change! tool created and developed by the environmental charity WWF and CAG Consultants, and funded by NESTA (National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts) is a fully automated project management instrument that has been developed to enable practitioners to evaluate, simply and effectively, the impact of ...

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On 30 December, the Scottish Government published a public engagement strategy, setting out it how it will work to inform the public of the country s climate change targets, and encourage them to contribute to achieving those targets. Part 6 of the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 requires the ...

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Make a contribution, air your most profound lessons (or the things you rant about). The questions raised by art and ecology, the issues of culture in a time of environmental crisis, don t always impact on mainstream public art practices. The public invitation to contribute to a new series ...

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ecoartscotland is a new project focused on the connections between culture and environment. It is a platform for practice and research focused on the cultural challenges of environmental crisis. ecoartscotland draws on a wide range of sources to provide up to date information on everything from funding and creative opportunities ...

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In December 2010 A+DS teamed up with Kingsford Primary School in Aberdeen to run a workshop to deliver the architecture input that the school was looking for to help them in taking part in the National Theatre of Scotland Extreme Arts Project. The results of this partnership will be showcased ...

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