Property, Energy and Climate Change ... Sustainability Myths and Financial Reality
Date:
Thursday 2 October 2008
Time:
4.30pm to 7.30pm
Venue:
Berwin Leignton Paisner, Adelaide House, London Bridge, London
Panel of speakers include:
Dr Tim Jervis, Director of Sustainability, Pell Frischmann
Professor David MacKay, Professor of Natural Philosophy, Department of Physics, University of Cambridge
Dr Angus McIntosh, Partner and Head of Research, King Sturge
'The UK are experiencing an energy crisis. The last year has seen unprecendented rises in the price of electricity, gas, petrol, diesel and food. Domestic energy production is woefully inadequate to meet current lifestyle demands. Do we change our lifestyles, or our energy policy, or both? Do we continue to rely on imported energy, or do we embrace the sustainability vision? More wind farms? More nuclear power? Wave technology? Clean coal?... Do we need endery efficient sustainable buildings, with low running costs? Is sustainable energy a financial reality, or just another political myth? Is the concept of sustainability a reality in the property market?
But how do we measure energy efficiency correctly, and how do we compare the relative merits of different energy sources? Following their highly topical presentation to the Society at the Summer Dinner at Fitswilliam College in 2007, Tim Jervis and David MacKay are joined by Angus McIntosh to expose the myths and realities of sustainable development in a presentation that will appeal to all those with an interest in environmental matters together with both residential and commercial property markets'