Scottish Energy and Environment Conference

Roseanna Cunningham MSP

Minister for the Environment

Presentation of the 2010 Awards

• BAE Systems Surface Ships Environmental School Award
  Introduction by Ian Pike, Operations Director, BAE Systems Surface Ships
• Carbon Trust Low Carbon Building Award
  Introduction by John Stocks, Manager, Scotland, Carbon Trust

Alex Hill

Chief Advisor's Office, Edinburgh

Met Office

Alex will give a brief expose of how important weather is to the functioning of a modern technological society and how much climate change will impact in the next 40 years.

Graham Holmes

Head of Safety & Facilities Management

BAE Systems

This will be a joint presentation from Graham Holmes and Rebecca Brothers

The Brough site and the local community were devastated by the floods of June 2007; this presentation covers the initial impact on the site, the proactive measures taken to reduce the impact, evacuation process and the recovery of the business to ensure the site was back fully operational within thirty six hours.

The support activities to our employees through a Flood Forum and centre will be shared and how the impacts on absence and performance issues were not adversely affected through ongoing support and communications.

Finally the importance of robust emergency preparedness processes and business community management plans are to reduce the risk and impact on your business.

Rebecca Brothers

Community & Events Advisor

BAE Systems

Flooding not only has a huge impact upon a business's facilities, but also its employees.  This presentation covers how BAE Systems exercised its duty of care to its employees following the initial impact of the flooding that occurred in June 2007.  It also describes how the company established and managed a support forum for its employees, along with a centre which provided resources to aid the support process, and what resulting impact this had on the business.

Brendan Dick

Director

BT Scotland

This presentation will expose some of the challenges organisations face if sustainable economic growth is to be achieved for the long term.  Brendan will offer ideas for organisations to undertake that will allow them to mitigate the impact of, and adapt to, the changing climate.

Gill Davies

Manager, Energy Efficiency Design Awards

Energy Saving Trust

The £1 million Scottish Energy Efficiency Design Award (EEDA) scheme was announced in February 2009, and opened in April.  Non commercial organisations, such as local authorities and registered social landlords were invited to submit bids for grants of up to £250,000 to support projects that demonstrate a replicable, affordable and innovative approach to improving the energy performance of existing homes, particularly those considered hard to treat.

The 5 successful projects, set to share an expected £993k, come from bases in Kirkcaldy, Macduff, Upper Largo, Skye and Lochalsh and Westray.  All 5 of the winning projects are retrofits in housing that is considered 'hard to treat' with 3 located in listed buildings.  The residents of 4 of the sites are social tenants and 1 consists of private owner occupiers.

The second round of the Energy Efficiency Design Awards opened to applications on October 2009 and will close 19 April 2010.  The maximum award is £250,000 and entries will be assessed after the closing date.  This year, applicants may also apply for up to £5,000 for costs of any feasibility studies to undertake for the project.

John Pooley

Managing Director

The John Pooley Consultancy

Accounting for carbon as a resource and factoring it in to strategic decision making are core competences that the business/organisation of the future needs as we move towards the low carbon economy.

This presentation will review these issues and look at what organisations can do to turn carbon issues to their advantage.  In particular it will address:

• Corporate carbon literacy and numeracy - who needs to know what?
• Who will be the carbon accountants?
• Carbon, CSR and sustainability - one size fits all?
• Integrating carbon into business strategy - a carbon plan or a business plan?

Mike Simpson

Technical & Design Director

Philips Lighting

Lighting represents 14% of energy use. New technologies offer the possibility to make big savings but the speed of adoption is still slow. Will the new LED technology change that and deliver even bigger carbon savings? The presentation will look at how LED's are taking over from traditional light sources and offer new possibilities for the designer.

Jon Cape

Managing Director

Renew Services Ltd

This presentation will explain the benefits of modern local energy networks (district heating/CHP).  How can they benefit users?  How can they help meet climate change and energy targets?  How can they be developed and funded?  Jon will give examples of completed and developing projects and look at where the opportunities are arising in Scotland and elsewhere in the UK.