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WELCOME
Welcome to the first Edition of Environment East’s
bi-weekly newsletter. Environment East is EEDA’s Enterprise hub
for Environmental technologies, stimulating the growth of the Environment
Sector in the six counties of Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire, Suffolk,
Norfolk, Essex and Hertfordshire.
The website aims to provide information for those working
in the Environment Sector and to bring them together in a virtual community.
It enables you to:
- Publicise events online
- Publish your news stories
- Be listed in the Directory enabling others to find
you and your products / services
- Debate topics with other professionals
Soon it will allow you to search and advertise jobs
and available courses in the region. To view the site, click
here.
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In this issue:
• Welcome
• Eco Innovation Centre opens
• Eco Innovation Breakfasts
• Update your Company profile
• News Stories
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ECO
INNOVATION CENTRE OPENS
 The
Environmental Industries in the East of England can boast that they now
have their own specialised innovation centre. Situated in central Peterborough,
the "Eco Innovation Centre" is a facility offering:
- Flexible Office Space - from hotdesks to 1-5 person offices
- Conference Rooms
- Presentation space
- Incubation services
Clients already signed up include the Centre for Sustainable Engineering
(which also manage the facility), UK CEED, Renewables East, Peterborough
Renewable Energy Ltd,
Cool Planet, Green Passion and Design Partners.
"We are very pleased with the response from Industry" commented
Guy Eames, Centre Manager, "already half of the space has been
taken in the second month of operation". This may not come as a
surprise, as Peterborough is already home to the country’s largest concentration
of Environmental businesses - the 340-strong "Enviro-Cluster"
- and has aspirations to become the UK’s Environment Capital.
The EIC was funded by a £300k grant from the East of England Development
Agency and is run on behalf of the Peterborough City Council. It is
the first project completed by Opportunity Peterborough in 2008, as
part of a series of £1bn urban regeneration programme for the
city. There are already plans to construct a Phase II of the Innovation
Centre within 3 years.
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ECO
INNOVATION BREAKFASTS
The Eco Innovation Centre in Peterborough will be holding breakfast
presentations by Innovators from the region.
Venue: EIC Peterborough PE1 1SA. Time 07:45 - 09:00. Light
breakfast only. Register now for tickets at £5 each by using the
registration form
3rd June - Heat Recovery from Ventilation
Dave Sheldon of Intra-Grated Solutions (IGS) has developed
an innovative solution to recover heat from refrigeration. This reduces
energy demands and carbon footprint in environments where refrigeration
and heating or other cooling needs are in found in close proximity.
Dave will give examples of applications and explain the obstacles to
rapid expansion of this innovation.
10th June - Eco Innovation Myths & Truths
Michael Reid, CSEng Technology Director, highlights cases in which
the good work of scientists, engineers and others to develop genuinely
sustainable technologies have been undermined by inflated or bogus claims
of breakthroughs.
17th June - Environmental and ethical marketing
and design: developing transparent, effective communication and brand
strategies
Claire Simsek of Green Passion Creative specialises in graphic design
that minimises environmental impact. She is qualified in product and
service innovation with a Masters in Design, Strategy and Innovation
management. Based in the Eco Innovation Centre, Claire will talk about
the ways in which companies can achieve effective environmental and
ethical communications through strategic planning and cultural innovation.
24th June - Hydraulic Modulation: Innovative
water saving technology
Mark Lock of Aquavent has developed innovations to automatically control
water pressures in mains, which reduces leaks. Rather than relying on
batteries, these devices use hydraulic modulation, so do not require
electricity. If installed widely, these could reduce the water currently
lost in the UK – the equivalent to 58 million baths a day in the
UK. Here Mark presents the Aquai-Mod® and discusses the obstacles
in reaching the market.
1st July - Anaerobic Digestion
Michael Langan, Commercial Director for the Centre for Sustainable Engineering
and Chairman of East Mids branch of the Energy Institute, has been working
on Anaerobic Digestion reactors which will maximise biomass to energy
conversion to optimise commercial performance and environmental benefits.
Anaerobic Digestion is being promoted as a key technology to deliver
a waste to energy solution resolving many waste management and renewable
energy issues.
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UPDATE
YOUR PROFILE
We are in
the process of updating the Company Database
on Environmment East to make sure that it is the prime resource for
comapnies in the East of England when looking for suppliers within the
Eco Innovation sector.
To do so
effectively, we need your help. To make sure that we are publishing
and promoting the correct details for your organisation, please check
the current information held on the database by searching
on your company name here.
If there
are any changes, then email them to dbase@environmenteast.org.uk
or submit a Company
Submission form and we will get back to you.
NEWS STORIES
2m
to stop water wastage
Wind
Turbines face Challenges
Nuclear
Decommissioning Firm Expanding
Haulage
Firm fines for polluting Norfolk Watercourse
Rapid
and cheap biofuel process touted
There are loads more news items
on the Environment East site - just click
here to read more.
We are also interested in receiving
your own news stories which could be published through the site - if
you have a news items you would be interested in submitting for consideration,
then please send it to news@environmenteast.org.uk
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