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    • Sir David Attenborough opens Glyndebourne

    • Glyndebourne an opera house in East Sussex, claims to be the UK's first and only arts organisation to generate its own power using a large-scale wind turbine.

    • Greg Barker opens Europe's largest ground source heat pump

    • Climate change minister Greg Barker flipped the switch to activate Europe's largest ground source heat pump at a multi-million pound London shopping centre. The centre, One New Change near to St Paul's Cathedral, is a £540 million development which opened in October last year. Built on the site of post-World War II office block the shopping centre which, despite the economy has been 80% occupied, was set a planning permission demand of sourcing at least 10% of its energy from renewable sources. Although initial tests are not yet complete Land Securities, the firm who own and built the centre, claim the ground source pump could deliver between 15 and 20% of the sites total energy need.

    • Adnams pours power into the gas grid

    • Adnams becamde the first brewer to start giving gas back to the gird with its AD plant which was turned on October 8.

    • Lord Gummer turns on adnams AD plant

    • Former Tory environment minister, Lord Gummer, flips the switch to turn on Adnams AD plant.

    • World's largest offshore wind farm opens

    • The World's largest wind farm has opened off the coast of Thanet, in Kent, today (September 23).

    • Tom Liptan at the World Green Roof Congress

    • The City of Portland's burea of environmental services boss, Tom Liptan, gives his views on green roofs in thr UK and USA.

    • Simon Mills at the World Green Roof Congress

    • Simon Mills, head of sustainable development for the Corporation of London, is the first speak at the World Green Roof Congress in central London.

    • Low carbon hotel close to opening

    • Edie.net joined Whitbread's head of energy & environment, Chris George, on a site visit to see first hand the latest evolution in environmentally-friendly budget hotels. The green Premier Inn hotel and low-carbon Beefeater restaurant are currently under development in Burgess Hill, West Sussex, and is approaching the final stages of construction. Mr George explained why the new build could set new industry standards for sustainable design and construction in the budget hotel sector.

    • London museum shows off first green roof

    • The Museum of London showed off its first green roof to edie before it was opened to the public. Green Roof expert Dusty Gedge gave us the full tour.

    • JR ditches oil for solar

    • Larry Hagman, the actor who played JR Ewing throughout the 1980s, has pulled his alter-ego out of retirement to announce he was ditching oil in favour of solar power.

    • Rory Bremner talks sustainability at BASE

    • Comic and impressionist Rory Bremner takes a serious look at how to build a sustainable city. Speaking at BASE London.

    • Experts discuss the built environment

    • Recorded at Sustainable Business - the Event. Paul King, UKGBC; David Goatman, Knight Frank; Joel Quintal, PRUPRIM; Lynne Ceeney, Parsons Brinckerhoff

    • Prudential on the future of green building

    • Joel Quintal, head of sustainability PRUPRIM, speaking at Sustainable Business - the Event

    • Knight Frank on green buildings

    • David Goatman, head of sustainability consultancy, speaking at Sustainable Business - the Event

    • Parsons Brinckerhoff on the built environment

    • Lynne Ceeney, head of sustainability, speaking at Sustainable Business - the Event

    • UK Green Building Council on the future of the built environment

    • Paul King, chief executive, speaking at Sustainable Business - the Event

    • Solar first for London church

    • St Silas Church in Pentonville becomes the first in the UK to be tiled with solar slates. Edie speaks to Parish Priest Shaun Richards about the project.

    • Nigel Stanfield of InterfaceFLOR on putting sustainability at the heart of business

    • Nigel Stanfield, InterfaceFLOR, at Sustainable Business - the Event

    • The role of cities in cutting carbon

    • Birmingham City Council's Sandy Taylor at Sustainable Business - the Event.

    • AECOM at NEMEX

    • Ant Wilson explains embodied energy and the traditional building.

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    • Cathryn Hickey of the University of Sheffield at Sustainabilitylive!
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