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Tue, Feb 16 2016 15:26:59

#GVIS2016 Circular Economy Conference & Bright Building tour - Wednesday 10th February 2016

Tweets, images and thoughts from our circular economy conference including a tour of the Re:Centre at University of Bradford, the first BREEAM Outstanding rated education building in the UK.

  1. Our venue for this event was the Re:Centre based in the new £6m outstanding BREEAM rated Bright Building on the City Campus of Bradford University. The Bright Building has a 95.2% Breeam rating, making it one of the highest rated educational buildings in the UK, and contains a wealth of fascinating operational features in it's approach to energy, ergonomics, heating and airflow. More of that to come in this storify, but first a selection of images of the building taken by the team and Green Vision attendees...
  7. The amount of light in this building casting some impressive shadows everywhere! #therecentre #bradforduniversity #sunlight #shadow #riba #greenvision #breeamoutstanding #gvis2016
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    Tue, Feb 16 2016 09:02:43
  8. They even grow lemons in the atrium... how cool is that?
  9. Just growing some #lemons in reception... As you do... #therecentre #bradforduniversity #bioeconomy #riba #breeamoutstanding #gvis2016
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    Tue, Feb 16 2016 09:07:34
  10. Some interesting #circulareconomy tweets and links on social media in the run-up to the event...
  16. Including this blog post from Green Vision Chair, Martin Brown of Fairsnape...
  17. Circular Economy and the Built Environment
    This coming week sees a number of circular economy events, for example Green Vision 10th Feb (#GVis2016) in Bradford and ConstructCE 12 Feb (#cethinking) in London. Also see the Build Well 2016 Feb 10/11 event in the USA. If you are at all interested in learning more about Circular Economy and its current popularity in construction, get along to at least...
    martin brown
  19. Our chair for this event was Eddie Murphy, Green Vision Ambassador and Director/Founder of Ollio Consultancy, a brand new sustainability and building performance consultancy, founded by Eddie in 2015 to move the performance outcomes of property from the ordinary to the extraordinary.
  20. Eddie presented on the concept behind Ollio Consultancy and how to design for better measurable building performance through evidence-based science as well as giving a brief overview of one of the key themes of the day, looking beyond sustainability. Check out Ollio's mission statement below for further details.
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