Posted on January 31st, 2011
Last night The Green Register celebrated our 10th anniversary in Bristol. Having held two celebratory parties earlier in the year (one in Manchester and one in London) this one was the finale and we celebrated in style. Held at the fantastic Aardman studios (designed by TGR members Alec French architects) our guest speaker was Alastair Sawday, long term environmentalist and mover and shaker in the southwest. Alastair talked about the potential Bristol has and how we should grab this and run with it.
Tony Prescott and Stuart Briggs of Aardman did us proud with hearty wine and gorgeous food. Favourite dish: Cornish Mackerel, beetroot horseradish and Sharpham cheese rarebit with tomato chutney.
Thanks to Leadbitter for sponsoring the food and drinks-we could not have done it without you. The evening was rounded up by David Mellor, Director of Alec French introducing a 40 minute film documenting the extraordinary building of the Aardman studios-a really positive addition to Bristol.
Despite the gloomy outlook within the UK construction industry, TGR is looking forward to the next ten years of sustainable building!
A quote from a happy customer, Elke Dittrich, architect and TGR member:
‘Thank you for the fantastic evening. It was very inspirational with great surroundings and fantastic food. Well done you for your hard work and success with the Green Register. I hope this year will be better. It felt great being together with so many enthusiastic people who genuinely care for Bristol. We need to do more events like that. My dream is to bridge over the port way and make the gorge accessible and a real destination, rather something you peer down from the bridge. The Avon is so underused and unloved.’
Posted on October 14th, 2010
The Steelcase showroom, Manchester – 3 November, 5.30pm-8pm. The Green Register (TGR) is inviting construction industry professionals to a FREE event to mark its 10th year as one of the UK’s leading organisations promoting sustainable building practices and providing unique industry-led training events.
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Posted on October 14th, 2010
Need advice on your green building projects? The Green Register is pleased to announce a FREE green building event for members of the public, taking place at The Create Centre on the 13th November between 11am and 3pm (advance booking advisable but not essential). Read the rest of this entry »
Posted on September 23rd, 2010
ech2o are pleased to announce we have some funding to carry out a series of workshops in the SEEDA region with Housing Association or Local Authority tenants. These fun and interactive workshops are designed to provide tenants with practical and behaviour change solutions to reduce their water consumption, resulting in lower water and energy bills and reduced CO2 emissions. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted on September 21st, 2010
During this year’s World Green Building Week, The Green Register has announced plans to celebrate its 10th birthday in Manchester, London and Bristol. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted on September 1st, 2010
Are You in the Building Trade?
The Green Register trains people in the construction industry like you. We would like your views on what training builders need to understand green building issues and what customers want.
Please take a couple minutes to fill out this important questionnaire and you’ll get the chance to win a year’s free membership with The Green Register – go to http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/QW6GM2S
Posted on May 24th, 2010
I am a carpenter/general contractor who frequently works with Architects on small scale domestic and commercial refurbishment jobs. Last year I looked into green issues with my work and discovered that in fact I was already doing many things right- recycling, reusing materials, local suppliers- however there were big gaps in my knowledge which is where the green Register comes in. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted on May 20th, 2010
Book Review by TGR member Anne Hanrahan
Published by Green Books (2009)
In the past I have attempted to make compost in a somewhat haphazard fashion and I have often been frustrated by the results, so I jumped at the chance to review this book in the hopes that it might improve my output. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted on May 17th, 2010
There was cause for a small celebration on Friday 7th May when Caroline Lucas became the first Green Party MP in the UK. Lucas is not new to politics having been a Green MEP for the last ten years but she does not sound hopeful that the Lib Dem/Conservative Coalition will produce the changes necessary to seriously address the environmental problems we face, saying of the Coalition ‘We could have had a new politics. This is isn’t it’. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted on April 19th, 2010
Our architectural practice, archipeleco, had been designing eco-refurbishment projects for our residential clients for five years when we decided to up sticks and move from London to Bristol. One of the reasons for moving was to be able to carry out an extreme eco-refurbishment on a 1930’s house we had just bought in central Bristol and see how much we could reduce our carbon emissions and general environmental impact as a family. We had proposed some of the more substantial eco-refurbishment measures for our clients but often they did not end up being realised due to various constraints (time, money, planning restrictions) and we wanted to test out these ideas ourselves. Read the rest of this entry »
