Milton Keynes Council are partnering with the Energy Club and the Open University to bring you a special event during EU Sustainability Week

On the 25th June come to the Open University at Walton Hall, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA and enjoy a morning of talks by local Sustainability Experts and find out about sustainability in Milton Keynes.

Hear how Milton Keynes Council are working to make sustainability a reality in the local area, and find out what local companies are doing. See the Open University's projects in action in a tour of the facility, and find out how the Energy Club members support each other in their sustainability projects.

The programme for the day

09:30 Registration, coffee and networking

10:00 Welcome from Milton Keynes Council

10:15 Welcome from Energy Club Founder - Haydn Young

10:30 'OU Energy' - The Open University - Bill Nuttall

10:50 'Engaging Staff' - GAIA Active - Haydn Young

11:10 'How to avoid the CRC' - Milton Keynes Council - Jeremy Draper

11:30 Break, coffee and networking

12:00 'Driving Energy Efficiency in Dealerships' - Volkswagen Group UK Ltd -

Nicky Laurence

12:20 'MK Smart' - University of Bedfordshire - Matthew Clifton

12:40 '2+2 = 3 Why energy savings never add up and how International Standards

may help' - National Energy Fondation - Ian Byrne

13:00 Lunch and networking

14:00 Tour of the Open University - Stephen Potter

Renewable and energy efficient developments at the Open University; the Hub

Catering block (large PV arrays, solar water heating, heat recovery and

natural ventilation) and the use of heat pumps and PV in a new office block.

The new EV charging points will also feature on the tour.

15:00 Close

Location

The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA

Directions

Click here for directions to Walton Hall

About the Energy Club

The Energy Club is a free to join self help network of practitioners accountable for energy reduction and sustainability in their own workplaces. Its aims are simple: to share experiences, gain knowledge, debate legislation and support one another in achieving energy reduction and sustainability goals.

The club is for high energy users (more than £500,000 per annum) who feature in the Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC), have Climate Change Agreements (CCA) or are members of equivalent schemes.