Low carbon technologies

Join expert trainer Lucy Pedler, Director of The Green Register, for this 1 hour session which will:

• distinguish between low carbon technologies and renewable energy technologies
• take a look at the pros and cons of the main technologies available including the technical aspects of some of the main systems
• include an update on heat pumps, which are seeing a rise in popularity right now
• review Government incentives past, present and future such as the Renewable Heat incentive, Feed In Tariffs and its successor

About the trainer

Lucy Pedler, BA Arch, Dip Arch, ARB
Lucy is an architect with 34 years of professional experience in the UK and USA and has particular expertise in sustainable building practices. Lucy created The Green Register in 2000, now a nationwide networking and educational not-for-profit organisation promoting sustainable building practices to all disciplines of the construction industry.

In 1999, Lucy started her own sustainable architecture practice, archipeleco, designing buildings that have a low impact on the environment. In 2005, Paul McWilliams joined archipeleco to then create develeco limited, a company exclusively self-funded to offer refurbishments of existing buildings – usually in very poor condition – and transform the properties into sustainable, beautiful buildings fit for 21st century living.

Lucy is an Earth Champion, on the panel of the Bristol Urban Design Forum and a keen cyclist.