latest OFFSITE2007 news...
Press releases and other updates from the OFFSITE2007 team
A selection of 'During' and post-event media coverage:
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Building Design magazine carried a full page spread
Building magazine covered the minister's visit and Thomas Lane wrote it up in his blog
Hilary Osborne wrote the story up for Guardian Unlimited (the paper's online edition)
and several bloggers have reproduced the story (and reproduced Peter White's photo), based on the BBC News coverage.
UK readers can also watch the BBC news video shown in the BBC London area (this is only visible in the UK owing to BBC licensing arrangements)
June 2007
Yvette Cooper launches world leading sustainable buildings on BRE's Innovation Park
Today (Monday) Yvette Cooper, Minister for Housing & Planning, launches five demonstration buildings on the BRE Innovation Park that are world leading in sustainable design and construction. Using some of the very latest innovations in construction technologies and materials, these buildings all address the ‘zero carbon' challenge making them amongst the most sustainable buildings in the world.
See full text on the BRE website...
May 2007
News flash: 31 May
Tonight at a gala dinner in London, the winner of the NHBC / Mail on Sunday 'Home of the Future' competition will be announced. The winning design is to be built on BRE's Innovation Park, and you will be able to learn about this in detail at OFFSITE2007. Find out more about the shortlisted entries on the Daily Mail website, and more from BD Magazine. You can also watch a web-tv programme about this, including footage from the OFFSITE 2007 building site, from RealEstate TV.
And, with just over a week to opening day, OFFSITE tickets are selling fast. Already the conference session is fully booked on Tuesday, and several of the Masterclass sessions are full. Still time to order exhibition tickets though - click to book your ticket now
2 May, The Independent: "Life after the revolution". Adharanand Finn sees Britain's first zero-carbon homes take shape. See full article at www.independent.co.uk
BRE press release: First houses designed to conform to the 'Code' to be unveiled at OFFSITE2007
Leading companies from the UK and abroad are building the first houses designed to demonstrate compliance to the new Code for Sustainable Homes, ready for unveiling at OFFSITE2007, 11th – 14th June at BRE Watford. Full story from BRE website...
April 2007
Photo blog is online. A weekly or thereabouts update from The Big Build site, with progress photos and site reports.
March 2007
The Big Build – progress update 30 March : Stewart Milne's pair of four-storey town houses are now erected, with roof and windows being installed. Hanson's foundations and floor are in place ready for factory-built masonry walls to be craned into place. Groundworks have started for Kingspan, ecoTECH and Re-Thinking. We plan to add regular progress photos after Easter.
Press release: Kingspan Off-Site will be revealing its innovative LightHouse net-zero carbon home in the Big Build Innovation Park area of the BRE’s OFFSITE2007 exhibition in June, which expects to achieve the Code for Sustainable Homes Level 6. Read more...
Press release: ecoTech announces the arrival of ORGANICS by ecoTECH, the high quality, low energy Swedish sustainable home, available in code 3,4 and 5, soon to be viewed at OFFSITE2007. See full text here
Press release: The Stewart Milne Group have unveiled plans to build one of the UK’s first 5-star near zero carbon houses that is commercially viable to build and aims to meet the Government’s new Code for Sustainable Homes, due to be introduced in April this year. See the full story here
20 Feb 2007
Construction has already started in The Big Build area. The foundations are nearing completion for the Stewart Milne 4-storey home, and groundworks are underway for the Hanson house. Learn more about these and the other 'Big Build' buildings.
24/10/2006 - BRE Press Release
Ground breaking demonstration buildings to be unveiled at OFFSITE2007
BRE and the East of England Development Agency (EEDA) have revealed plans for a range of pioneering, full scale demonstration buildings that will feature at the OFFSITE2007 exhibition and conference, 11-14 June 2007. The aim of the event is to showcase modern methods of construction that achieve higher levels of performance compared with conventional construction forms. Buildings include a school of the future by Re-Thinking, a part of Willmott Dixon Construction, and three innovative houses from sponsors Hanson, Spaceover and Osborne.
Read the full story here (new window)
See details of these projects in The Big Build area