The Low Emission Strategies (LES) Partnership co-hosted Care4Air’s fifth annual ‘A Clearer Future’ Conference, which took place on Thursday 17th September 2009 at the Royal Victoria Holiday Inn, Sheffield. The conference brought together environmental consultants, planners, health professionals, developers and those with an interest in clean air and carbon reduction from across the UK.
The programme & presentations can be downloaded as follows:
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Title | Speaker |
9.55am Welcome and Introduction |
Cllr Ian Auckland - Sheffield City Council |
10.00am Keynote Speech |
Jim Fitzpatrick MP (Minister of State - Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) |
10.10am LES Update |
Rob Pilling (LES Programme Manager) - Click here to download › |
10.25am LES And Planning Policy |
Steve Merryfield (Beacons Low Emissions Strategies Group) - Click here to download › |
10.55am Securing Air Quality Funding Through Planning Obligations: Mid Devon Formula |
Simon Newcombe (Mid Devon District Council) - Click here to download › |
11.10am Deploying Electric Cars Via Car Clubs |
Liz Gray (Future Transport Systems) - Click here to download › |
11.25am Zero Emission Cities - What Can Electric Vehicles Deliver? |
Andrew Whittles and Steve Carroll (Cenex) - Click here to download › |
1.15pm Air Quality |
Robert Vaughan (Defra) & Iain Forbes (DfT) - Click here to download › |
1.30pm DfT Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Programme |
Andrew Whittles (Cenex) - Click here to download › |
1.45pm Biomethane as a Road Transport Fuel |
Steve Carroll (Cenex) - Click here to download › |
2.00pm Eco Stars Fleet Recognition Scheme – 1 year on |
Chris Douglas (TTR) - Click here to download › |
2.30pm AQ Qualification |
Andrew Clark (University of Salford) - Click here to download › |
2.45pm Assessment of Benefits |
John Paterson (Greenwich Council) - Click here to download › |
3.00pm Care4Air – The First 5 Years |
Mark Daly (Care4Air Coordinator) - Click here to view video › |
The National AssessmentThe benefits case for stronger local action.
Low Emission HubAction Database - implementation, impacts and benefits.
Planning GuidanceReducing the transport emissions associated with development.
Low Emission ToolkitQuantify transport emissions for managed fleets and development sites.