Low Emission Strategies
Events
LES Partnership Programme Review Workshop - Birmingham
16th October 2012
Aims
The workshop provided an opportunity for members of the Partnership to meet up and review progress on current national projects. There were opportunities for participants to share progress and learning on wider local, regional and national initiatives and to inform the Partnership’s future work and direction, including plans following the recent award of further Air Quality Grant funding.
Further Information
- List below shows the Workshop Participants
- Table below shows the Workshop Agenda
- Download Presentations
- Download Workshop Hand-out
| Participants | Organisation |
| Gary Mahoney | Sefton Council |
| Ged Steadman | Salford City Council |
| John Grant | Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council |
| John Paterson | Royal Borough of Greenwich |
| Jon Tubby | Leeds City Council |
| Liz Bates | York City Council |
| Paul Cartmell | Lancaster City Council |
| Roger Pitman | Oxford City Council |
| Robert Vaughan | Defra |
| Bruce Bamber | RPS |
| Guy Hitchcock | Sustainable Transport Solutions |
| Melanie Hobson | Aether |
| Tom Parker | Transport & Travel Research |
| Rob Pilling | Green Sphere (LES Partnership Programme Manager) |
| Jess Mullins | Green Sphere |
| Workshop Agenda and Links to Supporting Information | Download Presentations |
| 1. Welcome, Introduction and Overview Speaker: Rob Pilling The LES Partnership comes to the end of its second phase of work and looks forward to its third. |
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| 2. Review and Updating of the LES National Benefits Assessment Speaker: Rob Pilling Potential health and environmental benefits are estimated at over £1 Billion per year (social costs) |
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| 3. Emission Reduction Scenarios to support Action Plan Design and Implementation Speaker: Paul Cartmell Progress on a study exploring integration of LES, AQAP and climate change transport action in Greater Manchester |
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| 4. Technical Review of the Low Emission Toolkit Speaker: Melanie Hobson Expert review finds the Low Emission Toolkit to be ‘a streamlined and efficient approach to estimating emission reductions associated with fleets and planning developments’. It also highlights opportunities for development and for improving overall usability. - Download the Low Emission Toolkit Method Summary Report |
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| 5. LET Case Study: Low Emission Assessment for development sites and council fleets Speakers: Bruce Bamber - sites, Tom Parker - fleets Low Emission Assessments of a sports venue and Sefton Council’s heavy duty fleet | |
| 6. Standardisation of Measures and Assurance of benefits for Low Emission Developments Speaker:Guy Hitchcock Latest Proposals for A National Low Emission Assessment and Certification scheme for new Developments. Download the Feasibility and Scoping Report | |
| 7. Process Guide for Procurement in Sefton (GM) Progress on implementing low emission procurement in Sefton, plus launch of an interactive process guide, which other local authorities may wish to adapt and adopt. Copies of the Sefton Process Guide available on request (Email: [email protected]) | |
| 8. The Low Emission Hub: online case study database with emphasis on quantification of emission reductions Speaker: Rob Pilling Final specification of the Low Emission Hub. Procurement of works is planned for winter 2012, with build and piloting scheduled for the first half of 2013. | |
| 9. Local and Regional News and Updates Low emission updates from York, Leeds, West Yorkshire, West Midlands, Sussex and Oxford |
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| 10. Reflections and Forward look Next steps for Partnership members, The LES national work programme and LAQM generally |
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The National AssessmentThe benefits case for stronger local action.
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Low Emission HubAction Database - implementation, impacts and benefits.
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Planning GuidanceReducing the transport emissions associated with development.
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Low Emission ToolkitQuantify transport emissions for managed fleets and development sites.