AECB - Association for Environment Conscious Building

It was a pleasure to work with Liam on our recent What is CarbonLite short information video ( https://lnkd.in/eijXcRiW ) - Liam has also recently completed the AECB CarbonLite Foundation Course and is raring to go. His passion for this industry is obvious from the moment you meet him, and his professionalism is second to none. If there are opportunities across the membership - do get in touch with him.

⭐ We are looking to reward our passionate and loyal members that are flying the flag for the AECB by offering you and a friend 10% off of your annual membership for the next year. All you have to do is: 🗨️ Tell your friend/family member/business associate to email us at contactus@aecb.net with your name, email address and AECB membership number. 📝 We will confirm membership status and send them a discount code to join the AECB. The discount is valid for their first year. 📆 Once we receive confirmation of their membership, we will add a discount code on your next renewal date for your next year of membership. If you want to know more about this offer - get in touch in all the usual ways.

Fantastic news that the tenants are saving money. Well done to all involved in this project!

📣 We are offering the chance to win a year's introductory level membership. The first draw will take place on Monday 31 March. 📧 Every quarter one random email will be drawn from non-member subscribers to the newsletter. ⭐ The winner will receive one introductory level membership to the AECB for 12 months. 💡 If you wish to continue membership after this time you will be able to choose your desired membership level. 📝 Sign up to receive the newsletter and be in the draw: https://buff.ly/cDpsJoP

Share your thoughts (and win a prize for your group)! Building for the Future: Green Skills and Growth Building on 20 years of learning, connection and impact we are gearing up for what comes next! We’d like to know how you would like to access some of our flagship programmes from 2026 onwards. We are developing a new community-led, rehabilitation and manufacturing space in Swansea – putting communities at the heart of designing and building civic infrastructure with natural materials and home-grown timber. In keeping with our usual way of working, this facility will be created by and used by some of the most “at risk” and excluded communities in south Wales. The partners we work with (you!), are central to this working and we’d like to know how these opportunities could have most impact. 🦉 What types of opportunities would your organisation like to access? 🛠️ What are the most important skills you’d like your groups to develop? Please share your thoughts for 5 minutes so we can ensure we have maximum impact in the work we do. To say thank you for your time and thoughts, we are offering a free taster day for a group. Survey link is here: https://lnkd.in/dUvdwAjm WCVA | CGGC ACT Training Ltd Cardiff Council City & County of Swansea Woodknowledge Wales Lowfield Timber Frames Ltd Pobl Group CIVIC SQUARE The National Lottery Community Fund Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru / Natural Resources Wales AECB - Association for Environment Conscious Building Julie James Andy Middleton Jane Davidson Jane Lynch YMCA Swansea

Dr Diana Waldron from Woodknowledge Wales is speaking at the Sustainable Schools Challenge in Caernarfon today. The audience is hearing about the reuse of timber and balancing additional energy required and problems of contamination with nails/screws etc damage to processing equipment. Diana is also talking about the early stage carbon tool which will be launched at WoodBUILD 2025: https://lnkd.in/e8Wd-eGE #WoodBUILD2025 #SustainableSchools #Timber

🥳 Our exhibition - 'Retrofit 25: What's Stopping Us?' - is now open! 🥳 Yesterday, along with the wonderful people at the Building Centre, we had the pleasure of welcoming a great crowd to the launch event for our collaboration for Retrofit 25. We deeply enjoyed being able to unveil the exhibition for the first time, and had some great discussions throughout the evening. While the exhibition is open, there will be a series of in-person panel discussions and online events, tackling the main exhibition themes. Learn, participate and network with others working in the retrofit space. The 'Retrofit Meets' events programme is as follows: Retrofit Meets: Communities - Wednesday 30 April / 6-8pm   Retrofit Meets: Hearts & Minds - Wednesday 7 May / 6-8pm   Retrofit Meets: Carbon & Materials - Wednesday 11 June / 6-8pm Retrofit Meets: Innovation - Wednesday 18 June / 6-8pm Retrofit Meets: Finance - Wednesday 9 July / 6-8pm (special ‘fishbowl’ format)   Retrofit Meets: Ethics - Wednesday 10 September / 6-8pm Retrofit Meets: Whole Value – Wednesday 17 September / 6-8pm Save the dates and look out for when we open registration for these events - be the first to find out by signing up to out newsletter: https://lnkd.in/ehmt6g-M #Retrofit25 #Retrofit #Event #Collaboration

📣 Next week... 💻 Modern Methods of Construction with Timber Frame and Natural Insulation with Jasper Meade, PYC Group. 📆 Thursday 3 April 2025 🕙 12-1pm 🔎 This webinar will describe the development of timber frame construction in the UK from historical traditional oak framing, the move to softwood stud panel framing through to super insulation standards using enhanced engineered systems and MMC. The focus will be on the use of sustainable building materials for creating high performance and healthy buildings with very low embodied energy and best achievements possible for ‘Whole Life Carbon Assessment’ targets. 👤Jasper Meade has been in partnership with his brother, Ben Meade, since 1993, founding PYC Group. His 30 years of experience working in the sustainable building industry and specialism in timber frame systems using Warmcel cellulose fibre insulation and other blown fibre insulation products, has developed his company’s extensive knowledge in this field. Through embedded learning processes, continual improvements on design and quality building detailing, ensures that their buildings standards and performances reach best possible values. Having been members of AECB and the Passive House Trust for most of his career demonstrates his passion for sustainable within the construction Industry 💡 This webinar is accredited with 1 CPD point. 🎟️ Book your tickets here: https://buff.ly/NTCIzaI 🟢 Remember - AECB members access our webinars for free - be sure to log in before you checkout!

The lovely team at the AECB - Association for Environment Conscious Building have put together this very helpful video explaining what an AECB certified project is. It features some great projects, including two of our own which is lovely to see :) If you haven't heard of the AECB Carbonlite Standards and would like to learn more, we would recommend you start with this video - and then get in touch for more info... https://lnkd.in/ewzzSHrz

Great video produced by the AECB - Association for Environment Conscious Building explaining the principles of the AECB Carbonlite Standards. Featuring the likes of the marvellous Tim Martel, Florence Collier, Mark Siddall, James Rixon, John Stack and Dushyant Karnik...and me! https://lnkd.in/eSavipZx