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retrofit UK’s buildings
Apprenticeship boost
An extra 35,000 apprentices
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Prime Minister Gordon housing providers, to refurbish
government in a £140m drive
Brown has thrown down ‘test’ buildings and then to
to strengthen the country’s
the gauntlet to building services evaluate their environmental
competitiveness and help beat
companies across the UK to help performance.
the downturn.
improve the green credentials of Science and Innovation Minister
More than 250,000
existing buildings. Lord Drayson said: “Low-carbon
apprentices are expected to
In a speech last month, technology is just one of the
begin their training in the next
Brown unveiled a competition to areas in which Britain will need to
financial year.
encourage suppliers and designers succeed if we are to emerge from
to bid for a share of £10m worth of the downturn stronger, build a
Member wins £200
government funding. new economy and create the jobs
A CIBSE member has won
The aim of the initiative is to of the future.
£200 worth of vouchers after
develop innovative solutions “Today’s challenge to
taking part in an online survey
to improve the long-term companies across the UK
of CIBSE members, their
environmental sustainability of underlines the opportunities
reading habits and online
existing buildings. that exist in responding to global
usage.
Called ‘Retrofit for the Future’
Gordon Brown wants companies to bid
challenges like climate change.
Chris Cummings, an
and run by the Technology
for a share of £10m
“And, by showcasing the key
associate of Hilson Moran
Strategy Board, the competition industries that will build a greener,
in London, was the lucky
will consider projects that could procurement to help meet healthier Britain for the digital age,
winner of the Marks & Spencer
provide a minimum of 50 new climate change goals. we underline just how important
vouchers after his name
prototype technologies. The competition is being science and innovation are to the
was selected at random
Those that are successful launched next month, when economy and also to future job
from more than 2,500
could then be adopted by the companies will be invited to bid creation in this country.”
responses.
government through public for contracts to work with social www.innovateuk.org
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