Sustainable Building Center to host social housing seminar
August 27th, 2008
Ian & Wilby at the opening of WHG maintenance store
Wolseley is set to host its first Social Housing Seminar to highlight the importance of efficient supply chain management and sustainable material sourcing to this sector.
The UK’s largest distributor of heating and plumbing products will run the event for local authorities, Registered Social Landlords (RSL) and other providers of social housing on 30 and 31 October 2008 at its new breeam ‘Excellent’ rated Sustainable Building Center (SBC) in Leamington Spa.
Wilby Meadows, Wolseley’s Sector Ddirector for Social Housing, said:
“Effective supply chain management and sustainability are crucial in the social housing sector, especially in view of government plans for all new homes to become carbon neutral in energy usage in the next decade.”
“The seminar will focus on tackling legislation efficiently using improved design, innovation and sustainability to reduce the environmental impact of energy used in the home.”
“The new £3.2m SBC is an ideal venue for the event, enabling attendees to see renewable technologies and sustainable materials in their working environment and see first hand the wide range of options available today, in commercial quantities. Since the facility opened in June we have had a steady stream of visitors including supermarkets, pub operators, hotel chains, housing associations and many more across the public and private sectors.”
Wilby, who has worked in the building materials supply industry for more than 30 years, will open the session with a presentation on the value to housing providers of a comprehensive supply chain solution.
Guest speaker Ian Finlay, director of property services for Walsall Housing Group, one of the largest housing associations in the Midlands, will then provide an insight into the benefits of supply chain integration and Wolseley managed maintenance stores from the RSL’s perspective.
Tim Pollard, Wolseley’s head of sustainability and driver of the SBC project, will highlight the opportunities for providers of social housing to embrace more sustainable building materials and technologies. Tim’s 20-year career in merchanting spans all sectors in the construction market and he is a regular speaker at industry seminars throughout the UK.
How to Register
The event will take place from 9.30am – 3.30pm and will also include a Q&A session, lunch and tour of the SBC. To register on either date of the seminar, please call Hannah Leyland on 01926 705243 email contact@wolseley.co.uk or use our contact form. Places will be allocated on a strictly ‘first come, first serve’ basis, and are limited to two people per company.
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