The Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) and BRE are to host several free events across the UK, promoting the extensive grant funding available under phase II of the Low Carbon Buildings Programme (LCBP2) starting with the launch event at BRE's headquarters in Watford on 29 April 2008.

Grants of up to £1 million per site are available to public sector building owners and managers to help them gain the benefits of renewable energy technologies.

This funding can be used for the supply and installation of any combination of the following microgeneration technologies: Solar photovoltaics; solar thermal hot water; wind turbines; ground source heat pumps; automated wood pellet stoves and wood fuelled boiler systems


Speakers from BERR and BRE (which is managing the scheme) will explain the application process, the microgeneration technologies involved, and their installation, energy output and potential for reducing carbon emissions and energy bills.

The event on 29 April 2008 - attendance at which is free of charge to all interested parties will be followed by seven regional events throughout the UK in May and June, details of which will be announced shortly.

To attend the LCBP2 event, for further information on the grants, or to check your organisation's eligibility go to: www.lowcarbonbuildingsphase2.org.uk/events or tel: 08704 23 23 13 Email: events@bre.co.uk.

(JM)