Clearview Midlands October 2013 - Issue 143 | Page 28

DIARYDATES Solar Energy UK 2013 8th October – 10th October 2013, The NEC, Birmingham The UK’s largest dedicated solar event. Solar power has proved to be the most successful of the microgeneration sectors incentivised under the feed-in tariff system, installing more than 120,000 systems to date. With the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) and Green Deal on the horizon, these figures are set to rise, as solar thermal becomes a large part of the UK’s solar energy mix. Solar Energy UK 2013 will bring together all segments of the UK solar industry, targeting solar photovoltaics and solar thermal installations under the feed-in tariff, Renewable Obligation and the Green Deal. http://uk.solarenergyevents. com/ 2013 International Softwood Conference 14th – 18th October 2013, Edinburgh and Glasgow The Timber Trade Federation and Confor have announced that they will be co-hosting the 2013 International Softwood Conference from 14 – 18 October 2013, in Edinburgh and Glasgow. Visit the website - www.isc2013. co.uk – for the full details. There are also a number of sponsorship opportunities surrounding all the events. ***Attendance of the Conference on 17/18 October is limited to members of the following organisations: - TTF, Confor, ETTF and EOS.*** For further information, attendance and sponsorship opportunities please call Jean Rennie on 0207 291 5372 or email: [email protected] K 2013 PVC Products: Promoting Social Responsibility in Procurement Decision Making - A BPF Seminar Thursday, 3rd October 2013 10.00am, Etihad Stadium, Manchester This Annual Seminar, now in its 14th year, provides a forum for attendees to discuss important criteria affecting the UK PVC supply chain. This year the programme focuses on how the PVC industry can enhance and promote its cost, energy and resource saving potential including a seminar on PVC-U Window recycling. Email Paul Baxter, BPF Events Team, [email protected] 16th – 23rd October 2013, Düsseldorf, Germany With over 3,000 exhibitors, K in 2013, the world’s largest plastics and rubber trade fair, will again be the undisputed flagship event of the industry and hence the ideal business and contact platform for inspirational ideas and forward-looking decisions. On over 168,000 sqm of net exhibition space in 19 exhibition halls, a comprehensive and clearly structured offering awaits you. http://www.k-online.de VITRUM 2013 23rd – 26th October 2013, Milan, Italy The 18th international biennial trade show specialising in machinery, equipment and systems for the processing of flat, bent and hollow glass and in glass and processed products for industry scheduled to take place in the Fiera Milano/Rho exhibition grounds. http://www.vitrum-milano.com 28 OCT 2013 Clearview welcomes news of all your industry events. Please send all details, complete with contact numbers and website addresses, to: [email protected] REPLAST 2013: Plastics Recycling Conference Retrofit South East & London 6th November 2013, Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, 1 Carlton House Terrace, London REPLAST 2013 is the 6th Annual BPF Recycling Conference featuring panel debates, survey results and a keynote address on the coalition government’s position on plastics recycling, this is your chance to learn about the latest ideas and developments that will affect the recycling industry. Who should attend? This seminar is aimed at individuals and companies involved in all parts of the plastics recycling supply chain. It will be of special interest to recyclers looking to understand how to expand the plastics recycling industry in the UK. Business Design Centre, London - 29 November 2013 Driving retrofit in London is the ultimate prize, with more than 12 million homes in and around the capital requiring retrofit. After the successful delivery of the RE:NEW programme to deliver simple energy efficiency measures to households free of charge, London Mayor Boris Johnson has pledged to ‘drive large scale delivery over the next four years. The day is jam packed with presentations and workshops with time set aside to network and explore the exhibits and retrofit clinics. www.bpf.co.uk/Events/ REPLAST_2013.aspx NHIC Annual Awards 2013 21st November 2013, Gladstone Library, One Whitehall Place, London SW1 Entries are now invited from across a spectrum of housing modernisation projects and associated activities such as energy efficiency, renewable technologies, safety and design. Entry is free by visiting www. nhic.org.uk and clicking on NHIC Awards 2013 to register and select an appropriate category. The straight forward entry form can be completed online and must be submitted with any supporting documents by the closing date Monday 14th October 2013. www.retrofit-roadshow.co.uk/ Fensterbau frontale 2014 26 – 29 March 2014, Nuremburg, Germany The wish for more sustainability and comfort continues to drive innovation in the window, door and facade construction sector. Architects, tradesmen, manufacturers and the trade meet at fensterbau/frontale to discuss how aesthetics and design trends can be reconciled with energyefficient building. One main focus is on solutions for the automation of solar protection, locking systems or roller shutters. Some 99,000 visitors and 1,276 exhibitors in 2012 made fensterbau/frontale in combination with HOLZHANDWERK an impressive highlight for the industry. The new hall 3A will provide even more display space in 2014. http://www.frontale.de/en/ To read more, visit www.clearview-uk.com