International centre of excellence on climate change launched in Dumfries

The Crichton Carbon Centre is a new development in international efforts to tackle climate change. The centre will offer both short training courses and an MSc in Carbon Management.

Combining academic excellence with hands-on experience, the expert team at the new Crichton Carbon Centre in Dumfries is working to find sustainable solutions to global warming, as well as to communicate advances in energy efficiency and alternative energy sources to businesses and the wider public.

With support from several inspirational advisors, including local rural development advocate, Dame Barbara Kelly of the Crichton Foundation, founders Dr Mary-Ann Smyth and Gillian and Vimal Khosla secured long-term funding and academic support for the Carbon Centre in less than 3 months. Local resident and former SUP Director Dr Mary-Ann Smyth began driving forward ideas for the Carbon Centre in early 2007, in response to the growing global agenda on climate change and the need to reduce greenhouse gases. As a Director of RSK Group, one of the UK’s top environmental consulting firms and the main business sponsor for the Carbon Centre, she was in the key position to combine business insight with academic rigour, and was keen to address the need for experts in energy efficiency.

Other key players in the establishment of the Centre were dotcom entrepreneurs Gillian and Vimal Khosla, whose considerable business expertise aided in both the shaping of the Centre, and the designing of its role as a social enterprise combining R&D with training, teaching and outreach.

Backed by UK-wide business and unviersities, the Carbon Centre provides short training courses on all aspects of carbon management for organisations keen to reduce their carbon footprint. It also offers a range of postgraduate courses in carbon management, including the MSc in Carbon Management from Glasgow University (due to start October 2007), and research and development opportunities in energy efficiency, low carbon building, and renewables.

The first short course will be Sustainable Construction and Low Carbon Buildings (6th and 7th of November 2007 (provisional)) covering legislation, guidelines and trends; siting, such as possibilities for solar gain; construction materials; low energy design and renewables.

For information please visit http://www.carboncentre.org or e-mail Mairi@carboncentre.org to register your interest.




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International centre of excellence on climate change launched in Dumfries The Crichton Carbon Centre is a new development in international efforts to tackle climate change. The centre will offer both short training courses and an MSc in Carbon Management. Combining academic excellence with hands-on experience, the expert team at the new Crichton Carbon Centre in Dumfries is working to find sustainable solutions to global warming, as well as to communicate advances in energy efficiency and alternative energy sources to businesses and the wider public. With support from several inspirational advisors, including local rural development advocate, Dame Barbara Kelly of the Crichton Foundation, founders Dr Mary-Ann Smyth and Gillian and Vimal Khosla secured long-term funding and academic support for the Carbon Centre in less than 3 months. Local resident and former SUP Director Dr Mary-Ann Smyth began driving forward ideas for the Carbon Centre in early 2007, in response to the growing global agenda on climate change and the need to reduce greenhouse gases. As a Director of RSK Group, one of the UK’s top environmental consulting firms and the main business sponsor for the Carbon Centre, she was in the key position to combine business insight with academic rigour, and was keen to address the need for experts in energy efficiency. Other key players in the establishment of the Centre were dotcom entrepreneurs Gillian and Vimal Khosla, whose considerable business expertise aided in both the shaping of the Centre, and the designing of its role as a social enterprise combining R&D with training, teaching and outreach. Backed by UK-wide business and unviersities, the Carbon Centre provides short training courses on all aspects of carbon management for organisations keen to reduce their carbon footprint. It also offers a range of postgraduate courses in carbon management, including the MSc in Carbon Management from Glasgow University (due to start October 2007), and research and development opportunities in energy efficiency, low carbon building, and renewables. The first short course will be Sustainable Construction and Low Carbon Buildings (6th and 7th of November 2007 (provisional)) covering legislation, guidelines and trends; siting, such as possibilities for solar gain; construction materials; low energy design and renewables. For information please visit http://www.carboncentre.org or e-mail Mairi@carboncentre.org to register your interest.		Map Geology History The Uplands Forest & Woodlands Rolling Farmland Watery Habitats Towns & Villages Employment Leisure Nature Based Tourism Trail Riding What People Say Find Out More Credits Links