Major activities in the delivery of sustainability:

Sustainability topics addressed through commissioning of research, production of advice notes, running seminars and workshops.

A set of advice notes is available on request along with seminar programmes and reports of events held.

Scanned copies of the advice notes are available below in .pdf format [all approx. 400KB - 500KB].

1. Green Roofs - the facts and figures
2. A Guide to the Availability of Sustainable Building Materials for Eastside, Birmingham
3. A Guide to the Application of Solar Power in the Regeneration of Eastside
4. Opportunities for Opening Up Views of the River Rea - Preliminary Feasibility Study
5. A Guide to Greywater Recycling and Rainwater Harvesting in Birmingham Eastside
6. Wind Power in Eastside
7. Successful Waste Management Strategy for Eastside
8. A Guide to Ground Source Heat and Potential Use in Eastside
9. Eastside Biodiversity Audit 2004
10. Eastside Biodiversity Strategy

Available Reports

Local Sustainable Building Materials

Brown/Green Roofs Cost-Benefit Analysis [.pdf doc 2.9MB]

Preliminary Waste Strategy for Eastside [.pdf doc - 320KB]

Feasibility Study into the use of Solar Power in Eastside [.pdf doc - 2.2MB]

Feasibility Study into the use of Wind Energy in Eastside [.pdf doc - 500KB]

Feasibility Study into the use of Hydropower in Eastside [.pdf doc - 1.4MB]

Greywater/Rainwater Storage and Recycling Study [.pdf doc - 530KB]

Ground Source Heat Pump Study [.pdf doc - 1MB]

River Rea Preliminary Survey [.pdf doc - 17.2MB]

Eastside Biodiversity Action Plan [.pdf doc - 400KB]

Eastside Planting Guide - Final Version [.pdf doc - 12MB]

Green Roofs and Drainage [.pdf doc 4.8MB]

Biodiversity Points System Guide [.pdf doc 45kb] or as Word.doc [30kb]

Further Information

East Birmingham and North Solihull State of the Environment Report [.pdf - 2.5MB]

The Environmental Economy of East Birmingham and North Solihull Regeneration Zone Action Plan [.pdf - 3.0MB]

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Other Activities

• Commenting on planning applications
• Commenting on Birmingham City Council policies and strategies including the draft Eastside Design and Movement Framework and the Birmingham City Council Waste Strategy.
• Provision of advice to those involved in regeneration.
• Presentations on Sustainable Eastside and sustainability issues in regeneration to Birmingham City Council working groups and selected conferences.
• Involvement in the PEGASUS and PRESUD European projects relating to sustainable development with Birmingham as a partner.
• Fundraising to finance additional activities eg demonstration projects
• Launch event attracting a diverse audience of 100 delegates involved in the regeneration of Eastside
• Support for the project from politicians championing sustainability and regeneration.
• Delivering Sustainable Buildings conference in conjunction with RIBA West Midlands & Birmingham City Council

Benefits of co-locating Sustainability Advisors with the Eastside Team

• ‘Adoption’ by the City Council in terms of access to Council officers, politicians and decision makers.
• Sustainability Advisors are employed by Groundwork Birmingham and Solihull, a community focussed environmental charity.
• The funding stream for the project gives independence from Council/political management requirements in terms of work commissioned.  Advisors can deliver the sustainability agenda in an innovative way with guaranteed resourcing that allows them to move quickly.
• The work commissioned by the Advisors has proved informative and invaluable to policy and decision makers.

Future History Project

We are creating a photographic archive of Eastside. A selection of the images can be found here [Word docs including copyright information].

Viaduct

Warwick Bar

Industry

Biodiversity

Doors

Pubs and Cafés