Conditions for the adoption of sustainable technologies in the construction sector.
LifeStyle has contributed to promoting new forms of energy production. The project addressed analysis and investigated the incorporation of alternative and sustainable energy production in regional and local spatial planning measures.
The Cambridgeshire is supporting the investigation and preparatory work to establish a UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development Regional Centre of Expertise. In addition, vocational training courses in renewable installations are to be implemented commercially by the Cambridge Regional College.
The project has incorporated relevant stakeholders and target groups in order to disseminate the activities and results of the project. Concrete spin-off effects of these activities had led to shared proposals for regional ERDF Competitiveness Programme funds in the UK and partnerships for other project funding applications between the UK and Germany as well the UK and Sweden.
Since the completion of the project, UK and Sweden bilateral activities had been supported at the highest political level. The Swedish Minister of Environment and the UK Minister Housing and Planning has discussed the continuing cooperation to deliver sustainable homes and clean technologies. It has been indicated that UK government departments will consider funding activities for these initiatives for an additional three years. The continued funding activities are already on-going in Sweden. Equally, experiences from the project will be used to influence legislation on local and regional government levels in Sweden.