Association of SuDS Authorities

Greener workspaces- restoring nature for Climate Change
2021-06-10 11:00 - 12:00 (Europe/London) | Virtual Event
About the webinar
The environmental challenge facing the world has never been greater. Alongside progress towards net zero carbon, businesses need to find more efficient ways to manage and use resources and to build resilience to the extreme weather brought by climate change. The COVID-19 pandemic has changed how we use our workplaces. As a result we need to build back in a way that increases corporate and individual resilience to future global shocks.
All employers can create workplaces that maximise green space, naturally manage rain and surface water and work with nature. During this webinar we will provide an introduction for businesses on:

what nature-based solutions and SuDS (Sustainable Drainage Systems) are and the value they can provide for your business from reduced flood risk and energy savings to enhanced biodiversity and employee and community wellbeing.
how to introduce nature-based solutions in the environment around your workplace, from small-scale changes to transformational projects.
examples and case studies of nature-based solutions installations of different scales.

You may also be interested in Business in the Community’s (BITC) Guide to Greening your Workspace toolkit which introduces some of the ways that businesses can use nature-based solutions to improve their resilience, enhance their environment and improve biodiversity through the installation or enhancement of green and blue spaces in and around their premises.
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Sustainable Water Management Focus Group Meeting
2021-06-09 10:00 - 12:00
This Sustainable Water Management Focus Group Meeting has been formed to provide manufacturers/suppliers with a route through which to monitor and lobby in relation to, the development of SUDS Regulations and to promote engineered SUDS components within the overall design and application of SUDS. The Focus Group works with the environmental regulators to develop and publish guidance information and to disseminate the information to planners, developers, and regulators.
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LIYHB AGM - The Future of Urban Landscape
2021-06-08 18:30 - 20:00 | Virtual Event
The Landscape Institute Yorkshire & Humber Branch will hold its Annual General Meeting at 18.45 on 8th June online. Registration will be open from 18.30 – please arrive in plenty of time in order to register your attendance.
The AGM will proceed an address by LI president Jane Findlay and Vice President Carolin Gohler, which will be followed by a presentation by PWP Design of their ‘My Third Place’ project, created in response to the Landscape Institute’s International competition ‘Transforming the Urban Landscape’
AGENDA

Welcoming address from Branch Chair
Landscape Institute Branch update
Vote to approve the minutes of the LIYHB AGM held on 16 May 2019
Report from Branch Treasurer
Vote to elect Branch Committee
Any other business
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SUPPORTING EVENT

LI President and Vice President address
Transforming the Urban Landscape Presentation
Discussion with Q&A about the future of Urban Landscape

All positions on the branch committee are up for election. This year we are especially keen to fill the following uncontested position:

Branch Representative

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Water Talk Live- InfoDrainage- BMP, Green Infrastructure & Pollutant Modelling
2021-06-08 16:00 - 17:00 | Virtual Event
Low impact development (LID) modeling is an innovative approach to stormwater management that, when executed correctly, can result in significant environmental and economic benefits. As utilities have begun to prioritize green infrastructure techniques, successful LID modeling has come into high demand.
In this Water Talk, we’ll be taking a deeper dive into some of the BMP and LID templates that come with InfoDrainage, and how to develop new ones to fit your needs.
Additionally, we’ll look at setting up pollutants in the model and the routines for removing them so that you’d be able to optimize the placement of your green infrastructure to make sure your design is efficient as possible.
Find out more and register for upcoming Water Talks here.

Gerald Lacey Lecture 2021
2021-06-07 18:00 - 19:30 | Virtual Event
Land and Water Management for Food Security: The Broad Picture
Recent estimates of food demand, based on median projections of growth, call for a 50% increase in the global demand figure. Linearly proportional increases in the allocation of land and water resources towards increased food production are not realistic given the trends in competing uses for these resources. Besides, our natural resource base is already giving alarm signals for increased exploitation. The pandemic also revealed the vulnerabilities in our food value chains.
The speaker will discuss the response options available to the policy makers, based on the most recent figures about the state of the resources and the trends, and both the need and the opportunities for cooperation across sectoral and disciplinary boundaries.
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Blue-Green Infrastructure: the theory and practice – North East, East Midlands and beyond
2021-06-04 13:00 - 14:15 | Virtual Event
Blue-green infrastructure provides many benefits, from climate change adaptation and mitigation to health and wellbeing and biodiversity.
At the fourth and final webinar in the Blue-Green Infrastructure series, ICE East Midlands Regional Chair, Ben McGrath, Nanco Dolman, Royal HaskoningDHV, and Dr Emily O’Donnell, University of Nottingham, will be joined by ICE President, Rachel Skinner.
The ICE President will provide an outline of her ‘Shaping Zero’ programme and, together with the speakers, take a closer look at the leaders in the blue-green infrastructure nationally.
The speakers will focus on the need for a fundamental change in how UK cities tackle urban water challenges and develop visions for ‘blue-green’ urban futures to help achieve the net zero target and make cities in the region and nationally, more sustainable and liveable.
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Lunch & Learn - Water Quality and Biodiversity
2021-05-11 10:00 - 12:00 | Virtual Event
With the anticipated changes to the Non-Statutory Technical Standards, please join us for a Webinar on water quality and biodiversity. We will explore these topics in more details and discuss how these could impact LLFAs when reviewing planning applications.
Speakers – TBC.
Joining instructions – ASA members please email admin@suds-authority.org.uk

Flood & Coast 2020 – Session 4 Innovative investment in FCERM
2021-04-14 09:30 - 23:30 | Virtual Event
View further session details here:
https://floodandcoast.com/programme/#session4
Register for the event here:
https://floodandcoast.com/registration/

Water Quality Webinar
2021-03-30 10:00 - 12:00 | Virtual Event
With the anticipated changes to the Non-Statutory Technical Standards, more emphasis on water quality within SuDS and surface water disposal is likely to occur. Please join us for a webinar where water quality principles, how to evaluate and other aspects will be discussed.
Speakers – TBC.
Joining instructions – ASA members please email admin@suds-authority.org.uk
