Innovative Zero Carbon Working Group Meeting – 30/06/2022

Speakers

Clare Ollerenshaw (Accelar – Chair)
Lizzie Moran (Midlands Arts Centre)
Jenni McDonnell (Knowledge Transfer Network)
Devon Geary (Innovation Alliance for the West Midlands)
Anna Bright (Sustainability West Midlands)

Purpose of the presentations

Sustainability West Midlands in partnership with the Innovation Alliance for the West Midlands convenes the Innovative Zero Carbon Working Group (IZCWG) and its associated quarterly meetings, where a cross-sector of stakeholders come together to share good practice and build cross-sector collaborative opportunities around low carbon innovation. This meeting discussed ways businesses are looking to reduce their energy costs through energy retrofit of their buildings, and the emerging ideas West Midlands Innovation Accelerator; a £30m investment into the region to ensure it benefits from the commitment to increase overall UK public research and development funding to £20bn by 2024/25.

Links and Contact Information

For more information or to join the long-standing IZCWG, contact beck.collins@swm.org.uk.

Downloads

Presentation Slide Pack – excludes slides from the Midlands Arts Centre, email Beck for further information

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