SEDA STEERING GROUP MEETING 

Wednesday 15 July, 17:30 for 18:00 start

Locate Architects, Dunblane

All members are welcome to participate in the Steering Group meetings. Please let Mary Kelly know if you are planning to come along on mary@segalselfbuild.co.uk.

BIG TENT FESTIVAL OF STEWARDSHIP

Friday 24th July to Sunday 26th July (inclusive)

Falkland Palace, Falkland, Fife

This year "Wild About Wood" is the key theme for the Big Tent with the Wood Zone taking pride of place. Within the zone various spaces will be dedicated to celebrating and informing everyone about wood while, dispersed across the festival site, a number of activities will demonstrate the different qualities and features of this wonderful material.  From crafts (musical instruments, furniture, fittings, paper) through to food (of the forest), work and skills (forestry, carpentry, joinery) and buildings. SEDA has been invited to organise the design and construction of a pavilion to demonstrate the qualities and use of different timber along with other natural and local materials. In the week before the festival it is hoped that the pavilion/ a structure can be built by volunteers while during the festival the pavilion will be used as a gathering place for socialising, networking and getting-together and as well as a joint venue, with displays and talks, for SEDA, Reforesting Scotland and ASHS (Association of Scottish Hardwood Suppliers).

SEDA has applied for funding to try and assist with the cost of realising a design and to getting the materials for the pavilion but as yet have not been successful. We are asking any members who may be interested or able to help with contributing time or ideas (or both) to a design or to building or to finding sponsorship for the pavilion to let us know. In order to make progress with any ideas - and then to seek any further required funding it would be helpful to hear from anyone interested by the 8th May.

We shall also be needing volunteers to help man the SEDA display during the festival, so if you would like to give a hand, even if only for an hour or two, get in touch with Mary Kelly at mary@segalselfbuild.co.uk.

Find out more about the Big Tent at www.bigtentfestival.co.uk.

GREEN DOORS OPEN DAY - LOOKING FOR MEMBERS’ PROJECTS

Throughout Scotland on different weekends during September 2009

Deadline for inclusion of projects June 15th 2009

Once again there is a great opportunity to let people visit or look around your own work or for you to visit other SEDA members buildings as part of the annual Scottish Civic Society's Doors Open Day programme in your area.

Please would you get in touch with Mary Kelly if you have a project which could be featured in this year’s "Green Doors" section of the Scottish Civic Trust’s Doors Open Days events which take place throughout Scotland during the month of September - see http://www.doorsopendays.org.uk/opendays/.

Contact Mary Kelly on mary@segalselfbuild.co.uk with brief details of your project or for more information.

Post Occupancy Evaluation (POE) Seminar and Discussion

23 September - To Be Confirmed  at the SUST Resource Centre, The Lighthouse, Glasgow

SEDA and SUST are proposing to hold a joint event on POE Building Modelling and Energy which would build on recent research and data collection by SUST in Sweden and elsewhere.   The event would feature a spread of different presenters along with the use of recent research by SUST into the use of building data and what gets done with it once collected;  there will be an emphasis on reconciling the need for energy with other things; making the process transparent and contextural. The event would also feature examples from elsewhere in Europe - i.e.Sweden and the Netherlands - as well as from elsewhere in the UK. There will be contributions by a range of speakers/ presenters as well as open mic spots for SEDA members who have successfully carried out POE on different types and scales of buildings. 
Details are being finalised and will be confirmed in the next bulletin .

For more information on the event or to book a place, please contact Mary Kelly email on mary@segalselfbuild.co.uk or by telephone on 01668 219 247.