Seminar in Brandeburg, Germany

November 19-20-21, 2012

Goals:

• To carry on discussion over the vocational system for the construction trade and the ways it addresses the issue of sustainability.
• Prepare the Seminar in Gdansk whose aim is to evaluate the outcome and define prospects for further collaboration, including mobility for beneficiaries, focus on the Polish vocational system
• To define the dissemination plan until the end of the project and possibly beyond …

Download the agenda here
Download the Minutes of the Steering Committee here
See the photos here

Articles:

Visit to Mettlabaum Windeck by PanstowoweSzkoly Budownictwa GDANSK
Visit to the Museum of Industry and Old Steelwork by Ayuntamientode Martos
Visit to the Praxihaus by Greta Calvados

 

Seminar in Martos, Spain

The agenda of ECO pathways seminar in Martos October 15th-18th october 2012 has now been issued.

Objectives:

• Discussion about the four organizations teaching curriculum methodology.
• Vocational training working day on Eco Building planned for French, German, Polish and Spanish apprentices. 
• Eco Building evolution.
• Study visits to energy efficiency buildings. Reflections on Eco Building.

Get the agenda here

French Thermal Regulations for 2013

The "RT 2012" is the presentation of the French thermal regulations to be applied  to  the construction of  private  housing from January 1st 2013 onwards.

Read here

HASTINGS' ORGANIC GARDEN AND GREEN CONSTRUCTION EVENT : PRESS RELEASE AND PICTURES

News about ECO construction in Basse-Normandie and East Sussex. French Partners of the GRETA network also belong to ECO fab under Interreg IV A (France-Channel England). Please check out our leaflet !

French and English teams took part in a collaborative challenge to create projects for an ECO pod in the organic garden of a social centre in Hastings. Partners organised a very successful Franco-English event on the 22nd 23rd June called Pathway to construction, attented by over one thousand people.

• View or download the press release in French.
• Watch pictures from the event.

EXPERIMENTATION OF A COURSE ON SUSTAINABILITY IN CONSTRUCTION

Analysis of the experimentation of an inter-trade course on sustainability in construction by les "Petits Débrouillards" ( in French: summary in English to come soon!), download here.

LA BARONNIE - THE RESTORATION OF A MEDIEVAL MANSION

 An article by "The escuela taller of Martos" dowload here.

A SPA IN DOUVRES LA DELIVRANDE

 An article by "The escuela taller of Martos" dowload here.

THE ECO VILLAGE OF LOUVIGNY

An article by the "escuela taller of Martos", dowload here.

ROMAN CONSTRUCTION AND SUSTAINABILITY IN VIEUX LA ROMAINE

An article by the apprenticies and trainers from Postdam chambre of crafts, download here.

PRESS RELEASE - March 2012

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AN ARTICLE FROM OUEST FRANCE

Read this article. (Visit link > File > Download file)

PICTURES FROM THE FRENCH SEMINAR

The pictures from the french seminar have been uploaded.

Please visit the "PICTURES FROM THE MEETING" above to view all pictures and albums.

SEMINAR AGENDA

3 days kick-off seminar will be held in Caen, lower Normandy from March 12th March 14th

Here are the main topics will be dealing with :

Three days-seminar in lower Normandy: March 12th13th 14th, 2012.

• focus on the issues of sustainability in construction
• exchange on training curricula and learning approaches
• inter-trade course for apprentices and trainees in carpentry, masonry, plumbing on ecoconstruction issues
• study visits of some outstanding worksites of new construction, retrofitted and restored heritage buildings 

Download the agenda from Google Docs

WATCH THE PICTURES

We uploaded some pictures from last meeting !

Click on the last button on the left righ of the green navigation bar to view the pictures online on Picasa.

Or follow this link : http://bit.ly/EcoPathwaysPics

POLISH PARTNER JOINS IN

Excellent last minute News!

Our Polish partners are very likely to join us!

They have been contacted by their national agency who told them the option is now open.