BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:66@footstepsbcf.org.uk DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230502T183000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230502T203000 DTSTAMP:20230330T142205Z URL:https://footstepsbcf.org.uk/events/saving-energy-at-faith-buildings-wo rkshop/ SUMMARY:Saving Energy at Faith Buildings DESCRIPTION:Footsteps is inviting you to a workshop to share learning about saving energy at faith buildings and the part that initial energy assessm ents play.\n\nThe workshop will be in-person at the Al-Madhi Institute in Birmingham and online on Zoom.  The Al-Mahdi Institute (AMI) provides an open platform for critical Muslim scholarship through its education\, rese arch and outreach initiatives and provides a platform for diverse religiou s voices to learn from one another.\n\nRegister to join the workshop\, onl ine or in-person.\n\nThe Al-Mahdi Institute\, as part of its faith-based c oncern to reduce its energy use\, invited Footsteps to undertake an energy assessment of its buildings and find ways to reduce energy consumption.  The workshop will include the Al-Madhi Insititute explaining how it benef ited from the energy assessment and how it is now able to take steps to re duce energy use.\n\nBCF Footsteps – Faiths for a Low Carbon Future is Bi rmingham’s interfaith sustainability and climate justice group.  Over t he past two years it has undertaken\,  In collaboration with Ecobirmingha m\, 15 faith building energy assessments across a range of Birmingham’s 700+ faith community buildings. Each building and congregation faces diffe rent challenges in taking its energy saving work forward.\n\nSpeakers will include:\n\n Phil Beardmore\, Ecobirmingham &\; Energy Confidence – the part energy assessments play in achieving faith building energy\n Ch ris Martin\, Footsteps Secretary - faith buildings and new Footsteps Birmi ngham faith community map\n Al-Madhi Insitute and from other places of wo rship that have benefited from assessments\n Q &\; A session with spea kers to share experiences and challenges\n\nAt 6.30 pm  Tour for face-to- face participants of the Al-Madhi Insititute highlighting energy saving op portunities identified.  Lead by Phil Beardmore and Rukhsana Bhanji.\n\nJ oin us to learn more about:\n\n how energy assessment can help reduce ene rgy use at your place of worship\,\n our experience of involving congrega tions and leaders in the assessments and planning\,\n the benefits of tak ing an interfaith approach and learning from each other\,\n how to arrang e an energy assessment for your faith building in Birmingham.\n\nRegister to join the workshop\, online or in-person. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://footstepsbcf.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2 023/03/AMI-building-min_banner-2.jpg CATEGORIES:Hybrid event,Practical sustainability,Talk / Discussion,Workshop LOCATION:Al-Mahdi Institute and on Zoom\, 60 Weoley Park Rd\, Selly Oak\, B irmingham\, B29 6RB\, United Kingdom GEO:52.437321;-1.953538 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=60 Weoley Park Rd\, Selly O ak\, Birmingham\, B29 6RB\, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Al-M ahdi Institute and on Zoom:geo:52.437321,-1.953538 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20230326T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR