Went to the exhibition of the HLF bid today down at Yellowave.
New sheds and visitor centre planned for the Volks railway, Brighton
Met the team, and really impressed by the plans – including enough solar power to run 2 trains entirely on renewable electricity! A habitat park is planned, and Building Green is hoping to be involved to help VERA and partners make this dream a reality.
Plans for the rejuvenation of Volk’s Electric Railway are at an advanced stage and this will be an opportunity for members of the public to talk to the architects and consultants.
A model of the proposed new Aquarium Station and Visitor Centre will be on display, as will detailed plans of the new sheds at Banjo Groyne. Photographs of the three cars selected for restoration will also be available.
The event is being held at the Yellowave Clubhouse, 299 Madeira Drive from 1pm – 5pm.
The Brighton skyline could become fields of green as environmental experts have identified 87 football pitches worth of roof space perfect for grass and flowers.
Full article here.
The new Sustainability Checklist was published this month. All residential planning applications involving new builds and conversions within Brighton & Hove require a completed Brighton & Hove sustainability checklist.
Good news that it includes a section on Greening, which will help to make green features even more standard in developments.
It asks:
– does the development include green walls; and
– does the development include green roofs;
– how many trees will be planted?
If yes, it asks for more information including the number/area of the features, and the type of habitat green roofs incorporates.
Part 1 of the City Plan states that the Council will continue to measure the success of its policies in part by measuring the area of green wall and green roof established through new development.
Taking a look at the portfolio for the Sustainability Checklist shows that greening is a clear ambition of the Council.
We’re meeting on Marine Parade, at the top of the ramp up from Madeira Drive.
Just here.
We’ll be weeding the beds, sowing some seeds and probably planting some cuttings of Japanese spindle.
Come along to help, or just to say hi!
Here is the seed list – it will add colour and interest and help keep some of the less interesting weeds down.
3Ts have made the latest approved designs available on their website.
You can clearly see the roof gardens – including in the aerial view below – and the street level planting schemes.
View from top of thomas kemp tower, Hospital development
Invader tile removed from Madeira Drive green wall
Has world famous French graffiti artist and urban tiler ‘Invader’ visited Brighton lately?
This artwork, at the bottom of the Madeira Drive green wall in Kemptown would certainly suggest so. Can anyone verify?
Invader, Brighton
Invader, Brighton, Madeira Drive
The first feasibility study and audit of the potential for green roofs in Brighton has been published.
Green roof on the Velo cafe, The Level, Brighton – image by Building Green
The study examined a study area in Central Brighton, to assess the potential benefits of establishing green roofs.
It finds that 61 hectares of roofs in Central Brighton are suitable for retrofitting with green roofs, in a way which brings nature, summer cooling and storm water management benefits and improves the attractiveness of the cityscape.
This is equivalent to 87 football pitches-worth of new green roof space in the 9km2 area of the city that runs between the West pier and Dyke Road, and from Bear Road to Kemptown.
This area is highly urbanised, is susceptible to surface water flooding, and has limited open green space.
More on the benefits:
This work should be of interest to planners, architects, developers, environmentalists, householders and city businesses.
Download the Brighton Green Roof Audit
The study was prepared by Ben Kimpton (Senior Ecologist – The Ecology Consultancy) and The Green Roof Consultancy, it was supported by Matthew Thomas (former Ecologist – Brighton & Hove City Council), James Farrell (Chair – Brighton and Hove Building Green), Dusty Gedge (Founder – Livingroofs.org and Director – The Green Roof Consultancy) and Lee Evans (Director – Organic Roofs).
The GRO Green Roof Code provides information about green roof design, specification, installation and maintenance, endorsed by a wide range of professionals from the green roof industry.
Brighton & Hove Building Green 