<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Dear all<div><br></div><div>you may be interested to know that I am chairing an event in the House of Commons in Parliament in London this Wednesday (November 16th) to launch the Alliance for Sustainable Building Products in the UK (ASBP)</div><div><br></div><div>This is a very important initiative by materials companies , architects and others who support the importance of reducing the environmental impact of building materials.</div><div><br></div><div> We hope to spread the idea of using low impact, healthy, non toxic renewable materials to create energy efficient buildings</div><div><br></div><div>Currently many of the materials used in so-called "Green" and energy efficient buildings are based on petrochemicals and contain many toxic chemicals, made by companies that may claim their products are sustainable but in reality indulge in <b>Greenwash</b></div><div><br></div><div>I have attached a leaflet which sets out some of the ideas of ASBP and a further document with FAQs</div><div><br></div><div>ASBP is also based on the principles to be found in the European wide Natureplus certification system which you can find on their web site which is available in German, English, French and Italian</div><div><a href="http://www.natureplus.org/en/current-news/home/">http://www.natureplus.org/en/current-news/home/</a></div><div><br></div><div> </div><div><br></div><div>Tom</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div><div> </div></div><div apple-content-edited="true"> <div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><div>Tom Woolley</div><div><br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></div><div>Rachel Bevan Architects</div><div>80 Church Road</div><div>Crossgar</div><div>Downpatrick</div><div>BT30 9HR</div><div><a href="mailto:tom.woolley@btconnect.com">tom.woolley@btconnect.com</a></div><div>028 44 830988</div><div><a href="http://www.bevanarchitects.com">www.bevanarchitects.com</a></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></span></span></div></span></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> </div></div><span></span><span></span><span></span><span></span></body></html>