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A massive congratulations to David and Nick and the team for winning the Wolfson Economics Prize 2014 with their submission on how best to deliver a new garden city which is visionary, economically viable and popular. The results were announced at a gala dinner on Wednesday 3rd September, and details of their submission can be viewed on our Wolfson Prize project blog.

URBED's Helen Grimshaw will be taking part in a panel debate at the Labour Party Conference fringe on Monday 22 September, 12.45pm to 2.15pm entitled: ‘Fighting fuel poverty: informing radical policy ideas for our cities.’ This event is being organised by the University of Manchester’s engagement initiative policy@manchester, joining forces with two other University networks, cities@manchester and Manchester Energy to showcase and raise awareness of the Univers

We’ll have our fingers crossed for Carbon Co-op who are nominated for Energy Reduction Project of the Year at the Community Energy Awards. This is taking place in Oxford on the evening of the 4th September | www.communityenergyawards.org.uk

Helen Grimshaw of URBED and Jonathan Atkinson, of Carbon Co-op are presenting at the Behave Energy Conference 2014. The conference is taking place in Oxford from the 3rd - 4th September.

Behave 2014 is the third European conference on behaviour and energy efficiency. This year’s theme is ‘Paradigm Shift: From Energy Efficiency to Energy Reduction through Social Change’ and will explore how energy efficiency can be achieved through social behavioural change.

We were pleased to find out that Home Improvements Knowledge Exchange project has been nominated for the RIBA President's Award for Outstanding University-located Research.