Steve Double, Conservative Parliamentary Candidate for St Austell and Newquay, recently welcomed Minister of State for the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills Nick Boles MP to the Eden Project to see first-hand the new HQ for the Cornwall Sustainable Building Trust.
Commenting Steve said,
“This is a marvellous example of Cornwall being at the forefront of sustainable building and what more appropriate setting than the eco showpiece of Eden? I know that Nick has really been impressed with the building, its core values and the quality of construction by a local company, employing local people and utilising local resources too.”
On his visit the minister got to talk first hand with construction apprentices who have been involved with the build from the start.
The £1,1million project has been made possible thanks to an investment from the European Regional Development Fund Convergence Programme and is called the Green Build Hub and will be a ‘living laboratory’ where eco-building products will be installed, tested and monitored to produce objective and comprehensive performance data in a real building setting.
The building will act as a key resource of specialist green building knowledge, enhancing the region’s expertise and will also serve as a distinctive training centre, and encourage inward investment by companies such as specialist green suppliers by enabling them to showcase and test innovative products within the building.
Mr Boles said,
“I want to thank Steve Double for taking me to meet apprentices at the exciting new Green Hub being built by Gilbert and Goode at the EdenProject. It is great to see young people from St Austell/Cornwall benefiting from David Cameron and George Osborne's investment in a doubling of apprenticeships over the last 5 years."