The Brighton Dome

The Brighton Dome is a historic venue located between the Pavilion Gardens and the bustling North Laine area. Having recently undergone significant restoration in the Corn Exchange section, delegates will be situated within a magnificent Grade I listed building that balances architectural beauty with a modern feel for an inspiring conference space.
The Dome has its own commitment to reduce the negative environmental impact of the activities taking place in the venue. Some of the venue’s environmental considerations include electricity usage, waste reduction, and marketing choices.

City of Brighton

A highly walkable city, Brighton promotes additional sustainable transport options including frequent bus services and the Beryl BTN bikeshare scheme, ensuring easy transport between your chosen accommodation and the venue. For information on bicycle hire, please visit the link: https://beryl.cc/scheme/brighton-and-hove

Crowned England’s most sustainable city in 2022, Brighton prides itself on being home to the UK’s first Green Party MP. The city has become synonymous with its green status and is host to several sustainability initiatives, from grassroots to local government. The University of Brighton is proud to be part of such a conscious community and is committed to its own role in tackling global challenges.

University of Brighton

Underpinning the heart of its ethos and strategy, sustainability forms one of the universities four core values. Some of the university’s commitments include:

1. Waste and Recycling

The University of Brighton aims to promote a zero-waste culture in order to reduce waste and increase recycling across all areas of the university estate. Waste is disposed of with mixed recycling, general waste, glass, and food waste facilities. The university is working towards its waste and recycling goal of 60% by 2025.

2. Carbon Footprint

The university has committed to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050; the net zero strategy 2022-2025 has a focus on decarbonising all buildings.
All electricity used by the university is 100% renewable, either generated on site or purchased through green energy tariffs.
The university is also working hard to ensure its IT services are run as sustainably as possible. For example, the installation of power-down software has successfully minimised the carbon emissions of IT systems.

3. Sustainable Food

The university uses locally grown fruit and vegetables when in season, sustainable fish and higher welfare meat. Additionally, the university has a reusable cup scheme, encouraging students, guests and staff to avoid using single use cups. At university sites, there are also water fountains that encourage people to use reusable bottles.

EECERA

Alongside the conference theme “Developing Sustainable Early Childhood Education Systems”, EECERA 2024 is committed to environmentally sustainable practice through:

  • Providing delegates with a dedicated conference app to reduce paper waste
  • Eliminating single use plastic
  • Sustainable catering

Recognised for their exceptional standards of dining and sustainability, The Secret Restaurant will be providing catering at this years EECERA conference. We are proud to collaborate with high-quality caterers that actively engage with environmental policy, including but not limited to: working in partnership with suppliers to promote use of local and sustainably sourced products and materials; prioritising the use of renewable resources; using plant-based and compostable catering disposables; and practice of waste minimisation.