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In Practice: Up & running - Eco-friendly buildings

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Children aged three to six are enjoying a new nursery building at the University of East London's Docklands campus. The Children's Garden Early Years Centre was constructed from refurbished portable building modules, a process which uses less than three per cent of the energy needed to build an equivalent structure from scratch.

Havering's first children's centre opened its doors last month. Childrenenjoyed face-painting and storytelling at the launch of the new CollierRow Children's Centre.

St Alban's Church of England School in Birmingham is celebratingachieving specialist status as an engineering college. Pupils willbenefit from a new computer-aided design and manufacturing studio, whichwill also be used for adult education as part of the Highgate ExtendedServices Partnership.

Actress Bernie Nolan helped officially launch a new children's centre atThornton Primary School in Blackpool last month. The centre is a jointventure between Lancashire County Council and North Lancashire PrimaryCare Trust.

Eyres Monsell and Gilmorton Children's Centre is the latest of 11centres to open in Leicester. The 750,000 centre includes anursery and will run advice and activity sessions.

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