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Engineered timber and woodfibre insulation: solutions for providing future proofed housing at scale in the UK – curated by Steico
The UK is facing an energy crisis. It is estimated that by Spring 2023 a typical family could be paying 500% more for their household energy bills than before the Covid pandemic. The UK is also still committed to a net zero emissions target by 2050. With these issues in
Read more »(Non-Domestic) Modular Construction and the Journey to Net Zero – curated by MPBA
The Modular and Portable Building Association focused sustainability group considers how modular construction delivers benefits to the net zero agenda in all lifecycle stages from manufacture through to end of life, providing model implementation of the circular economy. Chair: Richard Hipkiss, Modular and Portable Buildings, Development Director, MPBA Speakers: Andrew
Read more »Passivhaus and the cost of living crisis – curated by Passivhaus Trust
How does Passivhaus provide solutions to the current energy bill crisis? The Passivhaus Trust leads a workshop exploring the energy and cost-saving benefits of building and retrofitting using the low energy building standard and methodology. Chair: Matt Bridgestock, Managing Director, John Gilbert Architects The costs and benefits of Passivhaus newbuild
Read more »Mark Shepherd, MPA Precast
Mark Shepherd, Manager, MPA Precast Bio: Mark has worked within the precast concrete industry for over 30 years, gaining experience in planning, production management and project management at a range of precast concrete producers. Mark’s career has seen him involved in the delivery of a number of projects at various
Read more »Claire Ackerman, MPA The Concrete Centre
Claire Ackerman, Executive Director, MPA The Concrete Centre Claire is Executive Director overseeing the concrete team at MPA. She has a wide remit with overall responsibility for UK Concrete and The Concrete Centre and works with the product groups BRMCA/MPA Ready-mixed Concrete, MPA Mortar, MPA Precast, MPA Masonry and MPA-affiliates
Read more »Specifying Low Carbon Concrete – curated by MPA The Concrete Centre
The standard for concrete, BS 8500, is about to be revised and this update will considerably increase the range of low carbon concrete available for all concrete applications. Gareth will provide guidance on how to specify low carbon concrete, including the use of multi-components cements using limestone. Research, development and
Read more »Sue James, Chartered Architect
Chartered Architect and Convenor of the Trees and Design Action Group Sue James trained at the Architectural Association and worked in private practice in West Wales focusing on sustainable buildings in context. She has also worked as an urban design consultant. She is a founding member and Convenor of the
Read more »Lynne Sullivan OBE, Good Homes Alliance
Lynne Sullivan OBE, LSA Studio, board member Passivhaus Trust and the Green Construction Board and Chair of the Good Homes Alliance Lynne Sullivan is a practising Architect and founded sustainableBYdesign, finalists in all three 2010-2012 BRE-sponsored UK Passivhaus prototype Housing Competitions. Previously Lynne was Sustainability Director for 9 years at
Read more »Will Arnold, IStructE
Head of Climate Action, IStructE Will leads the IStructE’s response to the climate emergency, bringing sustainability action into all aspects of its work. He is responsible for driving change within the profession, setting the minimum sustainability standards for institution members, producing sustainability publications and training to support this, and collaborating
Read more »Keith Clarke CBE, Intercity Development Partners
Keith Clarke CBE Partenaires de Développement Interurbain and Chair of Constructionarium Intercity Development Partners Keith has a global reputation as one of the guiding minds in the leadership and sustainable development of large-scale infrastructure programmes to enable economic and societal growth and prosperity in Europe, North America, the Middle East
Read more »Jane Wernick CBE, EngineersHRW
Consultant, EngineersHRW Jane Wernick is a structural engineer who likes to collaborate with architects and other designers on any project that gives delight. She worked for Arup for many years, where her most notable project was the Millennium Wheel. In 1998 she founded Jane Wernick Associates, a small firm responsible
Read more »Simon Foxell, The Architects Practice
Principal, The Architects Practice and Edge policy lead Simon Foxell is a practicing architect and Principal of The Architects Practice. He is a member of Islington Council’s and the Home Office’s Design Review panels. He is the author of several books including: Professionalism for the Built Environment, A Carbon Primer, Starting a
Read more »Chris Twinn, Twinn Sustainability Innovation
Principal of Twinn Sustainability Innovation, Board Member LETI With a background is building design, planning, implementation and policymaking, Chris Twinn runs his own practice after 28 years with Arup as director & Arup Fellow. The premise behind much of his work is that a more efficient built-environment should use less
Read more »Andrew Scoones, Happold Foundation
Coordinator of the Engineering Club and Adviser to the Happold Foundation Andrew Scoones is involved in professional development communications for architecture, construction and related business sectors. He is Director of ngenuity Ltd, which produces events, exhibitions, website and videos for mainly educational projects. With a background in television production, he
Read more »Mina Hasman, Climate Framework
Mina Hasman, Sustainability Director, SOM & Lead, Climate Framework Mina Hasman leads SOM’s sustainability and wellbeing operations and long-term vision for achieving excellence in practice. She has experience in a wide variety of projects in Europe, UK, Middle East, and Asia, bringing a greater understanding of the implications for sustainable
Read more »Louisa Bowles, Hawkins\Brown
Louisa Bowles is a Partner and Sustainability Lead at Hawkins\Brown. She has led several multi-disciplinary projects from inception to completion and now leads the practice’s dedicated team of sustainability specialists. She has structured the practice’s Whole Life Design strategy, and the development of the in-house H\B:ERT whole life carbon tool,
Read more »Matt Collins, RICS
Matt Collins, Senior Specialist – Construction & Infrastructure Management, RICS Matt is both a member and staff member of The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, leading RICS’s involvement, collaboration and output in respect to sustainability within the built environment. Matt currently has a particular focus on consistent and comparable carbon
Read more »The New Model Building: A solution for mass timber residential development – curated by Build by Nature
A presentation and panel discussion about the New Model Building, a project by Waugh Thistleton, Buro Happold and UCL, which has established a pre-approved construction system for a 6-storey timber residential building for use by the wider industry. The session will explore the potential of mid-rise timber residential development –
Read more »Urban climate resilience – curated by University of Birmingham
The climate is changing, and our urban areas must be prepared for more frequent heavy rainfall events and hotter summers. Summer 2022 showed us how hot weather can cause infrastructure networks to fail, and cause homes, offices, and care settings to overheat. Winter flooding events have shown the vulnerability of
Read more »Circular Economy: How engineers can embrace the circular economy to drive the design and management of infrastructure? – curated by ICE
What does the circular economy mean for the infrastructure sector and engineers? What does good practice look like on projects and how is it being applied? What does a resource-focused approach to infrastructure mean for the priorities of engineers and the understanding of value? Chair: Mark Edwards, Head of Sustainability,
Read more »Vision and Validate; Vision Led Transport Planning for Development (Interpretation and Application) – curated by Homes England
The session will seek to explain the emerging Vision and Validate (and other synonymous titles) approach to transport planning for development; that seeks to emphasise sustainable and active travel outcomes for sites – also facilitating sites that are self contained, have internalised peak hour trips; and which operate sustainably into
Read more »Workforce transformation: developing green jobs and skills in the UK – curated by IEMA
Discussion of ongoing challenges and opportunities for developing green jobs and skills in the UK, including updates from members of the government’s Green Jobs Delivery Group. The session will explore: What are the key blockers and enablers for creating more green jobs in the UK? What more can be done
Read more »Lighting design: The art of sensory construction – curated by studio ZNA
The purpose of this session will be to discuss the transformative qualities of light and how these might be used to create and support new types of architecture. Our work as lighting designers is in some cases very much in the shadows, unseen by the non-specialist eye but intrinsic to
Read more »Indoor air pollution in buildings: why it matters
There is a growing recognition of the importance of improving indoor air quality. Air purifiers and ventilation systems are seen as the answer, but these do not necessarily remove the source of hazardous emissions from building materials. This session will give an introduction to the importance of understanding emissions from
Read more »Certified safe & circular materials, fibre boards & C02-absorbing paint disrupting the linear economy – curated by 540 WORLD
Regenerative circular design consultants 540 WORLD and international manufacturers as game changing innovation examples, HONEXT® and Graphenstone, present gold standard sustainable material innovations and why sustainable circularity is a broken design model without material health verification first. The global pioneers setting the international standards in design and materials explain the
Read more »Myth Busting Ground Source Heat Pumps – curated by GSHPA
Join our panel of experts in this myth busting session which will explore common ground source heat pump misconceptions. An opportunity to ask our panel of experts about the benefits and opportunites for ground source heat pumps – exploring the points below: Myths What is the benefit of using thermal
Read more »Forecasting energy use from buildings – how to go about it (all models are wrong, but some are useful) – curated by LETI
LETI have produced a new publication – the LETI Modelling Guide – which focuses on building energy modelling to forecast the energy use of buildings at design stage. Engaging with this form of modelling is invaluable when designing to meet in-use targets such as Energy Use Intensity (EUI), especially when
Read more »How much domestic energy do we really use and what low level physical interventions can we make?
It is not only the rising cost of energy that demands improvements in the energy performance of our building stock. Given that the majority of buildings that we will have in 2050 already exist, achieving our urgent climate goals means that we must reduce the energy use in these buildings.
Read more »How can we accelerate the growth of heat networks in the UK? – curated by Carbon Trust
Heat networks have the potential to play a significant role in the UK’s transition to net zero. In this session, we explore what is needed to accelerate the growth of heat networks in the UK. We will explore the role of markets and the public sector; heat regulation, consumer protection
Read more »Delivering low carbon heating at scale – curated by Kensa Group
In this session, we discuss how ground source heat pumps can be deployed at scale to deliver low carbon heating to domestic and non-domestic buildings. We will present our ‘street-by-street approach’ which features individual ground source heat pumps in each building connected to ambient temperature district heating. Additionally, we will
Read more »Building Capacity for Climate Action: Committing to Climate Framework – curated by Climate Framework
The urgent and interconnected challenges of climate change, rapid urbanisation, social inequities, health risks and economic disparities demand having the right knowledge and skills (i.e. capacity) within the built environment sector, to effectively and holistically respond to these challenges in tandem, fast and at scale. Over the recent years, the
Read more »Using monitoring to understand net zero homes – curated by Building Performance Network
By the middle of this century the world has to reduce emissions to as close to zero as possible. This pursuit to Net Zero requires the UK to virtually eliminate emissions from the built environment and with ~28m homes currently contributing 18% of all carbon emissions, the UK has a
Read more »Interaction between the Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard and other industry initiatives – curated by UK Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard
Whilst significant progress has been made in defining what ‘net zero’ means for the country’s buildings, the UK Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard will take the next step and enable industry to robustly prove their built assets are net zero carbon and in line with our nation’s climate targets. The
Read more »How will the Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard revolutionise the UK Built Environment? – curated by UK Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard
Whilst significant progress has been made in defining what ‘net zero’ means for the country’s buildings, the UK Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard will take the next step and enable industry to robustly prove their built assets are net zero carbon and in line with our nation’s climate targets. The
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