){kind=logo}
){kind=logo}
From MMC to Masonry: navigating detailing and specification for low carbon, future-proofed housing - curated by The Concrete Centre, in collaboration with MPA Precast and MPA Masonry
From MMC to Masonry: Navigating detailing and specification for low carbon, future-proofed housing
The construction of new homes has been put at the heart of boosting economic growth and tackling housing need in the UK. How do we ensure these new homes are designed to reduce carbon emissions as well as meet the comfort, longevity and performance necessary for the demands of a changing climate? This session will share some of the new guidance, research, tools and data to help as well as recent case studies.
Chair: Elaine Toogood, Senior Director, Concrete, Mineral Products Association
Speaker 1- Lower carbon concrete MMC through design, Emily Halliwell, Senior Structural Engineer, The Concrete Centre
Emily will introduce key themes from the new industry guidance for reducing embodied carbon through design and detailing of precast concrete.
Speaker 2 - Whole Life Carbon in Housing: Measurement and Reduction, Hafiz Elhag, Sustainability Manager (concrete products), Mineral Products Association
This presentation outlines recent advances in whole life carbon measurement for housing including tools, guidance and data conventions to improve consistency. It also provides insights into design and specifications strategies to reduce carbon using masonry.
Speaker 3 – It’s all in the detail – thermal bridging design for masonry and precast , Colin Davis, Director, Studio Partington
This talk will provide an update on the expanding suite of pre-assessed and certified details provided by the industry to facilitate assessment and detailing of thermal junctions in the construction of masonry and precast homes to meet the Future Homes Standard.
