EVENT PREVIEW years ago that many would be able to work from home? Will that trend continue and if so what do we do with all these office blocks. Security will play an increasingly important role in the future. The design of buildings and how they connect with others, both physically and through technology, could become the way crime is detected and prevented. Intelligent buildings with discrete scanning and identification capabilities are inevitable to track individuals who are not so welcome. They will also be able to help building users and visitors through mobile phone or other identifying technology and direct and welcome you to your destination or evacuate in emergencies. These are just some of the things that will be addressed in the future zone. It’s all about flexibility and looking at intelligent buildings in terms of all services so energy, water, fire, security, communications and so on that help create enjoyable safe and healthy living and work spaces. BUILDINGS & ENERGY EFFICIENCY Returning for its second year, Buildings & Energy Efficiency (B&EE) is aimed at the commercial buildings sector. B&EE will run alongside Greenbuild Expo and has been designed to highlight the technological developments in building and refurbishment methods when it comes to energy efficiency. Encouraging businesses and property owners to save some of the reported £1.6 billion wasted on energy bills each year it will also cover ESOS and new legislation for energy performance of buildings. Key industry figures will discuss the changing face of energy efficiency as collectively businesses in the UK are currently missing out on an estimated saving of £1.6 billion each year. Take a look at the up and coming ESOS legislation, BIM, building performance, integrating renewables, energy generation, the role that behavioural change plays in energy reduction, BREEAM plus much more. The Buildings & Energy Efficiency Awards reward the best performing buildings in the UK. The Awards area, will highlight the shortlisted finalists, and the Buildings & Energy Efficiency Awards Gala Dinner takes place on the evening of the first day. DAY ONE CONFERENCE PROGRAMME On the first day of the Expo, 10 November, The Red Room will be hosting seminars on: ‘Passivhaus for new-build residential’; ‘Integrating low-energy refurb’; ‘Measurement of Energy Savings Measures in Buildings’; ‘Overheating in Homes’; and ‘City Energy Apps: Mapping our Future’. The Passivhaus seminar, jointly conducted by Mark Siddal of Leap and Helen Brown of Encraft, highlights the role that Passivhaus has to play in housebuilding in the UK. Taking place at 10:00, the seminar will end with a 10-minute opportunity for questions.
Following on from this at 11:00, The National Energy Foundation’s (NEF) Principal Energy Specialist, Luke Smith, discusses intergrating low-energy refurbishment in the social housing sector with everyday maintenance. Additionally, Richard Fitton from Salford University will present the latest results from the unique Energy House at the University of Salford. This test facility tests all manner of energy saving technologies from insulation to boiler controls. The latest findings will be presented, and also the innovative methods that are being developed to measure the energy performance of homes. At 14:00, ‘Overheating in homes’ will be presented by Nicola O’Connor from the Zero Carbon Hub. There is evidence that overheating is already happening in certain types of homes, and concern is rising in the construction sector that it will become more prevalent in the future. The Zero Carbon Hub (along with by industry and government) has gathered together the latest evidence on this issue and made recommendations on what the sector needs to do to be more prepared. O’Connor will present a detailed analysis of what can be done to prevent this escalating problem. The Red Room Day One Conference Programme is completed by Ruth Kerigan, R&D Director of IES, presenting on ‘City Energy Apps: Mapping our Future’. As part of the £24 million project funded by the Technology Strategy Board, IES created an Energy App for Glasgow Future Cities. In this session, Kerrigan will look at the ideas and technology behind it, its development, aims and where this kind of technology could take us in the future. Running alongside The Red Room is an
funding from Innovate UK. The session will include presentations covering the technical challenges and solutions; performance monitoring and resident liaison; on site delivery and supply chain integration. This will be followed by an audience Q&A session. The ‘Home Quality Mark’, led by BRE’s Gwyn Roberts, is the new standard from BRE designed to put the consumer at the heart of quality, sustainable homes. It provides the householder with indicators of energy, water, health and well‐being and other performance issues in a simple, digestible format. It is also designed to allow quality housebuilders to differentiate a better product. The development of the Home Quality Mark has been supported by a number of leading private developers together with the social housing sector.
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DAY TWO CONFERENCE PROGRAMME Once again, GreenBuild Expo 2015 will include high quality, expert driven conference seminars on Day Two of the event. Highlights on the 11 November include: The Zero Carbon Hub investigating the route causes of the Performance Gap in their seminar ‘Building Performance Evaluation’ (The Red Room, 10:00); ‘Can refurbishment deliver energy efficient buildings?’, by the Green Gauge Trust’s Liz Reason (The Red Room, 11:00); ‘Passivhaus – is it really deliverable?’, a seminar on how local authorities and housing authorities can deliver high quality passivhaus homes (The Red Room, 15:00). In The Purple Room at 10:15, Willmot Dixon Energy Services’ Robert Hughes looks at how
Our cities will become larger as the population migrates to areas of prosperity. The resources therefore in terms of energy, water and space will all be stretched alternative seminar programme which will take place in The Purple Room. Discussions on Day One will include: ‘Environmental Assessments’; ‘Housing Association Performance Analysis’; ‘Retrofit at Scale’; and the BRE ’Home Quality Mark’. Starting at 10:15, the ‘Environmental Assessments’ seminar, led by GreenBuild Consult’s Gareth Davies, will focus on how to make the process of Environmental Assessment easier for developers. Immediately afterwards, at 11:15, SHIFT will analyse the sustainability performance of housing associations from 2012 to 2014. In ’Retrofit at Scale’, taking place at 12:15, PRP and the Institute for Sustainability will present a 40 minute workshop discussing their solution for ‘at scale’ social housing retrofit delivery which is currently being trialled with
to get successful, quality energy efficiency schemes off the ground in his seminar ‘Life in a Post-Eco World’. Later in the day (12:15), Oliver Heath discusses the emerging science of Biophilic Design, before Mark Atherton from Manchester City Council discusses the route forward for lowering Manchester’s carbon footprint in his seminar ‘Decarbonising Greater Manchester’. Closing Day Two of the Expo, The Sustainable Energy Association discusses the road ahead for the Renewable Heat Incentive. L
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