This event features industry leaders and expert speakers as they debate the most pertinent issues and challenges in sustainable buildings and the surrounding socio-economic problems.
All sessions will be live streamed in audio or video format, and there will be ample opportunity to ask questions and interact with all those involved.
Make sure you are at the cutting edge of what is happening in the industry, and make connections with colleagues from across the country through attending this unique event. Register now for free.
View the full line-up of speakers here.
There will also be a fringe programme taking place across a variety of exhibitor booths and in the networking lounge.
Day 1, AM - Policy and Regulations
09:30 Transforming the built environment across the UK (40 min video webinar)
- Understanding how government policy and new building regulations are shaping the built environment across the country
- Exploring the opportunities and challenges for business in 2012
- Moving away from Green Bling and making sustainable building the norm
Chair: David Birkbeck, Chief Executive, Design for Homes
Speakers: Ant Wilson, Director, AECOM
Dan Jestico, Head of Research and Development, Hilson Moran
Mel Starrs, Associate Director, PRP Environmental
11:30 Making a low carbon economy a reality (40 min video webinar)
- Driving forward low carbon and sustainable construction methods through collaboration across government and industry
- Understanding how the market values low carbon buildings and exploring how to change attitudes
- Positioning the UK to meet its energy and environmental targets and goals
Chair: John Alker, Director of Policy and Communication, UK-Green Building Council
Speakers: Tim Chapman, Director, Leader – Infrastructure London Group, Arup
John Connaughton, Director, Davis Langdon, an AECOM Company
Tatiana Bosteels, Head of Responsible Property, Hermes Real Estate Investment Management Ltd
Day 1, PM – Refurbishing Britain
12:30 Changing the face of business in Britain (40 min audio webinar)
- Refitting non-residential buildings to ensure they are efficient, sustainable and meet the business needs of the occupier
- Investing in environmental measures – balanced with commercial pressures to reduce costs and increase operational efficiency of the estate
- Exploring the needs of employees and customers
Chair: Jon Lovell, Director, Head of Sustainability, Driver Jonas Deloitte
Speakers: Matt Fulford, Head of Buildings, Sustain Ltd
Sean Morris, Director of Corporate Property, Barclays
13:30 Effective routes to BREEAM for domestic refurbishment (40 min audio webinar)
- Achieving optimal carbon savings from the UK’s existing housing stock
- Showcasing best practice and exploring how to meet BREEAM outstanding
- Overcoming the idiosyncrasies of period properties and creating healthy and efficient homes
Chair: Gavin Summerson, BRE Global
Speakers: Miles Hebron-Wheatley, Senior Sustainable Design Consultant, ECD Architects
Allan Ronald, Sustainability Manager, Higgins Construction
14:30 The Green Deal: One Year and counting, with the Energy Minister Greg Barker and Kevin McCloud (1 hr video webinar)
- Preparing the UK, industry stakeholders and the public for the largest home improvement plan since the second world war
- Ensuring business leads the long term expansion of the Green Deal market
- Driving public demand for low energy home refurbishment
Chair: Paul King, Chief Executive, UK GBC
Speakers: Greg Barker, Minister of State, Department of Energy and Climate Change
Kevin McCloud, Author, broadcaster, designer and Great British Refurb front man
Sally Hancox, Director, Gentoo Green
Steven Heath, External Affairs Director for North Europe, Knauf Insulation
Day 2, AM – Sustainable Business
09:30 Building a truly green supply chain (40 min video webinar)
- Defining, deploying and embedding robust environmental management systems
- Measuring existing environmental impacts and establish goals to improve performance
- Adopting a life cycle carbon optimisation approach to identify and address supply chain impacts
- Selecting and assessing green principles in the supply chain
Chair: Shaun McCarthy, Chair, Commission for Sustainable London 2012
Speakers: Simon Rawlinson, Head of Strategic Research and Insight, EC Harris LLP
Jean-Yves Cherruault, Head of Environmental Accounting, Sustain
10:30 Analysing sustainability of buildings in use (40 min audio webinar)
- Is your green building really so green?
- Reducing the disparity between reality and the theoretical energy consumption given the building design
- Engaging with the client and occupier to improve the post occupancy energy performance in buildings
Chair: Katharine Deas, Managing Director, Low Carbon Workplace
Speakers: David Weatherall , Housing Strategy Manager, Energy Saving Trust
Maaike Fleur, Senior Manager Reporting Framework, Global Reporting Initiative
11:30 Measuring and benchmarking building energy efficiency (40 min video webinar)
- Improving sustainability in the property sector through effective benchmarking
- Creating buildings fit for the occupier of the future; making sustainability the norm rather than the exception
- Exploring the impact of Display Energy Certificates in supporting occupiers corporate responsibility policies and giving them a competitive advantage
Chair: Ruth Standring, Group Head of Health, Safety and Environment, Standard Chartered
Speakers: Ian Smith, Head of Project Management for Global Corporate Services for CB Richard Ellis and President of CoreNet Globals UK Chapter
Simon Sturgis, Managing Director, Sturgis Carbon Profiling LLP
Day 2, PM – Sustainable Construction and Design
13:30 Showcasing innovation in new building projects across the UK (40 min video webinar)
- Examining innovative case studies
- Lessons learnt
- Messages for the future
Chair: Ahsan Khan, Project Manager, Sustainable Building Envelope Centre
Speakers: Jonathan Hines, Director, Architype,
George Martin, Head of Sustainable Development, Willmott Dixon Group
14:30 Getting to the bottom of carbon and water foot-printing (40 min audio webinar)
- Applying whole life carbon and water foot printing methods to minimise the impact of buildings
- Understanding the embodied carbon of materials used in construction
- Adopting a holistic approach to ensure the UK is able to meet its carbon reduction targets
Chair: Thomas Lane, Assistant Editor, Building
Speakers: Dr Craig Jones, Senior Associate, Sustain
* The Sustainability Now conference is CPD certified enabling you to earn CPD points through your attendance.
