The fringe programme provides you with the opportunity to get involved in conversation with colleagues from across the industry. It includes presentations and text debates hosted in exhibitor booths and the networking lounge.
9 November 2011
10:10 Lounge text debate: How will government policy and regulations shape business over the next 5 years
- What policies are on the horizon?
- What will the business landscape look like in 2016?
- What are the risks and opportunities for property investors, owners and occupiers?
- What actions should be taken?
Led by Mat Lown, Sustainability Partner at Tuffin Ferraby Taylor LLP
10:30 Lounge text debate: Exploring the future for feed-in tariff subsidies for solar installation
- What does the consultation mean for the industry
- Is there a future for solar in the UK
- Are the increasing costs of energy going to become more significant than incentives?
Mel Starrs, Associate Director, PRP Environment
10:50 BCSA/Tata Steel booth presentation: Target Zero
11:10 Lounge text debate: Green Bling – exploring which technologies and renewables are fit for purpose
- Prioritising bling to impact on energy use rather than energy generation.
- Green leases that encourage bling installation.
- LED bling – the new dawn?
- Solar PV – FiT reductions taking the shine of bling
Led by Seth Love-Jones, Partner at Tuffin Ferraby Taylor LLP
12:00 BCSA/Tata Steel booth text debate: Economics of Carbon Compliance
- Quick wins to reduce emissions for little additional capital costs
- Pay back periods for low and zero carbon technologies
- Better BREEAM ratings for minimum cost uplift
Led by John Dowling BCSA and Lauren Williams AECOM
12:10 Social Media booth: #tCnSusNow Twitter 100 launch
- How influential is Twitter?
- Launch of the tCnSusNow Sustainability Twitter 100 list
Led by Ryan Briggs from tCn
13:00 BCSA/Tata booth presentation: The role of the envelope in delivering building integrated renewable energy solutions
13:10 Lounge text debate: Challenges of a low carbon construction industry
- Understanding construction carbon emissions
- Who should be responsible for reducing carbon in construction?
- Can we really achieve a low or even zero carbon industry?
Led by Martin Brown
twitter @fairsnape, blogs at fairsnape.wordpress.com
14:00 BCSA/Tata Steel booth text debate: What are the technical and socio-economic challenges as energy exporters?
- Benefits of building integrated decentralised energy generation (micro-generation vs macro-generation) for communities
- Should renewable heat receive the same support as renewable electricity (RHI vs FIT)?
- What are the perceived barriers to the use of innovative new renewable envelope technologies in refurbishment
14:10 Social Media booth text debate: Using social media to drive sustainability
- How can social media drive sustainability?
- Who should be using social media in construction?
- Benefits and challenges of using social media in construction sustainability.
Led by Martin Brown
twitter @fairsnape, blogs at fairsnape.wordpress.com
15:30 Lounge text debate: Transforming cities to meet the needs of future generations
- What will future generations demand from our cities?
- Compact living or urban sprawl?
- Tackling the transport challenges associated with population growth
- Creating resilient cities for a changing climate
Led by Joe Peach from thisbigcity.net – ideas for our urban world
10 November 2011
10:10 BCSA/Tata Steel booth presentation: Sustainable steel supply chain presentation
12:10 BCSA/Tata Steel booth text debate: Supply chain
12:30 BIM booth: The evolution of BIM and the opportunities and obstacles this presents
- Webinar: What is BIM – The business imperatives?
- Webinar tbc
13:15 BCSA/Tata Steel booth presentation: Carbon footprint in construction
14:10 Lounge text debate: Leading the revolution
- What is the formula for successfully transforming us into a sustainable society
Led by Peter McManners an author,consultant and documentary film maker
www.petermcmanners.com
15:10 BCSA/Tata Steel booth text debate: Life cycle assessment of materials
- Availability of reliable data
- Cradle to gate of cradle to grave
- End of life assumptions
Led by John Dowling BCSA and Nick Avery, Tata Steel
