RIBA South East with the Low Carbon Trust| ran Green Retrofit for Housing: make the most of what you've got as a day-long conference packed with practical information on 11 November 2008.
Whilst the Code for Sustainable Homes sets standards for new domestic buildings, how do we bring existing housing stock up to modern sustainable requirements? The conference tackled this question.
Presentations by the individual speakers are attached below.
Dan Staniaszek|, Environment Director, SEEDA
Keynote speech: Tackling economic, environmental and social goals through retrofitting
Brenda Boardman|, Senior Researcher, The Environmental Change Institute
Recognising the end: when is demolition appropriate?
Rajat Gupta|, Reader, Department of Architecture and Co-Director, OISD: Architecture, Oxford Brookes University
Reducing carbon emissions: A GIS-based approach
Workshop: Appraising packages for cost-effective and technically-possible carbon reductions
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Jonathan Essex|, Reclaimed Materials Manager, BioRegional Development Group, BedZED
The 3 Rs: Retrofit, Re-use and Renewables
Workshop: Barriers to, and opportunities for, building within climate limits
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Mark Gillott|, Associate Professor/Co-Director, Institute of Sustainable Energy Technology, University of Nottingham
The E.ON 2016 House
Workshop: Appropriate technologies for the mass market
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Simon Chatfield|, Director of Major Developments, The Hyde Group
Retrofit and Replicate: affordable solutions for greener homes
Workshop: Retrofit and replicate
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Arnout Andrews|, Principal Projects Manager, ESD
The Generations House
Russell Smith|, Managing Director, Parity Eco Solution
The Carshalton Grove Eco-Renovation Demonstration Project - and lessons for mass renovation
Sean Rendall|, Head of Policy and Strategy, ECSC
Woking: aiming for a lower carbon Borough
Roger Dowty|, Design & Conservation Team Manager, Brighton and Hove City Council
Policy implications of climate change for historic buildings
Alison Mathias|, Policy Manager, Housing Corporation
Green Homes Retrofit Manual
Workshop: Ecohomes XB
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Brian Murphy, GreenSpec
Workshop: Sustainability brainstorm
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Alan Turner, Principal Regeneration and Projects Officer, Kent County Council
Workshop: Retrofitting water efficiency in the Ashford Growth Area
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The conference was supported by an exhibition in which the following companies took part:
Aquaco Ltd|
AVASH Project|
BBM Sustainable Design|
Brighton and Hove City Council Eco House Project|
Celotex|
Conran & Partners|
Derek Scoble Architects|
Ecodan Heat Pump Boilers|
Ecotecture|
GreenSpec|
Mould Growth Consultants|
Organic Energy Co UK|
Thermal Economics|
