Recorded: 19 January 2021 (13:00 - 15:30 UK time)
What’s this webinar about?
This session considers some of the tools and approaches currently available to help the built environment sector achieve net zero. It:
- Provides an update on the energy efficiency parts of the English Building Regulations, primarily for new homes but also non-domestic and existing buildings
- Considers the importance of energy efficiency retrofit to our existing building stock and in the light of the Government’s latest Green Home Grant initiative
- Explains one way to manage whole life carbon when delivering infrastructure
- Explores other policy responses and tools that might help the sector meet its targets
- Explores the interfaces with other relevant sectors, such as energy supply, to ensure a robust and aligned approach to net zero
Who is this webinar for?
- Architects and designers
- Engineers
- Energy advisors and consultants
- Product specifiers
- Home builders
- Product manufactures
- Installers and small builders
- Building control bodies
- Housing associations
What will participants gain?
- The opportunity to hear first-hand where the sector is collectively at in relation to achieving net zero
- The opportunity to receive updates on key policy, regulatory and voluntary approaches available to help achieve net zero in the sector
- The opportunity to hear about the role that current standards (PAS 2030, 2035 and 2080) and upcoming standards (PAS 2038) can play in helping achieve net zero
- The opportunity to ask questions of our experts
- A post-event copy of all presentations and a recording of the webinar
Agenda
Introductions & scene set - Anthony Burd, Associate Director and Head of Built Environment, BSI – National Standards Body
Part L (Energy) - Building Regulations Update - Gavin Dunn, Chief Executive, Chartered Association of Building Engineers and Chair, BRAC Part L Working Group for new dwellings
The need for Energy Efficiency Retrofit and the role of PAS 2030, 2035 & 2038 - Peter Rickaby - Energy and Sustainability Consultant - Principal Research Associate and Business Manager, UK Centre for Moisture in Buildings, University College London (UCL) and Technical Director, The Retrofit Academy Centre of Excellence
Managing Carbon in infrastructure and the role of PAS 2080 - Maria Manidaki, Principal Water Investment Planning Advisor, Mott MacDonald
Round table discussion
End of the webinar - Anthony Burd, Associate Director and Head of Built Environment, BSI – National Standards Body