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RESPONSIBLE RETROFIT FOR TRADITIONAL BUILDINGS
CONFERENCE PROGRAMME 2015
9.00 – 9.30
9.30 – 10.30
10.30 – 11.30
11.30 – 11.50
11.50 – 13.10
Welcome from the conference chair
Keynote presentations:
Plans for UK-wide retrofit
Housing retrofit
Bristol’s housing retrofit plans
Registration. Tea, coffee and biscuits
The big picture, traditional building retrofit across the UK
Ingrid Samuel, National Trust
DECC speaker invited
Andrew Eagles, Sustainable Homes
Mareike Schmidt, Bristol City Council
Key challenges for responsible retrofit, panel discussion
Overview of the key challenges
Neil May, Sustainable Traditional Buildings Alliance (STBA)
Technical challenges
Colin King, Building Research Establishment (BRE)
Heritage challenges
Chris Wood, Historic England
Delivery & Occupant challenges
Alexandra Willey, Affinity Sutton
Tea, coffee and biscuits
Successfully understanding and managing risks, 20 mins. per speaker including Q&A
Focus on large-scale retrofit: English Heritage report and follow-on Nick Heath, STBA/NDM Heath Ltd
Blackpool Council SWI toolkit
CSE’s guidance for householders and local authorities
Planning and best practice guidance: a route map to help
householders with their energy saving refurbishment
Focus on private landlords: launching the National Trust’s
environmental building standards
13.10 – 14.00
14.00 – 14.55
Rachel Coxcoon, Centre for Sustainable Energy (CSE)
Kate Watson, Bristol City Council
Jo Lugg, National Trust
Lunch
Afternoon workshops, hands-on training and in-depth case studies.
Option 1: case study
Option 2: panel debate
15.00 –
15.30 –
16.30
Option 3: hands-on
training
Whole building retrofit process:
assessment, procurement, installation and use.
Natural Building Technologies
Option 4: hands-on
training
Implementing the STBA Guidance
Wheel (NB: bring your laptop if you want to try out the IT tool)
Nigel Griffiths, STBA
Sarah Price, Centre of Refurbishment Excellence
(CoRE)
Option 3: hands-on
training
Tea, coffee and biscuits
Afternoon workshops, hands-on training and in-depth case studies.
Attendees have the option of attending one of the following sessions
Case studies on retrofitting nonChair: Bill Gethin
domestic buildings:
Oliver Smith, 5th Studio Architects
Alex Towler, BioRegional
• Trinity College Cambridge
• NW Bicester council offices
Successfully managing procurement,
Chair: James Lloyd, National Trust
contracts and delivery.
Nick Heath, STBA/NMD Heath LTD
David Adams, Willmott Dixon
Ian Preston, CSE
Whole building retrofit process: assessment, procurement, installation
Natural Building Technologies
and use.
Option 4: hands-on
training
Implementing the STBA Guidance
Wheel (NB: bring your laptop if you want to try out the IT tool)
Option 1: case study
Option 2: panel debate
16.30 –
Attendees have the option of attending one of the following sessions
Case studies on retrofitting domestic
Chair: Ingrid Samuel, National Trust
buildings
Noel Brosnan, Octavia Housing
Russell Smith, Parity Projects
Behavior change and the value of engagement.
Chair: Andy Kent
Andrew Eagles, Sustainable Homes
Paul Elliot, Plymouth City Council
Alastair Mumford, Regen SW
Nigel Griffiths, STBA
Julia Bennett, Centre of Refurbishment Excellence
(CoRE)
Putting it into practice: recommendations and next steps, discussion panel plus Q&A
17.20 – 17.30
17.30 – 19.00
Discussion panel plus Q&A
Close
SPONSORS AND SUPPORTERS:
Drinks reception and networking
Speakers from the morning
Ingrid Samuel, National Trust