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Greenbuild Expo 2012 is on 9th and 10th May at Manchester Central
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Here’s a selection of the seminars and workshops on offer for those responsible for larger buildings:
Wednesday 9th May
• Why retrofit still matters. This session, presented by the British Institute for Facilities Management, will include a guide office retrofit technologies and the best things to install.
• Low-carbon schools. Balfour Beatty will talk about its experiences of creating both newbuild and retrofit sustainable schools.
• SUSTAIN Lincolnshire. This programme of activities aimed at helping businesses to become more competitive, by reducing energy costs and the associated carbon footprint, will be the focus of a seminar looking in particular at renewable energy.
• Urban SUDS. This session will look at the potential for SUDS retrofitting in urban areas – green roofing, green walls, ponds and ditches - giving examples from schemes internationally and their impact on carbon capture, flood remediation, filtering pollutants and for rainwater harvesting.
• M&S Cheshire Oaks. Due to open later in 2012, the new Marks and Spencer store in Cheshire Oaks will illustrate the company’s goal to be the world’s most sustainable retailer.
• Retrofitting LED lighting. Topics to be addressed in this session include payback periods, CRC and the Carbon Trust’s financing scheme.
• Building performance evalauation. The Greenbuild awards’ judges will talk about the importance of monitoring buildings in use to ensure they live up to design expectations.
• A CPD-certified session on voltage optimisation.
Thursday 10th May
• Large-scale passivhaus. How this fabric-first approach can work for non-domestic buildings.
• Making your low-energy building work. This session will tackle the gap that is frequently found between design and completed building performance.
• A preview of two green fire stations being built by Greater Manchester Fire & Rescue Service.
• Hear how the University of Bradford’s Sustainable Enterprise Centre has achieved a pre-construction score of BREEAM Outstanding 94.95%.
• Find out how to take advantage of the commercial Renewable Heat Incentive scheme.
• Looking at the impact of climate change on the urban built environment in particular – both newbuild and retrofit projects.
• Financing and funding energy efficiency. This topic outlines funding sources such as leasing, EPCs and off-balance solutions, with specific reference to VPO (voltage power optimisation).
• Specifying biomass for public sector buildings, with real examples from Bristol City Council.
• What the changes to EPCs mean for commercial building owners and tenants.
• Our BREEAM showcase series of presentations will show how some of this year’s top scoring projects have achieved such impressive results.
• Achieving an 18-month return on energy management systems.
• A CPD-accredited session on energy efficiency in commercial buildings.
Register free at www.greenbuildexpo.co.uk.
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