Seminar programme for Tuesday 02 March

Future Energy

This session will be taking place in the Dimplex Theatre

  • 10.30 – 12.00

    Making micro renewables work: specifying bioenergy
  • 12.30 – 14.00

    Making micro renewables work: specifying heat pumps
  • 14.30 – 16.00

    Making micro & mini CHP work
  • 16.30 – 18.00

    Cost effective sustainable energy: making the case for community distributed generation

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Future Energy

This session will be taking place in the Ideal Heating Theatre

  • 10.30 – 12.00

    Making a market in micro renewables
  • 12.30 – 14.00

    Making micro renewable work: specifying solutions
  • 14.30 – 16.00

    Following the Feed-in frenzy: implications for the domestic market
  • 16.30 – 18.00

    Where go ESCOs?

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Getting water wise

This session will be taking place in the Victoria Room sponsored by ACO Technologies

  • 10.30 – 12.00

    What does climate change mean for water?
  • 12.30 – 14.00

    Taking an holistic approach: Integrated Urban Drainage (IUD) and Surface Water Management Plans (SWMP)
  • 14.30 – 16.00

    Retrofitting SUDS
  • 16.30 – 18.00

    Water efficiency: linking design, technology and behaviour

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Installer business

This session will be held in the NIBE Theatre

  • 10.30 – 11.30

    Demystifying microgeneration technologies 
  • 11.45 – 12.45

    The business opportunity and how to take advantage of it
  • 13.00 – 14.00

    Learning about funding and grants
  • 14.15 – 15.15

    Using existing skills and developing new ones: becoming equipped
  • 15.30 – 16.30

    How to obtain MCS certification
  • 16.45 – 17.45

    Helping the householder to choose the best microgeneration solution

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Making the most of markets

This session will be taking place in the Wellington Room sponsored by Terrapin

  • 10.30 – 12.00

    Investing in infrastructure: opportunities in rail
  • 12.30 – 14.00

    Sustainable schools: assessing the market
  • 14.30 – 16.00

    Sustainable schools: understanding the procurement routes
  • 16.30 – 18.00

    Sustainable schools: lessons learnt so far

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Performance matters

This session will be taking place in the Hampton Room sponsored by Hambleside Danelaw Ltd

  • 10.30 – 12.00

    Driving performance improvements - post construction testing
  • 12.30 – 14.00

    Shedding light on window performance
  • 14.30 – 16.00

    Let there be light, let there be cool
  • 16.30 – 18.00

    Seeking solutions to solid walls

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Practical installer

This session will be taking place in the BEAMA Theatre

  • 10.30 – 11.30

    Energy efficiency and microgeneration
  • 11.45 – 12.45

    Understanding power generation and heating fundamentals using microgeneration systems 
  • 13.00 – 14.00

    Introduction to installing and maintaining micro renewables
  • 14.15 – 15.15

    Introduction to surveying, sizing, and installing solar thermal systems
  • 15.30 – 16.30

    Introduction to installing and maintaining PV & BIPV electric systems
  • 16.45 – 17.45

    Connecting micro renewables to heating and power systems

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Regulations revealed

This session will be taking place in the Westminster Room sponsored by Willmott Dixon

  • 10.30 – 12.00

    Regulation route map  
  • 12.30 – 14.00

    Assessing the impact of the new Parts L & F
  • 14.30 – 16.00

    The revised Code for Sustainable Homes and the definition of zero carbon
  • 16.30 – 18.00

    BREEAM briefing

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Sustainable by design

This session will be taking place in the Thames Room sponsored by WRAP

  • 10.30 – 12.00

    Designer on the roof
  • 12.30 – 14.00

    Innovation in bio-based construction products
  • 14.30 – 16.00

    Designing out waste
  • 16.30 – 18.00

    More thoughts about buildings and food

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Urban planning & the public realm

This session will be taking place in the Marlborough Room sponsored by SarnaVert

  • 10.30 – 12.00

    Getting green infrastructure right
  • 12.30 – 14.00

    Retrofitting green roofs and walls
  • 14.30 – 16.00

    Sustaining Transition Town initiatives
  • 16.30 – 18.00

    Streets for people

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