Ecobuild - Tuesday 02 March

Regulations revealed

Responding to the amount of regulation, codes and standards, and the speed of their introduction, provides a challenge for many in the sector, particularly in a period of downturn. Whether it is the latest on EPBD, EPCs and DECs, Parts F&L, BREEAM, the Definition of Zero Carbon and the Code for Sustainable Homes, this series of seminars helped visitors understand the application of the regulations to design, planning, construction and refurbishment.

Tuesday's sessions took place in the Westminster Room sponsored by Willmott Dixon

10.30 – 12.00

Regulation route map

With many very important revisions and amendments due in 2010, this session provides a roadmap and a means of connecting the respective developments and evolution of standards, codes, rating systems, and important revisions to building regulations.

chair: Neil Cutland, Executive Director, Inbuilt Ltd

10.30 – 11.00	Linking standards and regulations
	Neil Cutland, Executive Director, Inbuilt Ltd

11.00 – 11.20	Building standards & regulations for 2010 and beyond
	Tom Jennings, Strategy Manager, The Carbon Trust

11.20 – 11.40	Changes to Parts L, F and G and their implications
	Nick Cullen, Partner, Hoare Lea

11.40 – 12.00	Understanding the revised Code for Sustainable Homes
	Andrew Eagles, Managing Director, Sustainable Homes

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12.30 – 14.00

Assessing the impact of the new Parts L & F

“For those who design buildings…this is probably the single most significant legislation affecting how they work.” – CIBSE. These revisions, due to come into force in October 2010, form the first step on the legislative trajectory to ‘zero carbon’. This session looks at the likely impact of the proposed changes to Parts L & F to the Regulations in light of responses to last year's consultation.

chair: Paul Decort, Technical Policy Officer, Department for Communities and Local Government

12.30 – 13.00	Update on Part L & F 2010
	Paul Decort, Technical Policy Officer, Department for Communities and Local Government

13.00 – 13.20	The new Parts L & F: implications for design
	Rupert Scott, Membership and Marketing Manager, TRADA

13.20 – 13.40	F and L - what it means for product suppliers
	John Tebbit, Industry Affairs Director, Construction Products Association

13.40 – 14.00	Parts L & F: cost implications
	Sean Lockie, Head of Sustainability, Faithful & Gould

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14.30 – 16.00

The revised Code for Sustainable Homes and the definition of zero carbon

What are the implications for the Housing Minister’s announcement (as part of the Government’s Low Carbon Transition Plan) that a new definition of Zero Carbon Homes will require the net emissions of a home to meet a minimum "carbon compliance" standard for on-site carbon mitigation of 70 per cent of regulated energy use? With an announcement on the definition of a Zero Carbon Home imminent, this session examines the new criteria and what affect this has on the development of the Code for Sustainable Homes.

chair: Steven Knight, Director, Code Consultancy Services Ltd

14.30 – 15.00	Zero carbon update and changes to the Code
	Jeannette Henderson, Sustainable Buildings Division, Department for Communities and Local Government

15.00 – 15.30	New energy efficiency standards and metrics
	Alan Yates, Technical Director, Sustainability, BRE Global

15.30 – 16.00	Understanding allowable solutions
	Steven Knight, Director, Code Consultancy Services Ltd

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16.30 – 18.00

BREEAM briefing

A year on from the launch of BREEAM Communities and BREEAM In-Use for existing buildings, this session looks in detail at the practical difficulties of standardising assessment across the whole life cycle of a building’s life. This briefing will also examine the latest on the various planned developments for the standard, including BREEAM's international network.

chair: Martin Townsend, Director, BREEAM

16.30 – 16.50	BREEAM in use and BREEAM for communities
	Martin Townsend, Director, BREEAM

16.50 – 17.10	BREEAM on an international level
	Virginia Cinquemani, Manager, BREEAM International

17.10 – 17.30	Promoting best practise through BREEAM international network
	Alfonso Ponce-Alvarez, Director of Marketing and International Affairs, Centre Scientifique et Technique du Bâtiment (CSTB)