The Road to Zero Carbon

A major one day conference on low and zero carbon buildings organised by the DSBI & Ecos Trust

15 June 2010

10.00am - 4.30pm (Registration from 9.30am)

Reading Town Hall, Reading

£180 plus VAT (£211.50 incl VAT)

Click HERE for conference brochure & booking form

Click HERE to book online (Ecos Trust website)

The construction and use of buildings contribute nearly half of the UK’s CO2 emissions, which the UK has a legally binding target to reduce to 80% below 1990 levels by 2050.

As a result the Government has set targets to significantly reduce the greenhouse emissions from all buildings.

All new buildings will need to be zero carbon within a decade as Building Regulations progressively tighten, starting with a 25% reduction in CO2 emissions for all new buildings in October this year, while CO2 emissions from existing buildings need to be approaching zero by 2050.

We are seeing a move from demonstration projects, such as those at the BRE Innovation Park, to an increasing number of real world low and zero carbon buildings being built, demonstrating that, contrary to claims it is too expensive or can’t be done, it is possible to achieve significant reductions in carbon emissions from buildings.

This conference will showcase some of the best of these real world low and zero carbon projects, with a strong focus on the steps and measures taken to achieve these reductions in CO2 and the impact it had on the construction process, providing delegates with a unique opportunity to learn from those at the leading edge of compliance with this fast approaching standard

Speakers include:

• Neil Jefferson, Chief Executive of the Zero Carbon Hub, on the latest policy developments on low and zero carbon buildings.
• Bill Dunster, architect of the UK’s first non-demonstration Code Level 6 zero carbon homes.
• Rory Bergin, Head of Sustainability & Innovation, at HTA who is leading the design team Barratt Homes, approx 200 home zero carbon development at Hanham Hall near Bristol.
• Stephen Knowles, Associate at Atkins, the UK’s largest design and engineering consultancy, on the firm’s new BREEAM Excellent regional headquarters in Bristol, which has predicted CO2 emissions less than half of the benchmark for offices.
• Vic Ebdon, the Building Schools for the Future Programme Director for Devon County Council and a member of the School’s Zero Carbon Taskforce, will talk about the Council's several low or zero carbon schools projects, including one of the first schools in the country designed to passivhaus principles.

• Carmel McQuaid, Climate Change Manager at Marks & Spencer, who have achieved significant CO2 reductions in both new and existing stores as well as in their factories.

The conference is supported by the UK Green Building Council (UKGBC), the Zero Carbon Hub, the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB), Constructing Excellence South East and the South East Centre for the Built Environment (SECBE).

It is organised by the Devon Sustainable Building Initiative (DSBI) and Ecos Trust.

Conference contact: Corina Reay on corina@ecostrust.org.uk or on 01458 254349

Click HERE to book online (Ecos Trust website)