The Road to Zero Carbon

A major one day conference on low and zero carbon buildings

The Watershed, Bristol

9 February 2010

Copies of the presentations from the seminar are available below

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 2010, 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 showcased 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.

For copies of the presentations from the conference please click on the links below.

All presentations are in PDF format.

Please note that some of the presentations are very large.

The Road to Zero Carbon - low and zero carbon buildings policy (1.1MB)

Paul King, Chief Executive, UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) & Chairman, Zero Carbon Hub

Hanham Hall - a 200 home zero carbon development (4.4MB)

Ben Cook, Senior Land Manager, Barratt Homes

Low carbon offices: BREEAM Certification - is it important? (4.5MB)

Gareth Davies, Director, Stride Treglown

Reducing carbon emissions in new and existing stores and factories (2.2MB)

Carmel McQuaid, Climate Change Manager, Marks & Spencer

Towards zero carbon schools (2.1MB)

Vic Ebdon, Building Schools for the Future Programme Director, Devon County Council & local authority representative, Zero Carbon Schools Taskforce

RuralZED - the Code 6 zero carbon house is ready (11.6MB)

Bill Dunster, Principal, ZEDFactory

For a copy of the speakers' biographies and information about the low and zero carbon projects they talked about click HERE (6.7MB).

 

The conference was organised by the Devon Sustainable Building Initiative (DSBI) and Ecos Trust.

It was supported by the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB), Future Foundations, the region's sustainable construction partnership, SW Councils (formerly the SW Regional Assembly), the SW Regional Development Agency (SWRDA), the UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) and the Zero Carbon Hub.