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Sustainability in Construction

Part of the 2021 Construction Series

Online Event 24 August 2021, 9:00am - 1:40pm

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Day 1
9:00am
Online Registration
9:30am
Chair's Welcome Address
Dr David Tann - Head of School, Architecture, Computing, and Engineering, University of East London
9:40am
Keynote Address: CO2nstruct Zero - Delivering Net Zero in the Built Environment
  • Green Construction Board activities
  • CO2nstruct Zero context and expectations
  • The need for a Performance Framework
  • Construction Industry involvement in developing the Framework
  • Headline commitments for carbon reduction at a sector level
  • Link to the nine priorities for carbon reduction outlined by the CLC in March 2021
  • Performance Framework metrics subject to on-going review
  • Plan for reporting
  • Progress reports against the commitments to be issued quarterly starting in Autumn 2020
  • Overall sector trajectory to Net Zero to be reported annually - likely to be based on UKGCB Whole Life Carbon Routemap for the Built Environment
  • How can you get involved?
David Pinder, Chair, Green Construction Board
10:00am
Building Back Greener? – Policy, Sustainability, and Ambition in the UK Built Environment
  • An overview of the present UK policy context surrounding the sustainability of the built environment
  • Examining the role of the built environment in meeting the UK’s national environmental policy commitments
  • An exploration of the key policy drivers for the construction and property sector to deliver decarbonisation and biodiversity recovery
Philip Box, Public Affairs & Policy Officer, UK Green Building Council
10:20am
Nature-Lead Innovation: Utilising Biomatter for the Built Environment (Circular Economy)
  • The development of Mycelium as a carbon-negative insulation
  • The development of organic refuse bio-compound (Orb) and its potential uses
  • The implications of Triagomy and biomimicry on the future of construction
  • How BIOHM’s products and strategies align with the circular-economy
Ehab Syed, Founder & Director of Innovation, BIOHM
10:40am
Questions And Answers Session
11:00am
Break and Networking
11:30am
Embedding Social Value as a Sustainability Practice
  • What social value means in the context of construction
  • Why social value matters – including to construction clients such as Network Rail
  • How construction companies can optimise social value
  • Reporting and monetising social value – direction of travel for Network Rail ad our construction supply chain
Liz Holford, Sustainability Strategy Manager (Social Performance), Network Rail
11:50am
Passivhaus As A Route To Zero Carbon
  • What net zero actually means in practice
  • Introduction to the Passivhaus standard
  • Review of broader issues and constraints around grid‐decarbonisation
  • 2050 challenge into context in terms of what we need to achieve with both our new‐build and existing buildings
Sarah Lewis, Research and Policy Director, Passivhaus Trust
12:10pm
Closing Keynote: The Challenges & Opportunities of Making Cities Sustainable, Resilient, and Inclusive
  • Adaptable Infrastructure – the importance of agility in a changing climate and mass urbanisation and exploring barriers to progress
  • Using a whole-systems approach to break down silos and embed sustainability thinking from project outset
  • How infrastructure professionals can work across sectors to create a sustainable, resilient, and inclusive nation
  • Leavings assets for future generations: understanding the short and long-term challenges of resilient planning and re-designing cities for the benefit of all
Anusha Shah, Senior Director - Resilient Cities, Arcadis & Vice President of ICE
12:30pm
Questions And Answers Session
12:50pm
Panel Discussion: The Value Toolkit; Driving Better Social, Environmental, And Economic Outcomes Through Value-Based Decision Making - Presented by the Construction Innovation Hub
  • The Value Toolkit offers clients a structured approach for value-based decision making across the investment lifecycle of a project, programme or portfolio
  • This means better outcomes from what we deliver and how we deliver it, leading to a more sustainable built environment and a more sustainable model for our industry
  • The toolkit was developed by the Hub in collaboration with government and more than 200 organisations from industry, including Akerlof, Crown Commercial and Rider Levett Bucknall
  • The Value Toolkit has moved into a pivotal phase, giving early implementers a chance to pilot the new approach that will drive better social, environmental, and economic outcomes from investment in the built environment
Ann Bentley, Global Board Director, Rider Levett Bucknall; Ellie Jenkins, Partner, Akerlof, & Industry Project Lead for the Value Toolkit, Construction Innovation Hub; Stuart D'Henin, Head of Construction, Crown Commercial
1:30pm
Chair’s Summary And Close
Dr David Tann, Head of School, Architecture, Computing, and Engineering, University of East London

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