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Sustainability in Construction: Towards Net-Zero

Online Conference 2 February 2023, 9:00am - 3:00pm

Day 1
9:00am
Online Registration
9:30am
Chair's Welcome Address
Professor Yolande Barnes, Professor of Real Estate, UCL
9:40am
Keynote Address: Championing Sustainability in the Construction Sector
  • Overseeing an sustainability strategy which directs investment to the most-needed areas of  the public sector construction industry 
  • Transforming the assessment, procurement, and management of public sector works projects 
  • Driving value-based procurement and embedding social value into public projects
  • Assessing the future landscape of Net Zero in Construction and achieving goals
10:00am
Keynote Address: Implementing The National Retrofit Strategy
  • Recognising key opportunities for retrofit in repair, maintenance, and improvement (RMI)
  • Reducing carbon emissions and reaching the Net Zero target by updating existing building stock with improved insulation, water, and heating technologies
  • Addressing the wider social issues of poor health, excess deaths due to cold homes, and fuel poverty by creating warm, comfortable homes
  • Supporting the Levelling Up Agenda through the creation of new and higher skilled jobs across the UK
10:20am
Keynote Address: The Whole Life Carbon Roadmap – Achieving Net Zero in the Built Environment
  • Building a common vision for achieving net zero across the construction, operation, and demolition of buildings and infrastructure in the UK
  • Developing sectoral carbon targets and setting out processes to meet them
  • Highlighting key stakeholder action points and encouraging cross-industry collaboration
  • Understanding the full scope of built environment emissions to identify viable strategies to mitigate embodied and operational carbon throughout the whole life cycle of structures
10:40am
Question And Answer Session
11:00am
Break and Networking
11:30am
Case Study: Providing Public Sector Organisations With Modular Buildings And Offsite Construction Solutions
  • Buying and leasing offsite solutions that are designed and manufactured to the customer’s particular specification
  • Supporting sustainable industry, prompt payment, social value and carbon net zero initiatives
  • Applying the principles of the construction playbook and using technology and MMC to promote innovation and efficiency
  • Case study examples of projects including hospitals, council building and universities
  • Enabling direct access to manufacturers and reducing the call off lead time
11:50am
Keynote Address: Digitally Enabled Modular Housing in the UK: Benefits and Risks
  • Global modern methods of construction and modular construction - the UK market
  • Standardisation in prefab construction
  • Flexible and adaptable modular building connections
  • Track & trace of prefabricated structural components (members, systems)
12:10pm
Keynote Address: Creating Sustainable, Cost-Effective Buildings Across The Public Sector Through Modern Methods of Construction
  • Achieving a negative carbon emissions asset rating through MMCs
  • Reducing Whole of Life emissions and costs with improved heating, lighting, and insulation technologies
  • Rapid delivery to reduce the overall ecological impact & disruption to the end user
  • Gaining multiple framework accreditations to increase product viability and chances of tender
Paolo Vimercati, Principal, Grimshaw and Matthew Holloway, Principal, Grimshaw
12:30pm
Question And Answer Session
12:50pm
Lunch and Networking
1:40pm
Case Study: Construction, Sustainability and Mental Health
Dr Lynn Setterington, Manchester School of Art
2:00pm
Case Study: Procuring Sustainable Goods and Materials Amid Rising Inflation and Global Pressures
  • Prioritising and sourcing biodegradable building materials
  • Best utilising local assets and reducing waste
  • Securing a sustainable supply chain despite external pressures
Shaun McCarthy OBE, Director, Action Sustainability
2:20pm
Keynote Address: Utilising Data to Drive Sustainability in the Built Environment
Andrew Knight, Global Data & Tech Lead, Thought Leadership & Analytics, RICS
2:40pm
Question And Answer Session
3:00pm
Chair’s Summary And Close

*programme subject to change without notice

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