AECB 2011 Annual Conference
Retrofit: Moving in and Moving on
University of Nottingham, Jubilee Campus
Friday 16th & Saturday 17th September 2011
Download a document of the feed back from the conference.
This years AECB Conference and AGM was held in the Jubilee Campus of the University of Nottingham and was a joint event with the Department of Architecture and the Built Environment, University of Nottingham
At the planning stage we agreed that we should look in some depth at issues around refurb as many of the Retrofit for the Future projects were coming to a conclusion. In the last couple of years there has been a very heavy focus on energy issues we thought it would be good to look at some other areas that may have been bypassed. To this end we also had presentations on community involvement, usability, embedded carbon, ethics and language. As well as chance to sample the Carbon Lite courses.
We also took this opportunity to launch the draft version of Less is More our latest major piece of research.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank all of those from the university who supported the conference and organised tours as well as the presenters and others who helped make the conference such a success.
Futurefit Report re: Green Deal (PDF 1.5MB)UK China Workshop on Smart and Sustainable Cities (PDF 7MB) |
Friday 16 September
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Welcome from Chris Herring AECB Chair (PDF 75kB)
AECB Updates including: New staff, Local Groups, Website developments, CarbonLite Courses, Network (PDF 1.8MB) |
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An introduction to the AECB's "Less is More - Energy Security after
Oil" discussion paper (PDF 2.3MB) David Olivier, Energy Advisory Associates and Andy Simmonds, AECB CEO |
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| Workshop Sessions | |||
| Natural ventilation in domestic
buildings Professor Brian Ford Head of Architecture & Urbanism Research Division in the Department of Architecture and Built Environment, University of Nottingham |
Private retrofit
Peter Wilkinson Eco Design & AECB Trustee Retrofitting: A builders perspective Mike Whitfield Mike Whitfield Construction Ltd |
The launch of the AECB's
"Less is More - Energy Security after Oil" discussion paper David Olivier Energy Advisory Associates and Andy Simmonds AECB CEO |
A review of the FIT &
RHIs Virginia Graham REAl Assurance |
| PH Methodology Whole-House Retrofit
of former Coach House, Nottingham Gil Schalom Gil Schalom Design
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Embodied carbon of buildings and materials
Dr Craig Jones Sustain |
Creative Energy Homes – Low
carbon design informed by research Dr Mark Gillott Associate Professor Co-Director Institute of Sustainable Energy Technology Dr Lucelia Taranto Rodrigues Department of Architecture and the Built Environment, University of Nottingham |
CarbonLite Course Taster Sessions
Peter Warm and Sally Godber WARM low energy building practice |
Saturday 17 September
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| A community network promoting
energy efficient buildings Dr Tina Holt Founder of West Bridgford Ecohouse Group |
Does language matter?
Cath Hassell ech2o consultants ltd and Melissa Taylor Passivhaus Trust Chair: Fran Bradshaw Anne Thorne Architects |
Why building materials matter
and how – the Alliance for Sustainable Building Products and the AECB
Neil May Natural Building Technologies |
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| Retrofitting using natural products
Fran Bradshaw Anne Thorne Architects and Sue Dewhurst Evolved Design Ltd |
Lessons learnt from researching ‘The
Handbook of Sustainable Refurbishment – Housing’ Simon Burton Author |
Presenting the AECB's "Less is
More - Energy Security after Oil" report David Olivier Energy Advisory Associates Andy Simmonds AECB CEO |
CarbonLite Course Taster Sessions Peter Warm and Sally Godber WARM low energy building practice |
| An informal discussion on heat pumps Andy Hamilton |
Evaluating usability in low carbon homes Professor Fionn Stevenson University of Sheffield |
Evolved design, is there a low energy
building style? Nick Grant Elemental Solutions & AECB Trustee |
Green Street in the Meadows Nick Ebbs Blueprint |
For continuing discussion about topics presented at conference please go to the AECB 2011 discussion on the Forum here.
Member only event
The AECB Conference is a member only event - if you are not already a member, and would like to attend next year’s conference, you can join the AECB here. (Please note a separate fee is also charged for delegates attending the Conference).
