Eco-Innovation Workshops

Eco-innovation: Sustainable Building & Construction Technologies
24th September 2007
National Physical Laboratory
Hampton Road
Teddington
Middlesex
UK

Organised by: eco-i-net (http://www.cfsd.org.uk/eco-i-net/index.html) at The Centre for Sustainable Design (http://www.cfsd.org.uk)

Sponsored by: National Physical Laboratory (http://www.npl.co.uk)

Background
Building and construction are in the front-line of the climate change debate - with the sector contributing over 40% of greenhouse gas emissions and producing major impacts from 'cradle to grave'. Buildings and homes are major zones of energy consumption: in daily operation as artificial environments for human life (e.g. heating, cooling, lighting, ventilation, etc) and in relation to daily home or work tasks which use electrical appliances (e.g. washing machines, boilers, televisions, computers, etc). To reduce carbon dioxide emissions will require behavioural change, innovative low carbon solutions and importantly, new thinking. The Stern Review on 'The Economics of Climate Change' (see http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk..) recently highlighted that increased investment in R&D and innovation in building technologies could have a profound impact on the emissions attributed to buildings and increase climate resilience.

The UK building and construction sector also faces a range of other new drivers including:

* Launch of the Code for Sustainable Homes
* New homes to be zero carbon by 2016
* Green leadership by major retailers e.g. M&S and Tesco

Each of these initiatives are likely to have significant implications for future building technologies.


Programme

Chairman: Martin Charter, Director, The Centre for Sustainable Design, University for the Creative Arts

9.30 Registration

10.00 Introduction
Martin Charter, Director, The Centre for Sustainable Design, University College for the Creative Arts

10.10 Next generation materials and technologies
Ray Williams, Principal Research Scientist, NPL
         
10.50 New energy applications: challenges and opportunities
Ralph Olingschlaeger, Product Marketing Manager, Voller Energy Group PLC

11.30 Coffee/networking

12.00 Case study: Lighthouse Project
Martin Rose, Project Leader, Sheppard Robson

12.40 Discussion

1.00 Lunch

Fees
There is a £30.00 fee for attending this workshop

Registration form

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