BEST Retrofit Hub - suppliers, free seminars & product showcases
The BEST Retrofit Hub will host:
Free retrofit themed seminars - view the full programme HERE programmePRP Retrofit Showcase - 'before' and 'after' examples of domestic retrofit
Retrofit Awards showcase of finalists entries
| The BEST Retrofit Hub is a must for all contractors and specifiers working on domestic retrofitting projects, as well as clients involved housing associations and housebuilders. Return to list of seminars and Hubs at BEST |
The BEST Retrofit Hub: |
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Department for Energy & Climate Change's Retrofit Challenge
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BEST Retrofit Hub - free seminars
Central to BEST Retrofit Hub will be the free seminar programme, which will outline the key 
targets and challenges around retrofitting UK domestric stock, and how to achieve this affordably and effectively.
The full seminar programme will be announced shortly, but seminar sessions will include:Monday 18 October 2010Tuesday 19 October 2010
Monday 18 October 2010
| Time: | Seminar title: | Speaker: |
| 11:00-11:20 | DECC's Challenge to the industry: creating low carbon households - design and affordable domestic energy saving retrofit measure, or suite of measures, saving significant volumes of CO2 and paying for itself well within the life of the technology |
Speaker TBC, Department for Energy and Climate Change |
| 11:30-11:50 | PRP Architects - finding solutions to the challenges of retrofit | Speaker tba PRP Architects |
| 12:00-12:20 | The economics of retrofit - how/ when do the sums add up? |  Matt Fulford, Head of Sustainability, EC Harris |
| 13:30-13:50 | CASE STUDY: the results of the SHAW campaign to offer free insulation How have householders been engaged and where the challenges lie in a scheme of this size |
Robert Almond, Manager, Sheffield City Council |
| 14:00-14:20 | Retrofit for landlords - what standards will landlords be looking to achieve and at what costs? | Speaker TBC |
| 14:30-14:50 |
Retrofitting communities Engaging and consulting with residents at planning stage for an effective end result - what has been learnt? |
Hardial Bhogal, Director, Renew North Staffordshire |
| 15:00-15:20 | Delivery of retrofit at local level How will differing approaches and decentrilisation affect retrofit? |
David Arkell, Head of Innovation and Partnerships & SmartLIFE Director, Cambridgeshire City Council |
Tuesday 19 October 2010
| Time: | Seminar title: | Speaker: |
| 11:00-11:20 | What are the typical challenges of retrofit? What are the typical outcomes? | Ben Ross, Sustainability Advisor, Forum for the Future |
| 11:30-11:50 | PANEL: Scaling up retrofit - funding and ROI What are the typical obstacles and how can these be overcome? |
Miles Monahan, Connaught |
| 12:00-12:20 | Delivering retrofit for social housing - what are the costs and resulting energy savings? | Paul Dockerill, Director, Thomas Vale |
| 13:30-13:50 | Achieving low carbon retrofit How will products change according to the way energy is generated? |
Paul Davies, Sustainable Technologies Manager, Wates Living Space |
| 14:00-14:20 | Ecoretrofit What has learned from the feasibility studies in London and the implications for zero carbon retrofit targets |
Terry McGovern, Development Director, Institute for Sustainability |
| 14:30-14:50 | Retrofit for the future: key innovations that have come out of the project's 100 demonstration buildings | Neil Morgan, TSB and Ian Meikle, TSB |
Wednesday 20 October 2010
| Time: | Seminar title: | Speaker: |
| 11:00-11:20 | Value for money and energy efficiency in retrofit projects | Fraser Winterbottom, COO, Energy Saving Trust |
| 11:30-11:50 | Who will deliver retrofit? results of pilot retrofit projects - practical challenges and solutions |
Daniel Johncock, Senior Building Services Engineer, United House |
| 13:30-13:50 | Future product standards and regulations BREEAM for existing developments |
Speaker TBC |
| 14:00-14:20 | Engaging people and communities in retrofit? How do communities need to be engaged to ensure retrofitting is effective for tenants? |
Terena Plowright, Director, The Greening Campaign |
| 14:30-14:50 | Supply chain - how can costs be brought down to support the growing demand for retrofit? | Speaker TBC |
The Retrofit Awards
The Retrofit Awards reward the outstanding work done by architects, engineers and specialist contractors in the retrofitting sector.
The BEST Show, together with The Architects' Journal and New Civil Engineer, are delighted to present a brand new awards programme celebrating outstanding work being done in this field.
These new Awards will celebrate the new technologies and innovations that are making a real impact in retrofitting both existing housing and other major buildings, such as schools, hospitals and infrastructure.
The Awards will be announced at a dinner on Tuesday 19 October at the LG Arena, NEC in Birmingham, with the finalists taking part in a live showcase at BEST.
The deadline for entries is June 10, 2010. To register your interest in entering, please contact Lisa Walker on 020 7728 5620 or email lisa.walker@emap.com. We invite you to visit the website for more information about the event at www.retrofitawards.com
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