May 12, 2020 at 1pm BST
Associate Engineer, Graham Day, draws upon his experience to demonstrate the key requirements of sustainable design. This presentation provides guidance on how to design schools sustainably, focussing on low carbon design. Graham will look at both net-zero targets, whole-life carbon analysis and discuss how these apply to school design, with comparison to current UK design…
November 26, 2019 at 2pm
Rising Stars 26 Nov 2019 14:00 – 14:40 Theatre C PEOPLE, COMPETENCE AND SKILLS For the first time ever, we’ve brought together our ‘engineer of the year’ winners in different fields to inspire and enthuse you! By attending this session, you will: Hear from Clara Bagenal George, CIBSE Engineer of the Year about how to…
November 26, 2019 at 10:30am
Heat Pumps: Specification, Integration and Whole Life Impact 26 Nov 2019 10:30 – 11:30 Theatre B ENERGY: DECARBONISATION AND STORAGE Explore the consequences of heat pumps becoming more prevalent for heating, hot water and cooling applications in buildings across all scales. By attending this session, you will: Understand the range of technical considerations when specifying…
November 19, 2019 at 9:30am
The UK Government has recently stated its ambition that all new homes should meet a Future Homes standard, aiming to halve the energy use of all new buildings by 2030, compared to the current Building Regulations requirements, which is a significant step towards meeting a net zero target. The Good Homes Alliance believe that the Future Homes Standard is…
November 7, 2019 at 2pm
The LCA methodologies for sustainable building The future building regulations planned for 2021 will not be just energy like RT2012 but will incorporate environmental criteria. During this session, you will have an overview of the experiments already carried out to prepare for this transition: the first returns of the E+C- label, which prefigures this future…
November 6, 2019 at 6:15pm
Advancing ‘Net Zero’ Development The national policy of targeting net zero carbon emissions by 2050 means we need to act now to design and manage efficient buildings with reduced dependency on fossil fuels. This CIBSE event will present perspectives, with speakers from Transport for London, Hoare Lea, Elementa Consulting and Laing O’Rourke, on how we…
October 29, 2019 at 08:30am
International platform for architects, engineers, scientists and the building industry Architects, engineers and representatives of the worldwide building industry will meet at the International Conference on Advanced Building Skins in Bern to discuss the latest trends and new developments in sustainable building design. The conference is Europe’s leading event on building envelopes and combines top-class…
October 24, 2019 at 5:30pm
CIBSE HVAC is holding an event at the Elementa offices to discuss low carbon heating. A leading Heat Pump manufacture and leading boiler manufacture will speak around where they see the future going, and provide case studies on successful projects on reducing the carbon of heating systems, 24th October 2019
October 24, 2019 at 7:45am
How sustainable is our residential estate? Venue: RICS, Great George Street, London, SW1P 3AD Time; 7.45 – 10.15am Last February the UK Committee on Climate Change warned that “UK homes are not fit for the future” and made a series of recommendations including no new homes to be connected to the gas grid from 2025.…
October 3, 2019 at 2pm
Our Oxford office, Managing Principal, Carl McKenzie heads off to Barcelona this year for the Schneider Electric Innovation Summit 2019. Carl’s vast experience within project management and delivery set him as a strong, effective communicator, with particular knowledge within the healthcare and life-sciences sector. His Chairmanship of the Institute for Healthcare Engineering and Estate Management…
July 30, 2019 at 08:00
Breaking Boundaries In collaboration with Women in the City join Gwen Rhys for this breakfast talk at The City Centre to hear from a cross section of influential female engineers who have worked on key projects both in The City of London and further afield. Engineers have always played a vital part in breaking the…
June 27, 2019 at 7:45am
How sustainable are our education buildings? The DfE’s sustainable approach to the design and construction of new facilities, as stated in their Output Specification, aims to deliver a “cost-effective and resource-efficient facility” that optimises passive design measures and minimises the use of all resources with an efficient approach to maintenance, life cycle replacement and facilities management.…