April 12 - The Retrofit Challenge (Past event)

LESSONS LEARNT FROM DOMESTIC AND COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS

The Energy Bill introduced to Parliament on 8 December 2010 includes provision for a new “Green Deal”, which the government believes will revolutionise the energy efficiency of British properties. Many of us have already embarked on low carbon retrofit projects across the built environment and this session provides the opportunity to examine some of the lessons that have been learned and emerging good practice.

We are delighted to welcome two very different examples of recently completed retrofit projects from the domestic and commercial sectors. The first part of the evening will showcase an East Thames Group domestic retrofit project in Beckton, which was completed without relocating the resident. The project was selected as part of the recent ‘Retrofit for the Future’ competition being funded from the Technology Strategy Board. Both the age and orientation of the property represent a significant challenge when attempting to meet an 80% reduction in energy use. Stephen Gray, Head of Sustainability at Lakehouse and a representative from Penoyre & Prasad LLP will be discussing lessons learnt from the project.


The second presentation will be from Cyril Sweett who will identify a simple and structured approach to low carbon retrofitting in the non- domestic sector. The retrofit strategies described will identify a range of opportunities to improve building performance, significantly reduce carbon emissions and make real savings on energy bills. In conjunction with Elmhurst Energy, Cyril Sweett recently completed a study on behalf of Kingspan which examined the potential improvements and savings from retrofitting four existing case study buildings. The work also looked at the impact of the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme and Feed-in Tariffs. The findings of this study will be presented by Richard Quartermaine, Associate Director in Cyril Sweett’s Sustainability team.

Tuesday 12 April 2011, 18.00 for 18.30 start at London Capital Club, 15 Abchurch Lane, London EC4N 7BW. Abchurch Lane is situated between King William Street and Cannon Street and is very close to Bank, Cannon Street and Monument Stations.

A charge of £10 will be made at the door for non-members.

Pre-registration is essential for this event as places are limited, see details below.
To register for this event please - click here to email Róisín Fogarty or call her on 020 7504 1828