From Building Service Engineer to Low Carbon Consultant: outlining the Government’s new sustainability legislation and the impact on the Building Service Engineers’ role

• Outlining the range of policies which are driving the use of
  renewable technologies in construction:
  - EPBD
  - CERT
  - Revisions to the building regulations – part L
  - Revisions to the Waste Framework Directive
• Examining the Government’s key targets for reducing carbon emissions in residential developments
• Determining when a code for non domestic buildings may be implemented
• Meeting the low and zero carbon information requirements of clients and developers during the design stage
• Understanding the cost implications associated with incorporating different renewables

Philip Wolfe, CEO
RENEWABLE ENERGY ASSOCIATION

Outlining the key findings in the ‘Carbon Reductions In New Non-Domestic Buildings' report and forecasting an implementation timeframe

• Optimising the use of near site and off site renewables in non-domestic buildings to eliminate carbon emissions from energy
• Determining the additional cost of building zero carbon non-domestic buildings
• Outlining a timeframe for working towards zero carbon non-domestic buildings
• Forecasting when carbon reduction targets for non-domestic buildings is likely to occur

Thomas Briault, Senior Engineer,
ARUP, UK GREEN BUILDING COUNCIL

Examining key revisions to planning guidelines which impact the inclusion of renewables and understanding the criteria planners use for assessing and approving applications

• Examining the new Planning and Climate Change Supplement to PPS1 and the impact on the use of renewable technologies
• Understanding the new evidence based approach and what developers have to demonstrate to comply with PPS1:
  - Feasibility, affordability and appropriateness of inclusion of renewables
• Examining the methodology and assessment processes planners use to assess the impact of renewables and approve permission for new buildings
• Improving the knowledge and skills of planners to approve new low carbon designs

Aidan Dunsdon, Technical Manager
ENERGY CENTRE FOR SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES

Lee Swan, Senior Planner
CB RICHARD ELLIS

Assessing the pros and cons of different on-site renewables for improving the thermal performance of buildings

• Examining the different renewable options for heating buildings and comparing their effectiveness to meet planning targets:
  - Solar thermal
  - Biomass heating and cooling
  - Heat pumps
  - CHP / CCHP
• Evaluating the percentage of energy offset by each technology and the ROI
• Comparing the energy performance of underfloor heating with radiators
• Determining the design complexity of different solutions and the associated cost to the developer
• Examining the installation and maintenance costs associated with different renewables
• Determining the viability of different renewable technologies based on client objectives, costs and practical challenges

Dr. Joel Callow, Director
INBUILT

The Merton rule and beyond

• Examining the basic principles of the Merton Rule, the technologies used, and general case studies
• Evaluating the growth in low-carbon industries and the expansion of knowledge transfer across sectors and professions
• Assessing how Local Authorities will forensically monitor equipment outputs and building energy performance
• “Emergent” urban decentralized energy scenarios

Adrian Hewitt, Principal Environment Officer
LONDON BOROUGH OF MERTON

Selecting appropriate and feasible renewable technologies to improve the energy efficiency of buildings

• Understanding the client’s agenda and determining whether they want to incorporate visible technologies or optimise energy efficiency
• Examining site considerations and assessing the impact on the performance of renewable technologies:
  - Positioning of building
  - Surrounding environment and potential impact
• Selecting appropriate technologies based on space and storage requirements
• Being aware of availability and accessibility of fuel sources and supplier
• Weighing up emissions from transportation of fuel with potential energy

Lynne Sullivan RIBA, Project Director, Director of Sustainability
BROADWAY MALYAN ARCHITECTS

Combining passive and active renewables to create low energy buildings

• Determining the appropriate combination of passive and active renewable technologies to meet clients’ environmental targets:
  - Maximising natural ventilation and daylight through design
• Encouraging collaboration between developers, architects and building service engineers from the outset to optimise low energy design
• Understanding how building services interact and taking a whole building approach to determining the overall energy strategy
• Comparing the cost of sustainable building design with the incorporation of renewable technologies to reduce total energy consumption

Patrick Bellew, Director
ATELIER TEN

Meeting the challenge of getting to zero carbon

• Masterplanning and designing for zero carbon developments
• Achieving level 6 of the code for sustainable homes at an affordable cost
• Comparing feasible renewables options for domestic and non-domestic buildings
• Assessing how and when to use on-site, near site and off site renewable
• Looking ahead and planning for zero carbon non-domestic buildings

Simon Burton, Regional Director
FABER MAUNSELL

The Warwick Urban Wind Trial: assessing the business case for building integrated wind power into buildings

• Defining the scope and key objectives of the Warwick urban wind trial
• Determining the reliability of wind turbine supply sources and the ease of installation
• Reporting on the planning approval process and highlighting challenges
• Examining the energy performance results that have been achieved and key conclusions

Matthew Rhodes, Managing Director
ENCRAFT

Panel session: comparing low carbon and zero carbon technologies

This panel session will give delegates the opportunity to find out about the pros and cons of the key renewables and to make useful comparisons between the performance, cost and reliability of different solutions.
Each of the speakers will give a 15 min presentation on a specific technology following by Q&A

• Biomass
• Solar
• Ground source heat pumps
• CHP

Donald Daw, Commercial Director
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC

Geoff Lord
HOVAL