Agenda

08.15 Registration and refreshments

09.00 Chair's opening remarks
Adrian Hewitt, Head of Sustainability and Associate Partner, Metropolis Green

Keynote address
09.15 Making the best of the EU Renewable Energy Directive: Feasibility and leadership

• Interpreting the spirit and the letter of the EU Renewable Energy Directive
• Finding grounds on which the residential housing sector can confidently invest in energy technology
• Assisting government to facilitate spontaneous market uptake

Dr. John Constable, Director of Policy and Research, Renewable Energy Foundation

Legislation, market trends and the growth
of renewables

09.45 Government initiatives to drive renewables

• Why we need a renewables strategy and where we are now
• Current financial support programmes including investing in renewables technologies
• The 2008 consultation process looking towards the new UK Renewable Energy Strategy in Spring 2009

Erich Scherer, Assistant Director - Renewable Energy Strategy, BERR


10.15 Low/zero carbon futures: How will planning contribute?

• Exploring the planning policy guidelines in the context of today's renewable energy requirements
• Recent planning and renewables policy update

-    PPS1
-    PPS22

• Assessing the regional adoption of the Merton Rule
• Engaging the involvement of services engineers in the initial planning stages

Sean Rendall, Head of Policy and Strategy, Energy Centre for Sustainable Communities (ECSC)

10.45 Question and answer session

11.00 Morning refreshments

Driving effectiveness and value from your renewable energy strategy

11.30 Assessing the drivers for a zero fossil fuel future and what this means to us now

• Exploring the national and global perspectives
• Addressing competing needs for food and fuel from the land
• Evaluating the availability of UK renewable resources and their challenges and how to make use of these
• Analysing the implications on building design and energy choices
• How can the market operate to deliver the change required?

Bill Watts, Senior Partner, Max Fordham

12.00 Early insights from the DECC's Low Carbon Buildings Programme

• Case studies from stream 2B of the Low Carbon Buildings Programme
• The work of the Carbon Trust in capturing highs and lows of developing low carbon buildings
• Notable innovations in the use of renewable technologies

Anna Halcro-Johnston, Technology Acceleration Manager, Carbon Trust

12.30 Retrofitting worthwhile and cost-effective technologies to existing buildings to meet sustainable development demands

• Ensuring retrofitting renewable energy fits in with your building services parameters

-    Photovoltaic solar systems connected to grid
-    Thermal solar systems
-    Small-scale domestic applications of biomass

• Choosing suitable renewable systems
• Case study: Disseminating good practice experiences to achieve system buy-in
• Discovering the barriers to implementation
• Financial incentives and policy set to support retrofitting of renewable energy systems

Ian Shaw, Environmental and Energy Officer, London Fire Brigade

13.00 Question and answer session

13.15 Lunch

Renewables technology in action

14.15 Identifying the most effective applications of photovoltaics (PV) technology

• Choosing the right PV fit for your energy system
• Making PV fit with design aesthetics to ensure complete technology acceptance

-    Façade integrated modules
-    Roof integrated modules

• Incorporating PV at the initial design stage
• Reviewing the cost of desired generation capacity and emissions reduction vs. cost

Tom Lelyveld, Principal Consultant, Sustainable Development Group, Faber Maunsell

14.45 Utilising renewable technologies to capitalise on the abundance of waste resource in inner city environments

• Urban self-sufficiency in waste
• The role of design in urban waste treatment
• Using new and emerging technologies to treat waste
• Integration of waste treatment within other developments

Biba Dow, Partner, Dow Jones Architects

15.15 Overcoming site specific limitations through innovative and cost-effective ground source heat pump (GSHP) technology

• Design considerations and field issues driving the increased use of GSHPs
• Assessing land availability and site characterisation to ensure GSHP feasibility
• Evaluating the performance and assessing the heating and cooling efficiencies GSHPs
• Construction, installation and maintenance costs vs. payback
• Monitoring the performance during commissioning and post installation
• Case study establishing the methodology for cost and performance of an installation

James Dickinson, Research Engineer, Buro Happold

15.45 Question and answer session

16.00 Afternoon refreshments

16.30 Evaluating the rise of small-scale generation technologies in CHP applications for a more cost-effective and commercially viable energy solution

• Emerging Technologies - prime movers for CHP

-    Micro-turbines
-    Stirling engines
-    Fuel cells
-    Small reciprocating engines

• Utilising on-site and near-site power generation technologies
• Assessing the best option for your heating and cooling system requirements
• Overcoming the practical challenges of integrating multiple technologies to ensure maximum ROI

Ian Manders, Head of Development, Combined Heat and Power Association

17.00 PV and the importance of renewables in schools

• Working with public sector procurement processes and the current situation with phase 2 grants
• Selecting the right PV fit for the energy system in new build or refurbishment
• Effective methodology to calculate generation capacity
• Schools case study: performance calculation and installation

Ramin Dilmaghanian, Head of UK Commercial, Solarcentury


17.30 Questions, answers and close of conference


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