17 February 2010
In addition to our own Green
Room events, Capita Symonds has a number of speakers taking
part in the forthcoming Ecobuild conference - the world’s biggest
conference for sustainable design, construction and the built
environment:
‘Spending £45bn well: making the
most of BSF funding in the age of austerity’ - Richard Woods
Tuesday 2nd March, 1230-1300, Wellington
Room
Richard will be presenting ‘Spending £45bn well: making the most of
BSF funding in the age of austerity’ as part of the session
‘Sustainable schools: assessing the market’.
The education construction programme has heralded an
unprecedented era in new build and refurbishment of school and
education facilities. This session looks at current and forecast
funding for BSF, Academies, PCP and colleges construction, and
assesses the potential opportunities presented by education
construction market over the next 2 years. How much will a reigning
in of public spending affect the construction industry?
Find out more about this session on the Ecobuild
website
‘Incorporating trees’ - Martin
Kelly, Capita Lovejoy
Wednesday 3rd March, 14:30 - 16:00, Marlborough
Room
Trees are widely understood to be central to a better environment,
and this seminar explores concerns and practical ways to include
more trees in urban and peripheral environments, how they can
mitigate urban heating, and how to manage their ongoing
maintenance.
Find out more about this session on the Ecobuild
website
‘Future adaptability of building
design’ - Taariq Mauthoor
Thursday 4th March, 11:00 - 11:20, Ideal Heating
Theatre
Taariq will be presenting as part of the session ‘Finding the right
solutions for the right applications’.
The micro generation sector continues to advance rapidly,
supported by a number of favourable market drivers, and some
extremely challenging Government targets. But the pace of
change, the increasing variety of systems and technologies, and the
assimilation of the learning from early projects, make specifying
the optimum solution more challenging. This session looks at the
information available, and how to make the best decisions with
it.
Find out more about this session on the Ecobuild
website
'Green expectations: Can the
property sector really be changed?’ - Mark Norris
Thursday 4th March, 13:15 - 14:15, Atkins and Faithful
& Gould Theatre
Does anything look like breaking the ‘circle of blame’ which has
paralysed this sector? The introduction of EPCs and DECs were
supposed to help, but a year on, their implementation seems patchy
at best. Perhaps the policing of the Carbon Reduction Commitment
(CRC) will prove to have more teeth? It will be implemented UK wide
in April 2010, and amongst other things, it will pose particular
challenges for landlords where they are responsible for paying the
bill for energy used by their tenants. How can these policy
initiatives be made to bring about change in the property
sector?
Find
out more about this session on the Ecobuild website
For further information on Capita Symonds’ partnership
with Ecobuild contact Emma
Herman
Find out more about Capita Symonds' at
Ecobuild
Ecobuild takes place from 2-4 March at Earl’s Court in
London. For further information on the event go to
www.ecobuild.co.uk