The future of buildings - retrofit showcase
Details of a previous CNU special event held 9 November 2016:
An evening of presentations and discussions about Passivhaus architecture and retrofitting domestic and non-domestic buildings to reduce their carbon emissions
An evening of presentations and discussions about Passivhaus architecture and retrofitting domestic and non-domestic buildings to reduce their carbon emissions
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Host: Carbon Neutral University Network under the Zero Carbon Yorkshire umbrella
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Rationale
Sheffield’s city centre, including the two university campuses, consists of buildings from many different periods. Retrofitting them to the highest possible environmental standards is essential to reduce our energy demand, and to cut our carbon emissions to the level required to keep the worst effects of global warming at bay. Furthermore, a programme of upgrading our housing stock and non-domestic buildings would reduce bills, provide employment and support the development of the local economy. At this retrofit evening we will hear from experts working in the field. We hope to provide a motivational boost to both the universities and to the city council by demonstrating the possibilities of a Passivhaus retrofit approach, including costs and practical advice.
Resources - Passivhaus and Passivhaus retrofit
Please feel free to access and use the following practical resources to learn more about 'Passivhaus' standard and the possibility to retrofit and reduce building heating bills to near zero.
Please click on the buttons to get to the video recordings of the event lectures (YouTube).
Past event details - 9 November 2016
Date: Wednesday, November 9th 2016
Times: 17.00-21.00
Venue: The Diamond, Lecture Theatres 1, 3 & 4, University of Sheffield, 32 Leavygreave Rd, S3 7RD
Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-future-of-buildings-a-retrofit-showcase-tickets-28655190446?aff=eac2
Times: 17.00-21.00
Venue: The Diamond, Lecture Theatres 1, 3 & 4, University of Sheffield, 32 Leavygreave Rd, S3 7RD
Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-future-of-buildings-a-retrofit-showcase-tickets-28655190446?aff=eac2
Organisation: This event has been organised under the Zero Carbon Yorkshire umbrella by the Carbon Neutral University Network at the University of Sheffield in association with the School of Architecture at The University of Sheffield, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield City Council and Sheffield Climate Alliance.
Format: Presentations by experts in the field will be followed by discussion groups focusing on domestic or non-domestic buildings, intertwined with networking sessions and finishing with a panel discussion. Exhibition space for local builders and sustainability related organisations available.
Catering: Light sustainable food provided during networking session,
Delivered by the Real Junk Food Project - from surplus food!
Catering: Light sustainable food provided during networking session,
Delivered by the Real Junk Food Project - from surplus food!
Sponsors: Green Building Store; Sheffield Climate Alliance; Faculty of Science, University of Sheffield
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Agenda
Plenary session in LT1:
17:00 Introduction
17:15 Keynote lecture: ‘Passivhaus and sustainable architecture’ - Jonathan Hines, Managing Director of Architype
18:05 Introductions to our sponsors
Networking session:
18:20 Light 'sustainably sourced' supper, networking and meeting stall holders. Please scroll down for exhibitor information.
Parallel sessions:
17:00 Introduction
17:15 Keynote lecture: ‘Passivhaus and sustainable architecture’ - Jonathan Hines, Managing Director of Architype
18:05 Introductions to our sponsors
Networking session:
18:20 Light 'sustainably sourced' supper, networking and meeting stall holders. Please scroll down for exhibitor information.
Parallel sessions:
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Non-domestic in LT3
19:20 ‘Integrated design and sustainable development’ - Dr Phil Hampshire and Austen Bates, BuroHappold Engineering 19:50 ‘Development of energy efficiency methodologies for buildings’ - Dr David Tetlow, Department of Engineering, University of Nottingham |
Domestic in LT4
19:20 ‘Effective deep retrofit: risks & rewards. Three Yorkshire case studies’ - Chris Herring, Director of Green Building Store 19:50 ‘Housing Retrofit: necessity & avoiding unintended consequences’ - Dr Sofie Pelsmakers, Co-founder of Architecture for Change, and Lecturer at The University of Sheffield |
Panel session in LT1:
20:20 Panel discussion with all speakers
21:00 Close
20:20 Panel discussion with all speakers
21:00 Close
Speaker details
Austen Bates, Associate Director, BuroHappold Engineering.
Austen is an engineer with a creative flair and a holistic approach. He is passionate about how engineering can play a pivotal role in providing a more sustainable future. He is a Soft Landings champion and sees the importance of focussing on how the end user engages with the building from the earliest stages of design. He is also passionate about how design can improve people’s health, wellbeing and productivity. Austen has delivered strategic consultancy to public authorities and to major cultural institutions all with the common themes of how to futureproof assets whilst addressing the challenges of climate change. He has developed a particular expertise within the cultural sector, developing innovative passive collection storage models and business case studies for a number of our key institutions.
Austen has detailed experience of environmental assessments such as BREEAM and LEED and currently leads multi-disciplinary teams on a number of BuroHappold projects.
Dr Phil Hampshire, Associate, BuroHappold Engineering
Phil has a first class Master of Engineering Degree, and whilst working at BuroHappold, has also completed a Doctorate of Engineering (EngD) in sustainable decision making and stakeholder engagement. He is passionate about delivering projects that are great for both people and the planet. He recently contributed to the UKGBC retail task group which is defining design standards for improving the health, wellbeing and productivity of retail environments. He was one of the first people in the UK to receive the WELL Accredited Professional (WELL AP) qualification, a standard that considers how buildings can be designed to improve peoples’ health & wellbeing. Phil has led the design and development of sustainability frameworks for buildings, organisations, and masterplans and has experience working across the commercial, education, sports, entertainment, cultural, retail and residential sectors. He currently lectures at both Bristol and Bath University on Integrated Design, Sustainable Development and People Centred Design.
Chris Herring, Director, Green Building Store.
Chris Herring is Director of Green Building Store and has been advocating and pioneering sustainable approaches for most of his construction career. Chris was Technical Leader on the Denby Dale Passivhaus project. He worked closely with Bill Butcher to ensure the meshing of theory and practice of Passivhaus standards and technology with UK materials and building techniques. Over the last 7 years Chris has been one of the leading proponents of the Passivhaus approach to low energy construction and of the adoption of Passivhaus standards and methodology in the UK. Chris is the current Chair of the Passivhaus Trust and until recently was the Chair of the AECB, the sustainable building association.
Jonathan Hines, Managing Director, Architype
Jonathan’s focus and Architype’s purpose is to design life enhancing genuinely sustainable architecture. Architype is a uniquely radical architectural practice, and many of its sustainable innovations are now adopted by the mainstream. Architype have pioneered the introduction of Passivhaus into the UK, the use of natural materials in construction, and are at the forefront of building performance evaluation and monitoring in the UK. Architype have won a multitude of awards and were named AJ 120 Sustainable Practice of the Year in 2015 and 2016. Jonathan became a director of Architype in 1989 and managing director in 2015. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and a member of the Design Review Panel of the Design Commission for Wales. In 2011 he was named in a list of the top 50 people most influencing sustainable development in the UK, and continues to be at the forefront of sustainable thinking in the UK.
Dr David Tetlow, Researcher / Lecturer / Engineer, Department of Engineering, University of Nottingham
After completing his doctorate, David worked in Environmental Consultancy in London for a year, gaining knowledge of renewable energy systems, energy efficiency methodologies in buildings, and energy policy. Since January 2010 David has been employed in the University of Nottingham, involved in three projects; the first - funded via a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) - involved the development of a super thin internal insulation system for application into UK Hard to Treat Domestic Houses in collaboration with the UK's largest insulation installer (the Mark Group); the second - funded via the Carbon Trust - was based on the application of Phase Change Materials (PCMs) into solar heating systems to increase the capacity of domestic systems. The current project - funded by the EU FP7 framework - is an international collaboration with 17 European partners, researching, developing, and applying a holistic methodology for retrofitting domestic houses. This project (the HERB) includes the testing of innovative retrofit technologies in 12 demonstration houses across 7 countries, in 3 climates. HERB website - www.euroretrofit.com
Dr Sofie Pelsmakers, Co-founder of Architecture for Change and Lecturer, The University of Sheffield
Dr Sofie Pelsmakers is a chartered architect with over 15 years of experience in designing, building and teaching sustainable architecture. Sofie authored ‘The Environmental Design Pocketbook’ (RIBA Publishing), a comprehensive publication which distils environmental science, legislation and guidance into one easy to use single source. This publication received commendation by the RIBA for ‘Outstanding Practice-located Research’ (2012) and was ‘Highly Commended’ for the UKGBC/PRP ‘Rising Star award’ 2013. Sofie is part-time lecturer at Sheffield School of Architecture, where she co-leads an MSc in Sustainable Architecture and is Head of Research at ECD Architects. She is currently co-authoring a Performance gap book with Judit Kimpian and Hattie Hartman. Sofie finished her PhD at UCL on the retrofit of the existing Victorian housing stock, in particular in-situ heat-flow measuring of suspended ground floors. She developed in-situ measuring techniques and undertook pilot studies to investigate the effect of insulation interventions and closing of air-bricks on floor heat loss and floor void conditions.
Austen is an engineer with a creative flair and a holistic approach. He is passionate about how engineering can play a pivotal role in providing a more sustainable future. He is a Soft Landings champion and sees the importance of focussing on how the end user engages with the building from the earliest stages of design. He is also passionate about how design can improve people’s health, wellbeing and productivity. Austen has delivered strategic consultancy to public authorities and to major cultural institutions all with the common themes of how to futureproof assets whilst addressing the challenges of climate change. He has developed a particular expertise within the cultural sector, developing innovative passive collection storage models and business case studies for a number of our key institutions.
Austen has detailed experience of environmental assessments such as BREEAM and LEED and currently leads multi-disciplinary teams on a number of BuroHappold projects.
Dr Phil Hampshire, Associate, BuroHappold Engineering
Phil has a first class Master of Engineering Degree, and whilst working at BuroHappold, has also completed a Doctorate of Engineering (EngD) in sustainable decision making and stakeholder engagement. He is passionate about delivering projects that are great for both people and the planet. He recently contributed to the UKGBC retail task group which is defining design standards for improving the health, wellbeing and productivity of retail environments. He was one of the first people in the UK to receive the WELL Accredited Professional (WELL AP) qualification, a standard that considers how buildings can be designed to improve peoples’ health & wellbeing. Phil has led the design and development of sustainability frameworks for buildings, organisations, and masterplans and has experience working across the commercial, education, sports, entertainment, cultural, retail and residential sectors. He currently lectures at both Bristol and Bath University on Integrated Design, Sustainable Development and People Centred Design.
Chris Herring, Director, Green Building Store.
Chris Herring is Director of Green Building Store and has been advocating and pioneering sustainable approaches for most of his construction career. Chris was Technical Leader on the Denby Dale Passivhaus project. He worked closely with Bill Butcher to ensure the meshing of theory and practice of Passivhaus standards and technology with UK materials and building techniques. Over the last 7 years Chris has been one of the leading proponents of the Passivhaus approach to low energy construction and of the adoption of Passivhaus standards and methodology in the UK. Chris is the current Chair of the Passivhaus Trust and until recently was the Chair of the AECB, the sustainable building association.
Jonathan Hines, Managing Director, Architype
Jonathan’s focus and Architype’s purpose is to design life enhancing genuinely sustainable architecture. Architype is a uniquely radical architectural practice, and many of its sustainable innovations are now adopted by the mainstream. Architype have pioneered the introduction of Passivhaus into the UK, the use of natural materials in construction, and are at the forefront of building performance evaluation and monitoring in the UK. Architype have won a multitude of awards and were named AJ 120 Sustainable Practice of the Year in 2015 and 2016. Jonathan became a director of Architype in 1989 and managing director in 2015. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and a member of the Design Review Panel of the Design Commission for Wales. In 2011 he was named in a list of the top 50 people most influencing sustainable development in the UK, and continues to be at the forefront of sustainable thinking in the UK.
Dr David Tetlow, Researcher / Lecturer / Engineer, Department of Engineering, University of Nottingham
After completing his doctorate, David worked in Environmental Consultancy in London for a year, gaining knowledge of renewable energy systems, energy efficiency methodologies in buildings, and energy policy. Since January 2010 David has been employed in the University of Nottingham, involved in three projects; the first - funded via a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) - involved the development of a super thin internal insulation system for application into UK Hard to Treat Domestic Houses in collaboration with the UK's largest insulation installer (the Mark Group); the second - funded via the Carbon Trust - was based on the application of Phase Change Materials (PCMs) into solar heating systems to increase the capacity of domestic systems. The current project - funded by the EU FP7 framework - is an international collaboration with 17 European partners, researching, developing, and applying a holistic methodology for retrofitting domestic houses. This project (the HERB) includes the testing of innovative retrofit technologies in 12 demonstration houses across 7 countries, in 3 climates. HERB website - www.euroretrofit.com
Dr Sofie Pelsmakers, Co-founder of Architecture for Change and Lecturer, The University of Sheffield
Dr Sofie Pelsmakers is a chartered architect with over 15 years of experience in designing, building and teaching sustainable architecture. Sofie authored ‘The Environmental Design Pocketbook’ (RIBA Publishing), a comprehensive publication which distils environmental science, legislation and guidance into one easy to use single source. This publication received commendation by the RIBA for ‘Outstanding Practice-located Research’ (2012) and was ‘Highly Commended’ for the UKGBC/PRP ‘Rising Star award’ 2013. Sofie is part-time lecturer at Sheffield School of Architecture, where she co-leads an MSc in Sustainable Architecture and is Head of Research at ECD Architects. She is currently co-authoring a Performance gap book with Judit Kimpian and Hattie Hartman. Sofie finished her PhD at UCL on the retrofit of the existing Victorian housing stock, in particular in-situ heat-flow measuring of suspended ground floors. She developed in-situ measuring techniques and undertook pilot studies to investigate the effect of insulation interventions and closing of air-bricks on floor heat loss and floor void conditions.
Exhibitors/ Stalls
We invite environmental organisations, architects, engineers and builders from within the Sheffield City region to show of their work at a stall during the 1 hour networking session (with food). Please get in touch with Christian if you would like a stall ([email protected]).
Following organisations will have a stall and like to talk to you.
Following organisations will have a stall and like to talk to you.
- Green Building Store, Products and technical support for Passivhaus & low energy buildings, Huddersfield (Speaker)
- Inno-Therm, recycled cotton/denim insulation, Sheffield
- Burnell Briercliffe Architects, RIBA chartered architectural practice, Sheffield
- Sheffield Solar, UK photovoltaic industry’s leading scientific data resource, University of Sheffield
- Sheffield Climate Alliance, Alliance of local organisations and individuals who are pressing for fair and effective action to tackle climate change, Sheffield
- Sheffield Renewables, A community and a social enterprise that develops, funds, builds, owns and operates renewable energy schemes, Sheffield
- Community Works (Mark Woodward), A Sheffield City Region New Energy project, including retrofit actions, Sheffield
- Achieve More, A University of Sheffield student engagement scheme for second year student to work on real world problems
- Sheffield School of Architecture, A leading School of Architecture in the UK, University of Sheffield
- Aquaponics project presented by Prof Hamish Cunningham, The Future of Resilience Food
- Carbon Neutral University Network, our humble network and event host will have a stall where you can talk to us and get involved ;)