08:30 - Registration and refreshments

09:20 - Opening address from the Chair

Matt Bell, Director of Campaigns and Education
CABE

09:30 - How does refurbishment fit into current Government policy?

• Putting the UK’s building stock into context
• Understanding the main drivers for refurbishment
• Considering how we can best use existing buildings in the future
• Exploring current planning policy in relation to refurbishment projects
• What future legislation, targets or incentives can we expect?

Jeremy Sumeray, Director of Strategy
UK Green Building Council

10:00 - Exploring current motivations for clients to refurbish their property portfolios

• What do clients look for when upgrading their building stock?
• How will energy performance certification affect decisions to refurbish?
• Retrofitting buildings with latest environmental technology: balancing solutions with costs

Iain Roberts, Director
Buro Four

10:30 - Question and answer session

10:40 - Morning refreshments

11:10 - 20 Gracechurch Street: understanding the challenges of changing the use of a building

• Changing the identity and perception of an existing office block to a mixture of offices and retail
• Improving the appearance and energy efficiency of the building envelope
• Bringing office space up to 21st century specifications
• Strategies employed for delivering a successful project with occupiers still using the building

John McRae, Director
ORMS

11:40 - Improving M&E services in refurbishment projects

• How to approach Part L and building regs requirements on refurb schemes
• Specifying effective building control systems to reduce end user energy consumption
• Locating services in the appropriate areas: choosing between interior and exterior installation
• Minimising the time of a refurbishment: taking a modularised approach

John Joyce, Director
Ramboll Whitbybird

12:10 - Improving vertical transportation within refurbishment schemes

• Providing extra lifting capacity to accommodate an existing building’s increasing population density
• Utilising lifts to comply with DDA legislation in refurb schemes
• Considering lift options at the design stage of a refurb project

Carsten Oberwelland, Head of Modernisation
Thyssenkrupp Elevator (TKE)

12:40 - Question and answer session

12:50 - Lunch

13:40 - Reducing carbon emissions and implementing

• Exploring advances in energy saving technologies and how they can be employed in refurbishment schemes
• Assessing appropriateness of renewable energy solutions for refurb projects
• Implementing solutions for improving building insulation in existing structures

Elliot Carter, Managing Director
Eight Associates

14:10 - Transforming existing school buildings into energy efficient learning environments

• Exploring the key challenges of refurbishing and improving school buildings
• Meeting high expectations for environmental performance and increased flexibility
• Bringing the old into the new
• What can architects working within other sectors learn from school refurbishment schemes

Stafford Critchlow, Director
Wilkinson Eyre

14:40 - Park Hill Estate: refurbishing housing to revitalise a community

• Outlining the complexities and main goals for the project
• Redesigning the interior to ensure it’s fit-for purpose
• Exploring solutions adopted in the creation of public and private units within the refurbishment
• Improving the environmental performance of the building

David Bickle, Director
Hawkins Brown

15:10 - Question and answer session

15:20 - Afternoon refreshments

15:45 - Going beyond technical fixes in refurbishment

• Assessing the role of refurbishment and retrofit in dealing with climate change
• Exploring the potential for reducing the demand for energy from buildings
• Understanding and using individual and community behaviour to deliver significant energy savings

Chris Jofeh, Director
ARUP

16:15 - Rethinking housing refurbishment – BRE exemplar project

• Outlining the aims and complexities of the project
• Strategies for improving energy efficiency and insulation
• How can the industry raise the standards of refurbishment work undertaken?
• Creating a cost model tool to help decide whether to demolish or refurbish

Kate Symons, Associate Director Regeneration
BRE

16:45 - Question and answer session

16:55 - Closing remarks from the Chair and end of conference