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19/6/2009

BRHG Annual Conference

BRHG Annual conference- 2nd July

 

BRHG 17th AGM and Annual Conference

‘C80 REFURBISHMENT CHALLENGE'

Responding to Government Strategy

 

Thursday 2nd July 2009 - BRE, Bucknalls Lane, Watford, WD25 9XX

 

Programme

This BRHG event explores the challenge of reducing UK housing carbon emissions by 80% for the 2050 deadline,with case studies, specialist speakers and opportunities for delegates to network.

 

BRHG Annual General Meeting (only for BRHG Members attendance)

09.00-09.15 Registration & Refreshments for the Annual General Meeting

Chairman: Peter Ashby, Technical Manager, Guinness Trust

09.15-10.15 Annual General Meeting

 

BRHG 17th Annual Conference - ‘C80 Refurbishment Challenge'

09.30-10.30 Registration, Refreshments & Exhibition

Chairman: Roger Ford, Director of Operations, de Montfort Housing Society

 

10.25 Welcome

 

10.30 Refurbishment Ambitions & Generation Homes

Cathy Hough, Senior Consultant, Camco

 

10.55 Innovative Financing for Social Housing

Robert Rabinowitz, Director of Environmental Markets, BRE

 

11.20 Q&A

11.30 Refreshments & Exhibition

 

11.50 Passivhaus Refurbishment

Gavin Hodgson, Principal Consultant, BRE

 

12.15 Sustainable Refurbishment - EcoHomes XB

Alan Cochrane, Head of Energy & Environment, Inspace Partnerships

 

12.40 Q&A

12.50 Lunch & Exhibition

 

13.40 Retrofit & Replicate - 1930s Terrace

Mark Elton, Head of Sustainability, ECD Architects

 

14.05 Reema Refurbishment Case study

Paul Ciniglio, Sustainability & Innovation Manager, Radian Group

 

14.30 Q&A

14.40 Refreshments & Exhibition

 

14.55 Eco Home Green Renovation Demonstration Project

Bob Stanton, Director of Housing & Community, Alan Shrimpton, Retired Director of

Development & Steve Fellows, Maintenance Manager, Bournville Village Trust

 

15.30 Old Home Superhome - Learning From Each Other

John Doggart, Chairman SEA Charity, Sustainable Energy Academy

 

15.55 Q&A

"BRHG - A social housing providers' network in partnership with BRE for better homes "

 

16.00 Close

James Honour, Manager
BRHG Secretariat, BRE, Bucknalls Lane, Watford, Herts WD25 9XX
Tel: 01923 664413
Fax: 01923 664616
E-mail: honourj@bre.co.uk