Ecobuild - Tuesday 02 March

Performance matters

The drive to design and construct lower carbon buildings is clear. But better new buildings will only emerge by learning about new techniques and materials, and from the actual performance of others in practice. So this stream examined a variety of products and practices which affect a building’s performance, and it brought everything together by looking at the lessons learned from buildings in use.

All sessions took place in the Hampton Room

The Hampton Room was sponsored by

10.30 – 12.00

Driving Performance Improvements - Post Construction Testing

This seminar will provide an industry overview of leading practices with post construction testing, monitoring and feedback. The Good Homes Alliance will launch its 3 year monitoring programme that will monitor and evaluate the building systems/materials and the post occupancy performance of 5 high performance, sustainable homes at Code 4, 5 and Passivhaus. The aim of the project is to close the loop between design and performance, and thereby better inform future designs and specifications.

chair: Mat Colmer, Head of Housing and Supply Chain, Energy Saving Trust

10.30 – 10.40	Monitoring and feedback
	Mat Colmer, Head of Housing and Supply Chain, Energy Saving Trust

10.40 – 11.00	The carbon challenge
	Jayne Lomas, Exemplar Projects Manager, HCA Design and Sustainability Team, Homes and Communities Agency

11.00 – 11.20	A developer's approach to monitoring
	Nick James, Sustainability Project Manager, BioRegional Quintain

11.20 – 11.40	Fabric testing: technical approaches and progress to date
	Dr David Johnston, Reader, Leeds Metropolitan University

11.40 – 12.00	Monitoring of demonstrator buildings
	Dr Kerry Mashford, Lead Technologist, Low Impact Buildings, Technology Strategy Board

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12.30 – 14.00

Shedding light on window performance

This session examines the latest developments in window efficiency and performance, and the sustainability credentials of different glazing and framing materials and systems. Particularly in the context of the impact of the recently introduced BFRC’s Window Energy Rating scheme and its impact on specifiers in both new build and retrofit.

chair: Ian Chisholm, Deputy Chief Executive, Glass and Glazing Federation

12.30 – 12.40	Overview of window performance and introduction to window energy ratings (WERs)
	Ian Chisholm, Deputy Chief Executive, Glass and Glazing Federation

12.40 – 13.10	Window Energy Ratings explained: the benefits of WERs to landlord, tenant and owner occupiers
	Giles Willson, Director of Technical Affairs, Glass and Glazing Federation

13.10 – 13.35	The European perspective on WERs
	Rick Wilberforce, EU Public Affairs Advisor, Glass for Europe

13.35 – 14.00	New technology for the fenestration industry
	Matthew Kirby, Glass Marketing Manager, Solaglas

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14.30 – 16.00

Let there be light, let there be cool

This session examines a variety of ways of managing solar energy – harnessing solar gain as well as designing to mitigate it, including innovations in solar shading and glazing technology for both new build and retrofitting.

chair: Andrew Chalk, Secretary, British Blind and Shutter Association

14.30 – 15.00	Glazing and solar shading – sometimes marriages need to be arranged
	Michael Hutchins, Director, Sonnergy Ltd

15.00 – 15.20	Let's all be cool
	Anders Hall, Sales Manager Projects, Somfy Nordic AB

15.20 – 15.40	The proof of shading is in the heating
	Andrew Chalk, Secretary, British Blind and Shutter Association

15.40 – 16.00	You have to measure to manage
	Dave Bush, Chairman, British Blind and Shutter Association Technical Committee

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16.30 – 18.00

Seeking solutions to solid walls

Addressing hard to treat walls is now recognised as being crucial to improving many of the most thermally inefficient homes, and a variety of Government initiatives are being implemented or in the pipeline. This session examines the drivers for the implementation of solid wall solutions, as well as the technologies, performance and standards.

chair: Neil Marshall, CEO, National Insulation Association