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Wednesday 03 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

Passive cooling & ventilation for non domestic buildings

Modern trends in designing and managing non domestic buildings have been highly energy intensive. This session looks at the principles behind taking energy out of buildings, and how they can operate successfully using passive cooling and ventilation methods

chair: Bill Watts, Senior Partner, Max Fordham LLP

10.30 – 11.00	Mixed mode cooling in hot countries
	Bill Watts, Senior Partner, Max Fordham LLP

11.00 – 11.20	Thermal mass and its relevance in low energy design
	Tom de Saulles, Senior Manager, Building Sustainability, The Concrete Centre

11.20 – 11.40	Applying ground coupled ventilation for cooling in non domestic buildings
	Patrick Bellew, Principal, Atelier Ten

11.40 – 12.00	Case studies on two building achieving LEED Platinum
	Ryan Wilson, Associate Director, Arup

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12.30 – 14.00

Adapting buildings for climate change

With the affects of climate change - particularly rises in average and extreme temperatures - now acknowledged to be inevitable, how can existing buildings be adapted to ameliorate its effects without deploying energy intensive measures? What are the challenges facing building owners and operators?

chair: Jacqueline Balian, Director of Information, CIBSE

12.30 – 13.00	Making sure your buildings are capable of withstanding the effects of changing weather and increasing regulations
	Jacqueline Balian, Director of Information, CIBSE

13.00 – 13.30	Design compass – tools to help you design for climate
	Anastasia Mylona, Environmental Data Co-ordinator, CIBSE

13.30 – 14.00	The role of carbon in buildings and refurbishment and how it is a good measure of efficiency
	Julian Sutherland, Director of Sustainability, Atkins

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14.30 – 16.00

Evaluating Creative Energy Homes performance

Based on the work co-ordinated by Nottingham University, this session will show how monitoring and measuring building performance can provide the basis for futures design and specification. Nottingham’s Creative Energy Homes project has co-ordinated the building and evaluation of several designs and systems over the last 2 years, and its findings continue to inform new design and specification.

chair: Mark Gillott, Associate Professor and CEH Project Manager, University of Nottingham

14.30 – 14.50	Tarmac Homes Project – a detailed review of the completed project including initial results from the POE study
	Ian Gray, Technical Sales Manager, Tarmac Building Products Ltd

14.50 – 15.10	BASF House. A presentation of POE data – two years on
	Gillian Kelleher, Market Development Manager, BASF plc

15.10 – 15.30	Leakage testing at low pressures
	David Etheridge, Associate Professor, Department of the Built Environment, University of Nottingham

15.30 – 16.00	SHINE – Sustainable Homes Innovation Network of Excellence
	Mark Gillott, Associate Professor and CEH Project Manager, University of Nottingham

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16.30 – 18.00

Soft Landings: connecting design with performance

This session examines how BSRIA’s Soft Landings process brings together the three elements of the Constructing Excellence ‘Three Pillars’ initiative: post-occupancy evaluation (POE), true evidence-based design, and better project briefing. Designers and constructors stay involved with buildings beyond practical completion, and assist the client during the first months of operation and beyond, to help fine-tune and de-bug the systems, and ensure the occupiers understand how to control and best use their buildings.

chair: Gary Clark, Principal Architect, Atkins

16.35 - 16.45	Soft Landings
	Nigel Anderson, BSRIA

16.45 - 17.00	Winning hearts and minds (and bids)
	George Martin, Head of Sustainable Development, Willmott Dixon James Warne, Environmental Engineering Director, BDP Steve Underwood, Director, Kier W

17.00 - 17.20	(Good) client perspectives
	Mike Chater, Senior Architect, Hampshire County Council Gary Clark, Principal Architect, Atkins

17.20 - 17.40	Building performance evaluation
	Roderic Bunn, Building Analyst, BSRIA Ann Bodkin, Principal, Ann Bodkin Sustainability & Architecture Dr Ian Pegg, Title, Buro Happold Ltd