Events Calendar

If you work in the housing industry you’ve probably been asking a lot of questions about the Code for Sustainable Homes. Here’s just a few we’ve heard:

• What is the most realistic, cost-effective strategy for achieving Code level 4?
• Can the homes that my customers want to buy, the homes with the big open living spaces and “curb appeal”, still achieve high levels of the Code?
• When you consider the embodied energy, cost, and whole-life performance of competing building materials – what materials should I design and build for?
• How are energy firms working with housebuilders to meet on-site renewables targets? Could we benefit more from larger offsite renewables?
• Will highly insulated newbuilds be comfortable if temperatures rise? Has anyone considered the energy cost of cooling our houses down?
• Can we build sustainably AND still make a profit?

Get the answers to these questions and more at the second zero carbon housing conference from Construction News. This highly regarded industry event attracted over 200 delegates in 2007, and is an excellent opportunity for you to debate and network with your industry peers.

Speakers include:

• Iain Wright MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Communities & Local Government
• Tracy Gordon, Manager National Programmes, Millennium Communities & Carbon Challenge, English Partnerships
• Pooran Desai OBE, One Planet Technical Director and Co-Founder, Bioregional
• Andrew Woodward, Development Director, Crest Nicholson
• Ross Peedle, Director of Product Development, Stewart Milne
• Andy Rothery, Head of Sustainable Energy Solutions, E.ON
• Jonathan Jennings, Divisional Sustainability Manager, Kingspan Off-Site
• Jake Hacker, Associate, Arup
• Nick Jones, Associate Director for the Centre for Housing Best Practice and Low Carbon Housing, BRE
• John Tebbit, Industry Affairs Director, Construction Products Association

If our industry is to remain sustainable we must continue to examine zero carbon initiatives, and share knowledge about what works and what doesn’t. Zero carbon housing is an opportunity for a better way of building, and a better way of life.

So, what are you waiting for?! Visit www.cn-zerocarbonhousing.co.uk and set the right foundations for your eco-strategy. Be best-placed to win the low to zero carbon contracts of the future!