Articles and Presentations

The STBA is keen to ensure that people have access to cutting edge information and those experts on their field. To support this please find the agendas and the associated presentations from our last few national Conferences and Advisory group meetings below.

Welsh Government policy on decarbonising existing homes – Hannah Blythyn, Deputy Minister for Housing and Local Government, Wales

Decarbonised energy supply grids and whole-system flexibility – Oliver Lancaster, Future of Energy Manager, Wales & West Utilities Ltd – download

Sustainability and decarbonisation targets – Nigel Griffiths, STBA – download

Key considerations of the debate – Peter Draper, STBA Sustainability Chair download

The cost of retrofit – financial and carbon (embodied & in-use) – Harry Paticas, Arboreal Architecture

The shape of retrofit for the future – Peter Rickaby, Energy & sustainability consultant, Chair of the BSI Retrofit Standards Task Group, Director of UKCMB at UCL – download

Whole Life Carbon implications of re-use and recycling historic buildings – Adala Leeson, Head of Social and Economic Research, Historic England. (This presentation will become available once the Historic England embodied carbon research has been published)

A summary of the workshop discussions and conclusions can be downloaded here.

Current UK policy on energy efficiency of buildings – Helene Bartos (BEIS)

Initiatives for improving sustainability of older buildings in Scotland – Moses Jenkins (Historic Environment Scotland)

Emerging retrofit policy in Wales – Chris Jofeh (Arup)

Testing out the whole-house approach – Nigel Griffiths (STBA)

Customised Retrofit, A Practical Approach to Smaller Projects – Marianne Suhr (SPAB) – Images from this presentation are from the new Old House Eco Handbook by Marianne Suhr and Roger Hunt.

Reducing plastics in buildings – Mark Lynn & Katherine Adams (ASBP)

Principles of whole-house retrofit – assessment, materials & installation – Harry Paticas & Bob Prewett, (15:40 Architecture Collective)

Inherent energy efficiency features of traditional buildings – Robyn Pender (Historic England)

Whole-life Carbon: Historic England research on embodied carbon – Peter Cox (Carrig Conservation International)

Heritage values and energy efficiency in traditional, residential buildings – Kalliopi Fouseki (UCL)

Exhibitors’ Showcase – presentations by Ecological Building Systems and Lime Green Products