Day 1 Embodied Carbon
Peter Cox – THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE OLD HOMES: Re-use and Recycle to Reduce Carbon
Peter is currently President of the ICOMOS National Scientific Committee on Energy Sustainably and Climate Change (NSCES+CC). Peter’s contribution to the Stone Federation of Great Britain is well acknowledged, having chaired the technical committee and having been Vice Chair of the approved contractors’ scheme. Whilst working in the USA, he was an active member of the Association of Preservation Technology (APT). He has served on the committee researching chemical consolidation methods for decay and is an associate of the International Institute of Conservation.
As one of Ireland’s leading conservation and stone experts, Peter has the vision and experience to be creative and bring about unique concepts to improve and protect both new and historic buildings in both Ireland and the UK’s built Heritage. He is instrumental in advising and implementing national conservation & heritage policies on behalf of government bodies and local authorities.
Dr Tom Woolley – Retrofit: why the choice of low carbon breathable materials is crucial
Tom Woolley B.Arch., PhD is an architect and environmental researcher living in County Down Northern Ireland and working for Rachel Bevan Architects. He is internationally known for his work on sustainability, construction and energy policy. He was Professor of Architecture at Queens University Belfast from 1991 to 2007and is a visiting Professor at Anglia Ruskin University and at the Centre for Alternative Technology.
Tom Woolley has published widely on construction, planning, housing, green architecture and healthy buildings, including the Green Building Handbook, Natural Building, Hemp and Lime Construction and Low Impact Building, Building Materials, Health and Indoor Air Quality and most recently Thermal Insulation Materials. Tom has spoken at numerous conferences and workshops around the world including Canada, South Africa, Malaysia, Holland, Austria, Denmark, Sweden, Poland and Chile.
Brian Murphy – Target: U value + Overheating + GreenCostPlan + VE + BoM + BoQ + EE + EC + SC + LCA = GBC
Can we: Target carbon-back instead of pay-back? Target Architect’s Green Cost Planning instead of QS’s violet cost price books? Target competent building addressing U values, overheating and condensation risk as well as low embodied energy through to carbon in use?
Combining U values and other performance, with material’s carbon and LCA data with a bill of materials, labour, quantities and costs and we can engage with these targets, do real value engineering and monetise carbon. GBC Green Building Calculator is on its way to combining all these issues, with many other functions and one day aims to grow into a BIM App.
Brian Murphy aka BrianSpecMan is a technician and architect by training, specification writer by choice, environmentalist by action, educator by calling, a writer, editor and disseminator by necessity and an Excel number cruncher, because not many people want to do that.
Sophia Haywood – Decarbonising Heat: The role for LPG and bioLPG
Sophia is Director of Public Affairs for Liquid Gas UK and responsible for representing the association’s 100 members from the LPG and bioLPG sector. She works with and influences stakeholders from across UK and Devolved Government, as well as policy making and regulatory bodies, outlining the key role that LPG and bioLPG can play in decarbonising heat for homes, businesses and industry. Last year, Sophia launched the industry’s 2040 Vision with cross-party support, which outlines the LPG industry’s ambition to transition to bioLPG by 2040.
Prior to Liquid Gas UK, Sophia has worked in Devolved Government, the Chamber of Commerce Network and the wider Energy & Utilities Sector.
