Seminars & Debates
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Seminars at the QEICC include:
BCO Guide to Fit-Out
A London Initiative - The Better Buildings Partnership
Post Occupancy Evaluations - The Holy Grail
Whole Life Carbon Measurement - Why Bother?
Thursday 27 May
Session 3 (14.00-15.15)
3A - BCO GUIDE TO FIT-OUT
SPEAKERS
Geoff Harris Henderson Global Investors
Mark Dillon Sheppard Robson
Peter Williams Arup
Ant Wilson Aecom
CHAIRMAN
Neil Pennell Land Securities and Chairman of the BCO's Technical Affairs Committee
This seminar is your opportunity to influence the direction of the next edition of the BCO Guide to Fit-Out. At last year's conference the BCO's Technical Affairs Committee launched the 2009 edition of the BCO Guide to Specification. The Committee has now turned its attention to the new Fit-Out Guide and is making a start on the process of drafting the new Guide.
A key change to the BCO Guide to Specification was the inclusion of sustainability both as a separate section and also a theme throughout the document. Does the Fit-Out Guide need to give the same priority to sustainability and are there any other key themes that it will need to address?
Session 3 (15.45-17.00)
3B - A LONDON INITIATIVE - THE BETTER BUILDINGS PARTNERSHIP
SPEAKERS
Keith Budgen
Tatiana Bosteels Hermes
Paul Edwards Hammerson
David Mummery Legal and General
Neil Pennell Land Securities
CHAIRMAN
Peter Clarke British Land
The Better Buildings Partnership (BBP) was set up by the London Climate Change Agency bringing together a number of the largest commercial and public property owners in London. Its aim is to improve the sustainability of London's existing building stock and to accelerate the reduction of CO2 emissions from those buildings.
This session will focus on some of the activities of this Partnership. The BBP has five Working Groups; Green Leases and Green Valuation, Building Performance and Sustainable Retrofit, Owners and Occupiers, Energy Benchmarking and Property Agents. The presentation will cover the toolkits and advisory publications produced by these Groups. Come along and find out more about this exciting new London intiative.
Friday 28 May
Session 6 (14.00-15.15)
6A - POST OCCUPANCY EVALUATIONS - THE HOLY GRAIL
SPEAKERS
Earle Arney Woods Bagot
Bill Bordass The Usable Buildings Trust
Paul Edwards Hammerson
David Clark Cundall
CHAIRMAN
Daniel Winder Sheppard Robson
Are Post Occupancy Evaluations (POE) the Holy Grail? Will it help solve the financial and well-being questions surrounding green buildings? This seminar will reference research and case studies to unlock some of the mystery surrounding the POE and explain why it is such an important part of future developments and refurbishments, establishing a clear link between health and well being and green buildings.
Session 6 (15.45-17.00)
6B - WHOLE LIFE CARBON MEASUREMENT - WHY BOTHER?
SPEAKERS
Paul King UKGBC
Paul Morrell Government Chief Construction Adviser
John Connaughton Davis Langdon
CHAIRMAN
Simon Sturgis Sturgis Associates LLP
The world is waking up to the realisation that carbon has a very real and direct link to climate change and in the future, CO2 will not only have an environmental impact but also a financial one. The government has been pushing for voluntary reporting on operational carbon, but this is only half the picture, what about embodied carbon? We need to understand the whole life carbon picture of our buildings, and the subsequent financial implications.
This seminar will look at what this means both now and in the future for developers, occupiers and landlords.