Lunch and learn series
Join our Future Homes Hub Lunch & Learn Series!
With the elected Labour Government targeting to build 1.5 million homes over the next five years, it is vital that we come together as a sector to share learnings to meet the UK’s ambitious sustainability targets.
Every other Friday, from Friday, the 27th of September, join us for a 60-minute webinar featuring a different hot topic from industry experts. Learn about the latest in sustainable homebuilding, ask questions, share your thoughts and network with fellow professionals.
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27 September 2024
1:00 - 2:00 PM
Waste water heat recovery – reducing hot water demand
Educational Goal: ''How It Works and the Impact of Using It with Heat Pumps.''
Speakers:
- Tony Gordon, Showersave
- Ellis Maginn, Recoup
- Andrew Smith, Zypho
11 October 2024
1:00 - 2:00 PM
Biodiversity Net Gain – Understanding Offsite Gains and the role of the Gain Site Register
Educational Goal: ''Working Mechanism and Implementation Strategy.''
Speakers:
- Tim Morrisey, Natural England
- Nathan Jenkinson, Environment Bank
- Matthew Brown, Verna
25 October 2024
1:00 - 2:00 PM
Getting to grips with thermal bridging for current Part L and the Future Homes Standard
Educational Goal: ''As fabrics improve thermal bridging becomes increasingly important. Help and advice on masonry and timber frame from the experts.''
Speakers:
- Ali Riza, H+H
- Paul Newman, Structural Timber Association
8 November 2024
1:00 - 2:00 PM
Water Efficiency – the art of the possible
Educational Goal: ''What is available now and what could be coming soon?''
Speakers:
- Paul Ravnbo-West, Kelda Showers
- Suzannah Adey, Mira Showers
- Garry Moore, Velocity WC
22 November 2024
1:00 - 2:00 PM
Healthy Homes – daylighting and ventilation good practice
Educational Goal: ''The impact of ventilation and daylighting on our lives and how things could be improved.''
10 January 2025
1:00 - 2:00 PM
Embodied and Whole Life Carbon of Future Homes Standard options -what you need to know
Educational Goal: ''Carbon emissions is more than carbon in-use. Find out how you can grips to with this new area.''
24 January 2025
1:00 - 2:00 PM
Biodiversity Net Gain – support for smaller sites
Educational Goal: ''How do you do BNG with smaller sites and are methods in place that mean you don’t need an ecologist?''
7 February 2025
1:00 - 2:00 PM
Understanding heating system performance – Lessons from Salford’s Energy House 2
Educational Goal: Professor Richard Fitton and his team at Salford University have been studying infra-red and heat pump heating systems installed in real house built in the Energy House 2 environmental chambers. Find out what he has learnt.
21 February 2025
1:00 - 2:00 PM
Biodiversity Net Gain - developer lessons and the introduction of AI
Educational Goal: ''How is BNG going and what have learnt. What sort of role could there be for AI?''