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September 2020
ESC – VIRTUAL – Energy Efficiency Measures for Older and Traditional Buildings
Level 3 Award Qualification Over one third of UK buildings are traditional – that is according to the definition of a traditional building defined in BSI PAS 2035: 2019: Specification for the energy retrofit of domestic buildings. These buildings are different to modern buildings and need to be treated differently. The Environment Study Centre has teamed up with the CITB and specialist building consultancy Edwards Hart to develop this unique 2-day course that delivers a real qualification in energy efficiency retrofit. It…
Find out more »IHBC MATE Session VIRTUAL
You are invited to attend an online IHBC Membership Application Training Event (MATE). This will last approximately 3 hours. This MATE will be led by Ramona Usher/Sean O'Reilly/Fiona Newton. How will the online MATE work? The format is similar to the familiar in person MATE, helping you to understand the IHBc Application process and how best to complete your application. The MATE will be delivered through GoToMeeting. Log in details will be provided closer to the event. GoToMeeting is similar…
Find out more »October 2020
#HeritageDigitalNow: Putting the Digital into your Strategy
Heritage Digital’s virtual conference day will be happening on Thursday 1st October. Supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, project partners The Heritage Alliance, Charity Digital, Media Trust and Naomi Korn Associates will be hosting practical webinars and inspiring discussion on how you can start planning your organisation’s digital future now. The full agenda will be coming soon; in the meantime these are the key topics you can expect to hear about: Putting the digital into your strategy - the…
Find out more »UK Construction Week VIRTUAL
UK Construction Week 2020 will be an online conference and event programme running 5-9 October 2020 where industry leaders will debate and scope out what a successful recovery looks like. UK Construction Week will stage London and Birmingham editions in 2021 in 18-month plan to capitalise on Government construction commitments.
Find out more »STBA – VIRTUAL – Conference Day 1
Focus on Embodied Carbon. This session will look in more depth at the issue around embodied carbon in the existing structures and how this affects the overall balance when making decisions on retrofit of traditional buildings. We shall also explore how to measure the LCA using new and emerging tools from the industry. Lastly we hope to explore an ongoing case study where embodied carbon of retrofit materials is being measured in minute detail. This will be a thought provoking…
Find out more »Carbon Trust – VIRTUAL – Getting to net zero for cities and regions: understanding climate change adaptation
In this webinar, we will explore how local authorities can help their communities to adapt to the impacts of climate change. Over 85% of UK local authorities have now declared a climate emergency and committed to enacting plans to tackle the climate crisis within their jurisdictions. But how can local authorities plan for and adapt to the impacts of climate change ? Join us for the fourth in our webinar series on Getting to net zero for cities and regions, where…
Find out more »STBA – VIRTUAL – Conference Day 2
Focus on Skills. With one year to go before PAS2035 becomes mandatory in ECO projects w hope to hear direct from Government how this is being embraced and how it is affecting policy and direction. In planning for new skills we will also explore how NOS and courses are being developed within the industry. Lastly we will be looking at some practical courses that are being run to hear how these are starting to effect in the industry Price for…
Find out more »SPAB – VIRTUAL – Evening Lecture: Wentworth Woodhouse, South Yorkshire
Saving England’s largest country house Presented by Sarah McLeod (CEO, Wentworth Woodhouse Preservation Trust) Wentworth Woodhouse is essentially two sizeable country houses back-to-back - a brick Baroque west front of 1724-28 and a sandstone Palladian east front of 1731-50 - created for the first Marquess of Rockingham by architects including Henry Flitcroft and John Carr. After requisition in World War II and later use as a college, in 2017 the house passed from private ownership to the WWPT to preserve…
Find out more »South Branch – Up on the roof *CANCELLED*
**** THIS CONFERENCE HAS BEEN DELAYED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE **** It will be rescheduled for autumn 2020, date TBC. An IHBC South Branch conference exploring everything you wanted to know about roofs on traditional buildings but were afraid to ask. IHBC/CIfA Members £40 - Non-members £65 (including buffet lunch) 9.30am Tea/coffee/registration 9.45am Introduction & welcome - Jonathan Clarke - IHBC South Branch Chairman 9.50am -11.10am Roof coverings - thatch, shingle & tile - Kevin Stubbs - Historic Building…
Find out more »STBA – VIRTUAL – Conference Day 3
Focus on Research. Chaired by SPAB The update to the Guidance Wheel highlighted the number of research papers that have been produced over the past 8 years. This day will focus on some key pieces of research that have either: reached their long term conclusions about hygrothermal performance in walls; delved in great depth into the effectiveness of a large number of retrofit projects or; explored exciting new materials that might radically change the retrofit of traditional buildings. Price for…
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