Climate Change and Sustainability in Housing 2021

Climate Change
and Sustainability
in Housing
21-22 April 2021
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Green finance
and funding
options
Policy and
regulation
Sustainable
procurement and
effective supply
chains
Green
technologies
Retrofit
strategies
Confronting the climate crisis is the most significant challenge
of our time. The UK government has committed to becoming
net zero in terms of greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 and
housing has a critical role to play. We need to be ambitious in
our action to decarbonise our existing homes and ensure that
new ones are built to high environmental standards.
Understanding
your stock data
Wellbeing and
sustainable
environments
Energy
efficiency and
tackling fuel
poverty
Leadership in the
climate crisis
Zero carbon
construction
Housing associations must lead the way to radically reduce emissions
and create affordable housing that is efficient and sustainable for generations
to come.
Who’s
speaking?
Lord Best,
Chair, Affordable
Housing Commission
Baroness Julia Brown,
Deputy Chair,
UK Committee on
Climate Change
Kate Henderson,
Chief Executive,
National Housing
Federation
Jason Longhurst,
Chair, UK Business
Council for Sustainable
Development
The scale and urgency of this work cannot be overstated, so it’s vital that
we all come together to collaborate, sharing ideas and expertise. Climate
Change and Sustainability in Housing 2021 is the place to do just that.
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Jonathon Porritt,
Environmentalist
and Author
Alan Whitehead MP,
Shadow Minister for
Business, Energy and
Industrial Strategy
Dhara Vyas, Head of
Future Energy Services,
Citizens Advice
Imran Mubeen,
Head of Treasury,
Bromford Housing
The climate emergency is a race we are losing,
but it is a race we can win.
António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations
Housing
makes up around
1/5 of all carbon
emissions in the UK
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Programme at a glance
Day one: Wednesday 21 April
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09:00 Chair’s opening remarks
Ian Wardle, Chief Executive, Thirteen Group
09:10 On the road to a net zero 2050
Speaker to be announced shortly
09:50 Where are we on the journey to net zero?
• How ready are we for 2050? What are the challenges we need to overcome?
• What funding is available, and how do we secure a long-term sustainable funding solution?
• Can we rely on the government or do we, as a sector, show leadership, take ownership,
work collaboratively and drive forward the sector’s ambitions?
• How do we agree a sector-wide net zero plan?
Baroness Julia Brown, Deputy Chair, UK Committee on Climate Change
Kate Henderson, Chief Executive, National Housing Federation
Gail Teasdale, Chief Executive, Broadacres
10:50 Networking break
11:20
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Getting started: how to build a net zero strategy
for your organisation
Matthew Harrison, Chief Executive, Great Places Housing Group
Jonathan Higgs, Chief Executive, Raven Housing Trust
Charlie Norman, Group Chief Executive, Mosscare St Vincent’s
Housing Group
12:00 Networking break
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Tech you can trust: understanding and procuring
green technologies
Neil Butter, Head of Procurement, Procurement for Housing
Cecily Church, Sustainability Manager Guinness Partnership
Matthew Holloway, Chief Executive, Q-Bot
Ron Lang, Impact Director, Construction Innovation Hub
13:10
Join the retrofit revolution: how to retrofit
at scale and pace
Mark Arnold, Head of Technical Sustainability,
Thirteen Group
Nathan Bradberry, Partner and Head of
Infrastructure, Bevan Brittan
Emily Braham, Director Energiesprong and
Head of Sustainability, Nottingham City Homes
13:50 Networking break
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14:15 Engaging residents in the fight against climate change
Rachael Orr, Director, Placeshapers
Rhian Kelly, UK Corporate Affairs Director, National Grid
Fayann Simpson OBE, L&Q Board member and resident
Tony Stacey, Chief Executive, South Yorkshire Housing Association
15:15 Keynote: Tackling the Climate Crisis and the urgent need
to transition to Net Zero
Climate change is the most important crisis we face today, affecting people
now and future generations to come. Hear Jonathon Porritt, environmental
campaigner and author of Hope In Hell, a powerful ‘call to action’ on the
climate emergency, give his insights as to why energy efficiency in the built
environment should be at the heart of the UK’s Net Zero ambition.
Jonathon Porritt, Environmentalist and Author
15:45 Chair’s closing remarks and end of day one
How green is your disposals strategy?
Tom Titherington, Executive Director,
Development and Commercial, Sovereign
Tim Weightman, Group Executive Director,
Assets and Investments, Places for People
Building new net zero homes:
should we be more ambitious?
Anjna Farmah, Residential Property Development
Manager, Transport for London
Samantha Kennedy, Director Climate Action,
Places and Public Health, Essex County Council
Stephen Lodge, Executive Director Development
and Strategic Asset Management, Abri
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Programme at a glance
Day two: Thursday 22 April
09:15 Chair’s opening remarks
Ian Wardle, Chief Executive, Thirteen Group
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Our conference will be an opportunity to come together, hear about the innovation
happening across social housing, discuss the role of leadership in driving change and
learn from those at the cutting edge of delivering climate change solutions in other sectors.
Catherine Ryder, Director of Policy and Research, National Housing Federation
09:20 Bridging economic and environmental priorities: climate change
as a source of economic growth
Lord Best, Chair, Affordable Housing Commission and President,
Sustainable Energy Association
Angela Lockwood, Chief Executive, North Star
Jason Longhurst, Chair, UK Business Council for Sustainable Development
10:15 Is it time to declare a climate emergency?
Julien Dijol, Deputy Secretary General and Policy Coordinator, Housing Europe
Jade Lewis, Chief Executive, Sustainable Energy Association
Karin Stockerl, Director of Asset Strategy, Optivo
11:00 Networking break
13:20
Practice what you preach: how to create
sustainable healthy environments for
customers and colleagues
Chit Chong, Sustainability Manager, Peabody
Diana Lock, Head of Energy and Environment,
Optivo
Olga Turner, Managing Dircetor, Ekkist and
Board member, RICS
It’s not just about heat: what else do we
need to prepare our homes for?
Alix Bedford, Risk Proposition Manager, Zurich
Julie Foley, Director of Flood Risk Strategy &
National Adaptation at Environment Agency
Richard Lupo, Managing Director, Suss Housing
Can offsite be the route to carbon zero
construction projects?
Alison Bennet, Development Director,
Raven Housing Trust
Simon Cross, Director, Cast Consultancy
Judy Noah, Interim Development Director,
One Manchester
Jeremy Sweetland, Director,
Bristol Housing Festival
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11:30
Green finance: how strong environmental practices
can attract investment
Michaela Booth, Director of Corporate Finance, Catalyst
Sarah Foster, Chief Executive, The Good Economy
Imran Mubeen, Head of Treasury, Bromford Housing
12:10 Networking break
The heat is on! Hydrogen vs heat pumps
Patrick Chauvin, Executive Director of Assets, Stonewater
Joshua Emden, Research Fellow,
The Progressive Policy Think Tank (IPPR)
Alan Whitehead MP, Shadow Minister for Business,
Energy and Industrial Strategy
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14:00 Networking break
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14:30 Can greater energy efficiency and the transition to renewables end fuel poverty?
• How can we ensure that all residents are living in warm, affordable, healthy homes?
• How will energy demand be met and are there enough affordable renewables to meet the green supply?
• The future of renewable energy, innovative technologies and planning beyond 2050.
Tanja Growth, environmental economist and Director of Urban Energy, Sweco
Mark Henderson, Chief Executive, Home Group
Paul Massara, Government Committee on Fuel Poverty and Chair, Soverign Housing Association
Dhara Vyas, Head of Future energy Services, Citizens Advice
15:15 Closing remarks and end of the conference
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Pre-recorded content
How tax incentives currently operate in
respect of climate change
• VAT on certain energy saving measures
• Taxes aimed to change behaviour e.g. Land fill tax,
plastic bag tax
• How might government change taxes?
Audrey Fearing, Partner, Indirect Tax, RSM UK
Andrew Robinson, Tax Advisor, RSM UK
Wikihouse and South Yorkshire Housing
• What is Wikihouse?
• Why we chose to use this method?
• How the Wikihouse product has evolved and the
benefits.
• What next for Wikihouse?
Miranda Plowden, Buisness Development Director,
South Yorkshire Housing Association
Alistair Parvin, Chief Executive, Open Systems Lab
Clayton Prest, R&D Lead, Open Systems Lab
The journey has started – delivering
low to zero carbon housing at One
Manchester
• Gaining organisational buy-in – delivering
sustainable homes at One Manchester
• From passive house retrofit to decarbonising One
Manchester’s first estate
• Low carbon and net zero carbon newbuild housing
at One Manchester – the carbon hierarchy in
practice.
Speakers TBC
Enabling housing innovation for
inclusive growth: Unlocking Bristol’s low
carbon housing future
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• The need for collaboration and working in
partnership in order to build quality, sustainable
housing at scale on replicable models.
• Tackling the issues of procurement and strategic
policy-making to de-risk the use of MMC in low
carbon, new-build, housing.
• Considering the implications in the ways homes and
communities are built and the knock-on effects of
these decisions.
• How the project will revolutionise the way housing is
produced in terms of energy efficiency, renewable
technologies and carbon and environmental impact.
Cllr Helen Godwin, Cabinet Member for Women,
Families and Homes (Lead Member for Children’s
Services), Bristol City Council
Phil Stott, Head of Construction and Sustainability,
YTKO
Jessie Wilde, Deputy Project Director, Bristol
Housing Festival
Rosie Toogood, Chief Executive, Legal & General
Modular
Joseph Daniels, CEO of Project Etopia Group
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Solutions for sustainable delivery to
drive a green recovery
• What are the different approaches to targeting a
net zero strategy; Passivhaus, Energiesprong and
MMC.
• The importance of getting the right infrastructure.
• The benefits of these approaches.
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David Pierpont, CEO, Retrofit Academy
Rob Annable, Architect, Axis Design,
Sarah Price, Head of Building Physics and
Consultancy
Rosemary Coyne, SHAP Coordinator, Sustainable
Housing Action Partnership
How Thirteen is engaging colleagues
and customers to Take Control
• Developing Thirteen’s Take Control Campaign and
the journey so far.
• Getting colleagues and customers on board – it’s
everyone’s responsibility.
• How we used our baseline footprint and
understanding of our business to develop the 10
priorities to reduce our impacts.
• Leading the way with a unique environmental centre
– a landmark scheme for the sector.
• Taking control over our waste management and
processing.
Sam Granger, Head of Environmental
Sustainability, Thirteen Group
Scott Lowther, Director of Facilities Management,
Thirteen Group
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