CC Jan-Feb 2022

EXHIBITIONS
Futurebuild 2022: leading the way to net zero
Futurebuild, the event that's championed a sustainable built environment for the past 16 years, will
take place from March 1 to 3. Futurebuild 2022 will connect specifiers, decision makers and
disruptors with major brands and start-ups from across the built environment
In the aftermath of the COP26
conference, Futurebuild, previously
Ecobuild, will be perfectly timed to
focus on the key issues and actions
needed to work towards net zero. The
focus is no longer about ambition - it is
about delivery. As the only event to
attract 20,000+ senior professionals
from right across the built environment,
Futurebuild is the perfect opportunity for
the industry to meet and collaborate, to
achieve the transformational change
needed if the built environment is going
to reach net zero by 2050.
As the home of innovation, Futurebuild
2022 will be organised into six sections:
Buildings sponsored by Procore;
Offsite, Interiors, Resourceful Materials
sponsored by Covestro; Energy
sponsored by Kensa and Critical
Infrastructure sponsored by ACO.
By switching to more innovative and
greener materials in construction and
improving efficiency, lifetime emissions
for buildings can be slashed by 44 per
cent by 2050. The Digital Impact section,
for example, will offer a spotlight for
digital construction and emerging
technologies. The seminar sessions will
explore ways that digitalisation is
shaping the future of the
construction
industry and enabling the UK's recent
net zero carbon targets move from an
ambitious statement towards a reality.
CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
Sponsored by Construction Innovation
Hub, Futurebuild 2022's conference
programme will explore some of the
key questions and issues around
closing the gap between net zero
ambition and delivery. It invites panels
of industry experts to share their
experiences on a range of topics, from
embodied carbon to investing in
education, skills and diversity and
digitalising the built environment.
The first day of the conference
programme will focus on ambitions
beyond COP26 and will include a panel
discussion about resource efficiency in
a circular, post-Brexit economy. The
circular economy needs to be at the
heart of all decisions in the built
environment to use fewer of the
planet's finite and depleting
resources. This session, chaired by
Professor David
Greenfield,
Managing Director, Soenecs and RAEng
Visiting Professor of Circular Economy,
University of Brighton, explores three
key areas where thinking circular,
especially during the design phase, can
have a significant impact: water,
materials and waste.
Leading partner in the Offsite section,
the Advanced Industrialised Methods
for the Construction of Homes (AIMCH)
will present at the offsite stage about
the key outcomes from its three-year
project, which supports the construction
industry industrialising offsite solutions.
Mark Farmer, chair of AIMCH will
discuss how AIMCH is transforming
how we build homes and share its
outcomes and learnings to educate the
industry. AIMCH focuses on how
prototyping, future factory planning,
technology and standardisation using
CAD can help tackle industry
challenges, such as skills shortages, an
ageing workforce and low affordability.
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