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In a session looking at the future<br />
Nick Raynsford, former<br />
of the construction industry, the<br />
Labour construction<br />
architect Rab Bennetts gave his<br />
minister<br />
wish-list of what needs to be done to<br />
make existing buildings more energy<br />
effi cient.<br />
Bennetts insisted that there<br />
should be a way of having<br />
mandatory <strong>as</strong>sessments of<br />
buildings. ‘We need a much better<br />
understanding of how buildings<br />
perform,’ he said.<br />
One obstacle to this<br />
understanding is the number of<br />
people and organisations doing<br />
competing research on the issues<br />
around green buildings, he said. developments, and design reviews<br />
‘This research must be rationalised for all major projects,’ he insisted.<br />
– we need a central focus for it.’ ‘Moreover, better interaction<br />
Reseach also needs to focus on between design, engineering and<br />
design because ‘the fi rst 50, 60, construction functions needs to be<br />
70% of effi ciencies can come via the the rule rather than exception, which<br />
design process’.<br />
is what it is at present.’ Bennetts<br />
Bennetts said adopting ‘p<strong>as</strong>sive said he believed architects were<br />
design according to local climate’ well placed to take a leadership<br />
w<strong>as</strong> simply common sense. ‘We also role because they are the natural<br />
need whole-life CO2 <strong>as</strong>sessments of ‘generalists’. ‘Architects need to get<br />
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Expert solutions for greening existing homes<br />
‘ This huge<br />
challenge<br />
needs the<br />
right supply<br />
chain’<br />
Nick Raynsford<br />
their act together on orchestrating<br />
design teams,’ he said.<br />
Nick Raynsford MP, a former<br />
Labour construction minister, <strong>as</strong>ked:<br />
‘How do we make the existing<br />
stock of around 26m homes energy<br />
effi cient? This requires improving<br />
600,000 homes a year up to 2050.<br />
‘This huge challenge needs the<br />
right materials, skills, supply chain<br />
and confi dence,’ he said. ‘We also<br />
need the right incentives package in<br />
place to help people with the costs.’<br />
The government’s Green Deal<br />
is still not suffi ciently developed<br />
to instil the confi dence needed, he<br />
added: ‘The funding is probably<br />
insuffi cient for more complex<br />
properties, for example those with<br />
solid walls.’<br />
Construction Minister Mark Prisk<br />
defended government policy by<br />
saying ministers had to ‘get the right<br />
balance between [the application of]<br />
nudging regulation while ensuring<br />
we don’t tie [industry’s] hands [on<br />
innovation].’<br />
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www.cibsejournal.com April 2011 <strong>CIBSE</strong> <strong>Journal</strong> 19
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