Date
17th February, 11:00am – 12:30pm
Webinar duration: 1.5 hours
Price
The cost for webinar is:
SLCC Members – £60 + VAT
Non-Members – £70 + VAT
CPD points
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Overview
Retrofit Basics, Heritage Considerations, Buying Green Energy..
Reducing energy use in our buildings is one of the three main challenges for all levels of government looking to tackle the climate emergency (along with waste and transport). Local councils have a limited say in the planning policies that dictate the energy standards required in new developments, but new developments will only be a tiny fraction of our future homes; the bulk of the buildings we will be living in by 2050 are already here, and so retrofitting our existing homes, offices and shops is really the bigger challenge.
This webinar will help you understand basic principles of energy efficiency in existing properties; the fundamentals to consider when making improvements (especially in older, traditional and heritage buildings); low and ‘no-cost’ solutions (such as behavioural changes and buying ‘green’ energy). We will also touch on sources of funding for improvements to public buildings, and where to find support for customers who would struggle to pay for improvements in their own homes.
About the Trainers
Kate Watson, Senior Project Manager, Retrofit
Kate has 10 years of experience working in the energy retrofit sector and a further 10 in the wider construction refurbishment sector. A skilled project manager with experience delivering a wide range of projects, from £1million plus commercial fit-out projects, bespoke energy retrofit of traditional buildings and programmes of energy efficiency improvements. She has specialist knowledge of solid wall insulation, building physics and issues around quality installations, and a particular interest in sympathetic retrofit of traditional construction buildings.
Kate applies this experience in developing the contractor supply chain to support the ‘able to pay’ retrofit sector through the FutureProof project. Prior to this Kate was responsible for energy efficiency schemes for Bristol City Council, and project managed a number of commercial energy efficiency improvements in museums, schools and other municipal buildings.
Megan Blyth, Senior Project Worker
Megan has experience in quantitative and qualitative research and analysis, literature review and communication around the topics of environment, society and energy. Megan is primarily involved in CSE’s youth programme: mentoring young participants, research, recruitment, updating the website and social media account, and producing engagement and training materials. She’s also led the development phase of CSE’s climate emergency support programme for parishes, through identifying networks of local councils and giving presentations to local groups.
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