Events
RICS Sustainability conference
23 February 2010
- Region: UK
- Location: 1 Birdcage Walk, Westminster, London, SW1H 9JJ
- Time: 0900 - 1700
- Cost: For details on cost please see the box within the text below
- Type: Conference
- Professional groups: Building Surveying, Quantity Surveying and Construction, Project Management, Planning & Development
- Language: English
This conference will look at the practical and financial impacts of sustainability and what you can to ensure you meet sustainability requirements without compromising budgets.
Sessions will look how you can demonstrate the sustainability of a project by the use of appropriate benchmarks, if there is a tangible value to the sustainability of a project and what the legal implications are.
How to book
Book online with a credit or debit card or download the event brochure and booking form.
Why should you attend?
- Look at the financial implications of sustainability
- Ensure you are complying with the laws surrounding sustainability
- Find out how to measure the value of sustainability
- Learn from case studies of sustainable projects
Who should attend?
- Quantity Surveyors
- Building Surveyors
- Project Managers
- Planning and Development Surveyors
Programme
0900 Registration and refreshments
0930 Welcome and introduction
Conference chair: Jerry Percy, Head of Sustainability, Gleeds
0935 The legalities of being sustainable
- What are the sustainability requirements for new build and re-fits contracts?
- Which provisions are most requested?
- Which provisions are recommended and why?
- What is mandatory and what is voluntary?
- JCT 'green contracts'
- Other contracts and the international arena
Simon Tolson, Fenwick Elliott LLP
1010 Q&A
1020 Benchmarks demystified
- BREEAM
- LEED
- Ska
- Comparison of the schemes
- Legal framework
David Cheshire, AECOM
1100 Q&A
1110 Refreshments
1125 Whole lifecycle costing
- Cost per square meter to re-fit vs rebuild to fit the standards
- The initial capital outlay vs the operation costs
Andy Green, Faithful + Gould
1155 Q&A
1205 The construction of green property
Martin Townsend, Director, BREEAM
1245 Q&A
1255 Lunch
1355 Case study: Lessons learnt from sustainable developments
- What decisions were made and why
- How these have impacted on the project
Duncan Young, Sustainability Manager, Lend Lease
1430 Q&A
1440 Refreshments
1455 From green to gold: what does research tell us?
- Built environment and carbonemissions
- Existing stock and new build
- Technological fixes
- Behavioural change
- Business case for sustainability
- Professional response - changing our practice
- Further research and futures thinking
Tim Dixon, Director, Oxford Institute for Sustainable Development
1525 Q&A
1540 Panel discussion: the value of sustainability
- Is there a tangible value of the sustainability of a building?
- How does a building's "green-ness" affect its marketability?
- Where do the costs lie?
Property fund manager view: Andrew Appleyard, Head of UK Specialist Funds - Real Estate, Aviva Investors
Valuer view: Phil Parnell, Drivers Jonas
Planner's view: Stephen Hill, Director, C2O Future Planners
1640 Q&A
1650 Chair's closing remarks
1700 Close
Prices
| Price | VAT | Total | |
| RICS members | £250.00 | £43.75 | £293.75 |
| Non RICS members | £300.00 | £52.50 | £352.50 |
How to book
Book online with a credit or debit card or download the event brochure and booking form.
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