To assist individuals deal with the challenges relating to the reducing carbon emissions in the existing building stock the ICSF has set up a series of breakfast sessions to help to raise awareness, improve understanding of the problems and solutions for successful building refurbishment.

The Innovative Construction Skills Forum is funded by ConstructionSkills with the aim of understanding changing design and contracting processes and providing practical advice to upskill contractors and designers.

The breakfast sessions are being delivered by BRE and Wates Living Space

Why you should attend:

• To learn more about the UK's refurbishment challenge
• Identify the opportunities that this presents
• To understand how to refurbish sustainably
• Assist in understanding the practical issues relating to refurbishment
• Ask those fundamental questions
• To understand where to go for more information and advice

Programme

08.15     Registration and Networking Breakfast
08.45     Welcome / introduction and brief overview of ICSF (Alistair Collin , Construction Skills)
09.00     Sustainable refurbishment – an introduction (Richard Hartless, BRE)
09.30     'Sustainable refurbishment - The practitioner’s view' (Paul Davies, Wates Living Space)
10.10     Discussion
10.30     Finish