2024 Agenda

 

Streamed live online over two long lunches. All sessions recorded and available on demand in the Festival of Place talks library. Event runs Monday and Tuesday from 11am-2pm.

 

Dynamic and static charging: UK case studies on decarbonising traffic from Nottingham and Coventry

Speakers: Kevin Vincent, Director of the Centre for Connected and Autonomous Automotive Research and the National Transport Design Centre at Coventry University and Stuart Birrell, Professor of Human Factors for Future Transport within the National Transport Design Centre at Coventry University

What does the phasing out of fossil fuels for vehicles between 2035-2045 mean for the design and development of vehicle charging in UK places? Learn about the findings of two pilot studies in Nottingham and Coventry examining solutions for a decarbonised future.
 
Decarbonisation, retrofit and zero bills homes

Speaker: Emma Fletcher, Low Carbon Homes Director, Octopus Energy

We will be talking about their ability to accredit homes with Zero Bills for developers, housing associations and local authorities. In this session, you’ll learn how Octopus is disrupting the market and aiming to remove electricity bills for all.
 
Retrofit Revisit

Speakers: Marion Baeli, co-author of Retrofit Revisit and Principal – Sustainability Transformation at 10 Design and Julie Godefroy, Head of Net Zero Policy at CIBSE

10 years since their retrofit, an investigation into 10 housing projects has revealed how retrofitted housing outperforms non-retrofitted stock including greater occupant comfort and reduced energy bills. In this talk, Marion Baeli, co-author of Retrofit Revisit and Principal – Sustainability Transformation at 10 Design, you will learn about the insights gained from a decade of building performance evaluation of retrofitted homes and areas needing further research to support the nationwide rollout of retrofit.
 
Living in a 3 degree neighbourhood

Speaker: Imandeep Kaur, co-founder and director, Civic Square

The 3 degree neighbourhood is a new piece of research co-authored by Civic Square and Dark Matter Labs on the risks UK urban neighbourhoods face due to climate and ecological breakdown under a high emissions scenario. In this talk, Imandeep Kaur, co-founder and director of Civic Square will discuss how to reimagine and “re-infrastructure” neighbourhoods to rebuild the social and organisational networks for a more unpredictable world.
 
Delivering flood resilience through planning

Speaker: Celia Davis, senior projects and policy manager, Town & Country Planning Association

Is the planning system consistent in securing climate adaptation measures on new-build residential sites? Celia David, senior projects and policy manager at the TCPA presents new research seeking to understand the treatment of flood risk in the development process with a focus on processes that occur after full or outline planning consent is granted and the processes through which flood risk mitigations are agreed, including sustainable urban drainage, property flood resilience and emergency evacuation plans.
 
Saving for a rainy day: Hardworking horticulture and transformative rain gardens

Speakers: Isla Jackson, Director, Civic Engineers; Prof. Vernon Phoenix, Professor of Environmental Engineering Science, University of Strathclyde

Explore opportunities and hardworking potential of rain gardens to solve multiple challenges and their ability to create liveable, walkable and healthier neighbourhoods with greater biodiversity. Taking cues from pioneering research into sustainable drainage performance at Glasgow’s Avenues project, the discussion will reveal innovative thinking about how raingardens sit within a wider infrastructure puzzle and bust some myths around their maintenance.

 

 

 

 

 

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