Climate Emergency, the need for 2030 targets and the role of buildings
Passivhaus 2030 Roadmap: responding to the climate emergency
The Buildings Mission and the Future Homes standard
Lynne Sullivan, Green Construction Board
Climate emergency plans at a local and national level
Kevin Frea, Deputy Leader & Member for Climate Emergency, Lancaster City Council
Passivhaus plans on a city-wide scale
Denise Craghill, Member for Housing, York City Council
11:30
Keynote projects
Residential
Agar Grove

The redevelopment of Agar Grove in Camden is set to become the UK’s largest residential Passivhaus development when complete. The first block of 38 homes achieved Passivhaus certification in May 2018 and has since been monitored for performance and occupant comfort.
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Great Yarmouth retrofit

This retrofit of a 1950s block of six council flats aims to demonstrate a fast, efficient and cost-effective solution to the challenge of deep retrofit on a common building typology, with the potential to then be rolled out on similar buildings across the country.
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Non-domestic
Erne Campus

Erne Campus is striving to become the first commercial Passivhaus Premium building in the UK. Currently on-site, construction is due to complete in January 2020.
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Frankfurt Hospital

Learn from the progress of a large, complex, and energy hungry building typology. The world’s first hospital designed to the Passivhaus Standard is nearing completion.
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14:00
Skills and demand / How to deliver Passivhaus
INTERACTIVE WORKSHOP
Passivhaus training and skills needs
Training and skills needs
Tomás O'Leary, Passive House Academy
Panel speakers:
- Training a whole company - Mark Shields, Stewart & Shields
- Training needs for a large site - Alex Baines, Design Buro
- Architects’ training - Sarah Lewis, Hamson Barron Smith
INTERACTIVE WORKSHOP
Stimulating demand (policy & procurement)
Stimulating demand
Rob Bernhardt, Passive House Canada (video link)
Panel speakers:
- Procurement drivers - David Kemp, Procure Plus
- Choosing your performance levels - Daniel Tomlinson, GWP Architects
- Costs - Kate de Selincourt
CASE STUDIES
How to deliver Passivhaus
Social housing on Caerphilly Magistrates' Court site:
Procurement lessons and costs feedback
Alun Watkins, Lync Cymru
Harris Academy, Sutton:
Design and construction planning
Christian Dimbleby, Architype & Khasha Mohammadian, Willmott Dixon
The Barrel Store:
Construction and quality management
Toby Cambray, Greengauge
16:00
Scaling up / Passivhaus technical
INTERACTIVE WORKSHOP
Scaling up retrofit
The role of retrofit in decarbonising city regions
Matt Rooney, Anthesis
Panel speakers:
- The need for deep retrofit - Richard Miller, Connected Places Catapult
- Co-benefits of refurbishment - Marianne Heaslip, URBED
- The challenges of delivering deep retrofit - Dave Williams, One Manchester
INTERACTIVE WORKSHOP
Industrialising Passivhaus
Passivhoos and off-site construction
Matt Bridgestock, John Gilbert Architects
Panel speakers:
- Off-site manufacturing - Ron Beattie, Beattie Passive
- On-site QA - Phil Lewis, Randall Simmonds
- Scaling up certification - Will South, Etude
SHORT SEMINARS
Passivhaus technical
Summer comfort on large schemes
Jonathan Hines, Architype
Practical techniques for Passivhaus construction
Rafael Delimata, Bow Tie Construction
Detailing for different build systems
Peter Ranken, Accredited Passivhaus Design
Retrofit, WUFI modelling and moisture control
Toby Cambray, Greengauge
Passivhaus, natural materials and embodied carbon
Anna Carton, Passivhaus Homes
17:30
Closing panel discussion
How can the whole industry achieve Passivhaus or equivalent by 2030?
Chair: Marion Baeli
Programme subject to change