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SUMMARY:Climate Action Group- March
DESCRIPTION:Construction and the built environment have a huge role to play in tackling the climate crisis and delivering high quality sustainable buildings and infrastructure. It is a key concern for all built environment stakeholders and influences decision-making in all areas of the asset life cycle from design\, procurement\, construction and operation. \nJoin the Constructing Excellence Climate Action group for their next meeting on Wednesday 25th March focused on Sustainability of Data Centres. \nIn this session\, we will present the current trends in data centres and discuss their various sustainability strategies and constraints in the face of scarce resources and extreme growth in the industry. We’ll address steps data centres are taking to reduce their impact on the grid\, the water supply\, and their local communities. \nThis event provides Constructing Excellence National members with CPD in partnership with BRE Academy.
URL:https://constructingexcellence.org.uk/event/climate-action-group-march-2/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Climate Action,Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260128T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260128T113000
DTSTAMP:20260428T152522
CREATED:20260102T103318Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260123T145610Z
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SUMMARY:Climate Action Group- January
DESCRIPTION:Construction and the built environment have a huge role to play in tackling the climate crisis and delivering high quality sustainable buildings and infrastructure. It is a key concern for all built environment stakeholders and influences decision-making in all areas of the asset life cycle from design\, procurement\, construction and operation. \nJoin the Constructing Excellence Climate Action group for their next meeting on Wednesday 28th January\, where we’ll be joined by 2 of the awards winners from the Constructing Excellence National Awards 2025; Rob Charlton\, Chief Executive of Space Group\, winners of the ESG category and Fiona Edwards\, Head of Sustainability at JPA Workspaces\, who won the Climate Action category. \nRob will set out how Space Architects has embedded environmental\, social and governance principles into the way the business is run\, not just into how buildings are designed (more about this below) whilst Fiona will share JPA Workspace’s Climate Action activities with the group. \nThis event provides Constructing Excellence National members with CPD in partnership with BRE Academy. \n  \nSpace Architects – People\, Planet\, Place \nThis presentation will set out how Space Architects has embedded environmental\, social and governance principles into the way the business is run\, not just into how buildings are designed. Rather than treating ESG as a reporting or compliance exercise\, Space has adopted a practical framework structured around People\, Planet and Place. This framework is used to guide strategy\, governance\, investment decisions and day-to-day operations across the practice. \nThis talk will explain how this approach has been implemented in practice\, including: \n\nBuilding a strong\, long-term workplace culture and development structure (People)\nSetting and measuring real carbon and environmental performance targets\, including a commitment to Net Zero by 2030 (Planet)\nFocusing on long-term social value\, quality and impact in the places the practice works (Place)\n\nIt will also touch on how this approach is underpinned by B Corp certification\, Best Companies accreditation and a strong focus on measurement\, data and long-term performance\, and why Space Architects believes ESG must be treated as a core business system rather than a separate initiative. \n  \nBio: Rob Charlton \nRob Charlton is Chief Executive of Space Group\, the Newcastle-based architecture and digital construction group that includes Space Architects\, BIM Technologies\, bimstore and Twinview. He has over 20 years’ experience as an architect focussing on digital delivery and practice leadership\, and has led the transformation of Space into a purpose-led\, sustainability- and data-driven organisation. Under his leadership\, Space has achieved B Corp certification\, 3 star Best Companies accreditation\, a Carbon Neutral Business and committed to Net Zero by 2030.
URL:https://constructingexcellence.org.uk/event/climate-action-group-january-2/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Climate Action,Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251119T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251119T113000
DTSTAMP:20260428T152522
CREATED:20241203T113345Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251117T093447Z
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SUMMARY:Climate Action Group- November
DESCRIPTION:Construction and the built environment have a huge role to play in tackling the climate crisis and delivering high quality sustainable buildings and infrastructure. It is a key concern for all built environment stakeholders and influences decision-making in all areas of the asset life cycle from design\, procurement\, construction and operation. \nJoin the Constructing Excellence Climate Action group for their next meeting on Wednesday 19th November where we will be exploring the design work behind the sustainable regeneration of the Carpenters Estate in the London Borough of Newham. In addition\, we’ll hear from the team responsible for developing and implementing a borough-wide Retrofit Design Code in the London Borough of Barking & Dagenham. \nThis event provides Constructing Excellence National members with CPD in partnership with BRE Academy.
URL:https://constructingexcellence.org.uk/event/climate-action-group-november/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Climate Action,Events,Sustainability
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250924T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250924T113000
DTSTAMP:20260428T152522
CREATED:20241203T112747Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250901T094632Z
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SUMMARY:Climate Action: Debunking the Myths around Cost & Carbon
DESCRIPTION:Construction and the built environment have a huge role to play in tackling the climate crisis and delivering high quality sustainable buildings and infrastructure. It is a key concern for all built environment stakeholders and influences decision-making in all areas of the asset life cycle from design\, procurement\, construction and operation. \nJoin the Constructing Excellence Climate Action group for their next meeting on Wednesday 24th September\, where we will be joined by two excellent examples of how to understanding the costs and benefits of sustainability: \n\nTim Wheeldon of Zeal Hotels the UK’s first net zero hotel will be talking us through the approach they took to deliver high levels of sustainability and the benefits that is bringing.\nMark Rogers of Turner & Townsend will be talking about their embodied carbon calculator tool they use to understand the cost / carbon benefit of different materials\n\nThis event provides Constructing Excellence National members with CPD in partnership with BRE Academy.
URL:https://constructingexcellence.org.uk/event/climate-action-group-september/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Climate Action,Events,Sustainability
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250319T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250319T113000
DTSTAMP:20260428T152522
CREATED:20241203T112256Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250312T145137Z
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SUMMARY:Climate Action Group- March
DESCRIPTION:Construction and the built environment have a huge role to play in tackling the climate crisis and delivering high quality sustainable buildings and infrastructure. It is a key concern for all built environment stakeholders and influences decision-making in all areas of the asset life cycle from design\, procurement\, construction and operation. \nThe next Constructing Excellence Climate Action group meeting will take place on Wednesday 19th March. \nJoin this enlightening session\, focused on the co-benefits of sustainable approaches concerning the social value of retrofit projects\, featuring Antoine Pellet\, Head of Retrofit Credits at HACT. \nAntoine leads HACT’s retrofit credits programme\, a credits programme designed to unlock additional funding into housing retrofit by verifying the emission reductions and social value of retrofit projects. \n  \nThis event provides Constructing Excellence National members with CPD in partnership with BRE Academy.
URL:https://constructingexcellence.org.uk/event/climate-action-group-march/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Climate Action,Events,Sustainability
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250206T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250206T153000
DTSTAMP:20260428T152522
CREATED:20250128T150711Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250128T150711Z
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SUMMARY:RetroNetZero Regulatory Science & Innovation Network (RS&IN) – Implementation Phase Launch Event
DESCRIPTION:The RS&IN will be supported with funding from Innovate UK for its first year to explore the regulatory challenges to the deployment of innovative products and solutions in domestic retrofit. The long term objective of the RS&IN is to identify where regulatory science can provide solutions and address evidence gaps to allow policies and regulations to facilitate innovation that delivers meaningful outcomes\, such as lower carbon\, healthier\, more comfortable homes. \nThe RetroNetZero RS&IN partners – BRE\, Constructing Excellence\, the Construction Products Association\, the National Energy Foundation\, the National Retrofit Hub and Planet Mark – are creating a ‘network of networks’ to foster collaboration and ensure the necessary linkage between innovators/ product manufacturers\, regulatory science providers\, regulators\, trade associations\, specifiers\, designers and other stakeholders\, to facilitate meaningful change. \nThis event will introduce the implementation phase of the RS&IN\, which will be centred around rapid (3-4 month) study and engagement cycles\, tackling specific identified regulatory challenges to scaling innovation in domestic retrofit. \nRegister online at : RetroNetZero Regulatory Science & Innovation Network (RS&IN) – Implementation Phase Launch Event – BRE Group Events
URL:https://constructingexcellence.org.uk/event/retronetzero-regulatory-science-innovation-network-rsin-implementation-phase-launch-event/
LOCATION:online
CATEGORIES:Climate Action
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250122T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250122T113000
DTSTAMP:20260428T152522
CREATED:20241203T111810Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250109T122041Z
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SUMMARY:Climate Action Group- January
DESCRIPTION:To kick off 2025 the Climate Action Group will look at the big picture of the challenges and opportunities for Climate Action in 2025. Fresh from the Cambridge Institute from Sustainable Leadership\, group chair Annette Boren will share some of the big issues shaping the latest thinking on climate delivery. We will then have a discussion on how this impacts built environment and our programme for 2025. Please let us know if there is anything you would like to share with the group in terms of emerging research\, challenges and best practice. \nJoin the session on Wednesday 22nd January. \nThis event provides Constructing Excellence National members with CPD in partnership with BRE Academy.
URL:https://constructingexcellence.org.uk/event/climate-action-group-january/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Climate Action,Events,Sustainability
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241114T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241114T153000
DTSTAMP:20260428T152522
CREATED:20231109T141657Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241108T142130Z
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SUMMARY:Constructing Excellence Climate Action Group- Construction Waste Management
DESCRIPTION:Join the Constructing Excellence Climate Action theme group for their next meeting on Thursday 14th November. \nNovember’s session will focus on Construction Waste Management with input from the Construction Waste Portal and SmartWaste.
URL:https://constructingexcellence.org.uk/event/constructing-excellence-climate-action-group-november/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Climate Action,Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240905T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240905T153000
DTSTAMP:20260428T152522
CREATED:20231109T141531Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240903T145415Z
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SUMMARY:Constructing Excellence Climate Action Group- September
DESCRIPTION:Join the Constructing Excellence Climate Action theme group for their next meeting on Thursday 5th September\, Chaired by Annette Boren. \nThis session will focus on ‘Framing Carbon Action’. \nWith climate transition mentioned in corporate action\, frameworks and policy\, what are the fundamentals of climate transition\, and how can it help in practice? An interactive introduction with opportunities for discussion. \n  \nThis event provides Constructing Excellence National members with CPD in partnership with BRE Academy.
URL:https://constructingexcellence.org.uk/event/constructing-excellence-climate-action-group-september/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Climate Action,Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240611T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240611T113000
DTSTAMP:20260428T152522
CREATED:20231109T141333Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240607T080107Z
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SUMMARY:Constructing Excellence Climate Action Group- June
DESCRIPTION:Join the Constructing Excellence Climate Action theme group for their next meeting on Tuesday 11th June\, Chaired by Annette Boren. \nThe annual embodied carbon emissions stemming from the construction\, maintenance\, and demolition of buildings equates to 40-50 million tonnes of CO2 – more than emissions from aviation and shipping combined. \nTo evaluate the industry’s trajectory\, Akerlof have reviewed the top 30 UK Tier 1 contractors to understand their carbon maturity. Join us to learn about a key findings and the organisational\, project and ecosystem actions that are needed to help the industry meet net zero goals and help in our mission to improve constructions impact on the climate. \n  \nThis event provides Constructing Excellence National members with CPD in partnership with BRE Academy.
URL:https://constructingexcellence.org.uk/event/constructing-excellence-climate-action-group-june/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Climate Action,Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240424T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240424T130000
DTSTAMP:20260428T152522
CREATED:20240306T101526Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240306T101526Z
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SUMMARY:CE Climate Action Group- A Visit to the Smart Blue-Green Roof\, Manchester
DESCRIPTION:Join the Constructing Excellence Climate Action group for a visit to the ‘smart’ blue-green roof\, from Polypipe Civils & Green Urbanisation\, on Bruntwood’s Bloc\, Manchester.\nThis project aims to help in developing a greater understanding of how new construction and data technologies can help cities and urban developments to mitigate the impact of climate change and population growth\, while enhancing biodiversity. Click here to find out more about the Smart Blue Green Roof. \nDuring this visit\, attendees will have the opportunity to hear about Green Urbanisation and the Smart Blue Green Roof product and how it related to climate resilience\, as well as see the roof for themselves on small group tours. \n  \nAgenda: \n10:00- Arrival and coffee \n10:30-11:00- an introduction to the  CE Climate Action Group \n11:00-12:00- a presentation on Green Urbanisation and the smart blue/green roof \n12:00-12:45- visits to the smart blue green roof. Visit the link to watch a short video giving insight into how this project link to climate resilience. \n12:45-1:00- closing remarks. \n  \nAddress: Bloc 17\, Marble Street\, Manchester\, M2 3AW \nRequirements: none-slip shoes
URL:https://constructingexcellence.org.uk/event/ce-climate-action-group-a-visit-to-the-smart-blue-green-roof-manchester/
LOCATION:Bloc\, Manchester\, Bloc\, 17 Marble Street\, Manchester\, M2 3AW
CATEGORIES:Climate Action,Events,Sustainability
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240201T103000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240201T120000
DTSTAMP:20260428T152522
CREATED:20231109T141208Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240130T094104Z
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SUMMARY:Climate Action Group- February
DESCRIPTION:Join the Constructing Excellence Climate Action theme group for their next meeting on Thursday 1st February\, Chaired by Annette Boren. \nAs a group we will explore the actions we can take to make a positive impact on current climate challenges. \nDuring this session\, we’ll be joined by our Net Zero Award winners for 2023\, Morgan Sindall Construction and Infrastructure and Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council. Our guests Chris Jones (Building and Property Services Manager\, Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council) and David Evans (Senior Design Manager\, Morgan Sindall) have kindly offered to join us\, to share some insight on their successful project. \nPlease feel free to have a quick introductory read here Pen Y Dre High School NZC Refurbishment – Constructing Excellence. \nWe’ll also be joined by Dr Stuart Gadsden (Commercial Director\, Kensa Group) where he’ll discuss their ground source heat pumps\, and their work within schools. We’ve been talking to the presenters and it’s going to be an exciting discussion on the challenges and opportunities of decarbonising our existing stock. If you’d like to join us on the day\, please register using the link Constructing Excellence Climate Action Group- February – BRE Group Events.
URL:https://constructingexcellence.org.uk/event/climate-action-group-february/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Climate Action,Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231017T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231017T123000
DTSTAMP:20260428T152522
CREATED:20230926T090907Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231010T133752Z
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SUMMARY:Climate Action Group: Net Zero...One Change at a Time
DESCRIPTION:Net Zero: One Change at a Time \nJoin the newly formed Constructing Excellence Climate Action theme group for their first meeting on Tuesday 17th October\, Chaired by Annette Boren. \nAs a group we will explore: what do we mean by climate action\, what can we do to support sustainability and Net Zero targets\, how can frameworks be used to push climate action and how can we implement some of these strategies at ground level. \nYou will have the opportunity to hear from: \n\nMartin Kemp\, Sustainability Product Manager at BRE\nChris Clarke\, Performance and Improvement Director at Scape
URL:https://constructingexcellence.org.uk/event/climate-action-group/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Climate Action,Events
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