Low carbon buildings and microgeneration (residential)11.00 Wednesday 21 May
Session 1: Zero carbon homes by 2016 – setting the steps in place for a quarter of a million new homes
- Chair: Sarah Boyack MSP
- Zero carbon homes and the policies to get them
- UK Government - Bob Ledsome, Head, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Division, Communities and Local Government (CLG)
- Scottish Government - Gavin Peart, Scottish Building Standards - Strategy, Directorate for the Built Environment
- What we need to be able to deliver low carbon homes - Charles Bradshaw-Smith, Head of Innovation, E.ON Engineering
- Microgeneration industry perspective – Dave Sowden, The Micropower Council
- The view from Scotland - Update on SCHRI2, GPDO revision, FREDS Renewable Heat Sub-Group and outcomes of the Sullivan Report
- Dr Trudy Nicholson, Head Energy Efficiency Unit, Scottish Government [ presentation ]
- David Cameron, Chief Technical Officer, Scottish Renewables
- Q&A
Session 2: Tackling the existing 26 million homes
- Chair: Mike Thornton, Energy Saving Trust, Scotland
- Carbon Trust’s Micro-CHP Accelerator - Dr Garry Staunton, Technology Director, The Carbon Trust
- Gas is here to stay – at least for now! - Neil Schofield, Head of Sustainable Development, Bosch Thermotechnology Ltd
- UK micro- and small-wind study - Alex Murley, Small Systems Manager, BWEA
- A mass market for microgeneration - how could we get there? – Elaine Waterson, EST Strategy Manager, Devolved Nations
- Hey, don't forget energy efficiency! - Chas Booth, Parliamentary Officer, Association for the Conservation of Energy; and Friends of the Earth
- Q&A
