A rich line-up of experts will be delivering talks at a CIOB Bristol event in July.
Commercial Retrofit: Playful Solutions, Serious Results will be held 9 July at Bristol Beacon, the south-west’s biggest music venue, which opened at the end of 2023 after a five-year £132m complex transformation by Willmott Dixon.
Speakers on the day include Professor John Edwards, who will discuss standards and guidance, and Josephine Bromley from MapMortar, who will talk on uplifting asset values with 3D models and optimised retrofits. Architect Ben Stagg will share a case study of 10-11 Clerkenwell Green, London.
Also in the line-up are Chris Hines from A Grain of Sand, an organisation dedicated to delivering positive change. He was founder and director of Surfers Against Sewage for 10 years, regularly advises government and appears on TV.
He will be joined by Paloma Hermoso FCIOB, project manager with Ward Williams, who holds accreditations as a retrofit coordinator, Passivhaus consultant and LCA practitioner.
Verel Rodrigues, a climate activist and environmental campaigner, completes the line up of speakers.
The day will include an immersive workshop using Lego bricks.