Reports from the Decarbonisation Network Symposium: Innovations in UK Building Retrofits are coming soon.
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Event Invite:
Join us at the first University of Cambridge Decarbonisation Network Symposium. The Network’s Special Interest Groups will come together under the banner of ‘Innovations in UK Building Retrofits’.
Retrofitting and renovation of buildings will be key to reaching zero carbon targets. Much of the UK building stock is aging, with a range of ‘hard to treat’ and historic buildings that are difficult to upgrade. On one hand, technologies that exist face challenges of uptake, consumer confidence, and financial commitments. On the other hand, there is a need for new innovations in materials, energy systems, and processes to tackle buildings and new demands on how they are operated – e.g., innovative glazing, facades, insulation, new types of heat distribution materials, novel ventilation systems, smart operation, robotics etc.
This Symposium aims to identify innovative emerging technologies in this space that can be accelerated by industry-academic collaboration.
Symposium registration via Eventbrite
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Agenda
09:30 – 10:00: Arrival and Welcome
10:00 – 12:30: Workshop - AI/Data Science for decarbonisation of the Built Environment
- Roadmapping workshop on the use of cyber-physical infrastructure to decarbonise the Cambridge University estate as a demonstrator project.
12:30 – 13:30: Networking lunch
13.30 – 16:30: Emerging technologies in Retrofit
- A round of 'quick-fire' technology presentations by selected industry colleagues will be followed by facilitated round-table discussion with all attendees. Please find the speaker list on the Symposium program.
16:30 - 17:00 : Wrap-up
17:00 - 18:00: Networking in West Hub
Leading image credit: iStock.com/Andrey Suslov