The Green Deal, Domestic Energy Efficiency and Retrofits

Please note timings of talks are subject to change.

Ollie Pendered Director of Communities for BHESCO & Chair Barcombe Energy Group

Over 10 years as a strategic communications advisor for renewables, sustainable transport and energy infrastructure Ollie has founded the local Communities Matter an innovative sustainable engagement and change organisation. He has Project Managed several successful energy projects including Lets Insulate Wealden and the recent Your Warm Home scheme for Brighton & Hove Council.

Appreciate how the University of Brighton is going about cutting carbon emissions by 50% in 5 years in one of the most ambitious programmes of a University in England and how their ‘c-change’ bespoke carbon reduction campaign, is designed to engage, inspire and support University staff and students to cut carbon.
Abigail Dombey Environmental Manager University of Brighton

Benefit commercially from the Government’s flagship ‘Green Deal’ building energy efficiency retrofit programme.
Richard Gould Director Of Business Operations Sevenoaks Energy Academy Ltd

Appreciate how small businesses can work together to offer energy efficiency retrofit services under the Green Deal, what the barriers to public take-up might be and how the industry can help create demand.
Russell Smith Managing Director Parity Projects

Learn about the Green Deal, an innovative financing mechanism that lets people pay for energy-efficiency improvements through savings on their energy bills. The Green Deal process has 4 stages, Assessment, Finance, Installation, Repayment and there are 45 measures or areas of home improvement approved to receive funding under the Green Deal. What does it all mean for you as a business?
Katie Searle Certification Project Manager Energy Saving Trust

To see more on the Green Deal by the Energy Saving Trust click here

Be inspired by the success of the Worthing Homes ‘Residents 4 Low Impact Sustainable Homes’ (Relish) programme. The initiative demonstrates how, through a pragmatic and cost effective approach to retrofitting homes, alongside a stakeholder education programme, they can reduce carbon emissions and energy costs for residents.
Robin Roberts Property Services Director Worthing Homes

Understand why Lord Rupert Redesdale recently launched the Energy Managers Association to create a whole industry of energy managers at every level. EMA research indicates that 95% of people who call themselves energy managers have no formal qualification in energy management. By adopting formal energy management training companies can gain a USP, save money and improve CSR.
Lord Redesdale Chief Executive Officer Energy Managers' Association

Learn about the PAS 2030 standard which sets out requirements that installers have to follow to ensure that installation of new energy efficiency measures under the Green Deal are completed properly. Hear from the experts at the Energy Savings Trust who are the technical authors of the PAS 2030 standards.
Tom Lock Lead Assessor - Green Deal Installer Certification Energy Saving Trust

To see more on the Green Deal by The Energy Saving Trust click here

The Q&R; retrofit project was facilitated by the Institute for Sustainability working with Swale Borough Council, the Homes and Communities Agency and Amicus Horizon Housing Association. The project has been designed as a best practice demonstrator for both the approach to managing retrofit works and how Building Performance Evaluation (BPE) is affected by the decisions taken. Be the first to find out the results of the impact assessment of approximately 60 homes within a wider 270 home community retrofit scheme, which is intended to deliver substantial carbon, energy and financial savings for communities in Queenborough and Rushenden, Kent.
Lisa Pasquale, Lali Virdee and Kavita Shial, Institute of Sustainability

Hear how West Sussex County Council plans to work with British Gas to retrofit private residential and social housing as part of an ECO Partnership Agreement. WSCC is currently procuring a longer term Delivery Partner for a Sussex-wide Energy Saving Partnership with a target of 250,000 homes over 25 years in West Sussex alone, the first phase of which will include 18,000 properties over three years, at a total cost of up to £75 million.
Tim Peters  Head of Commercial ECO South  British Gas
& Colin James Head of Capital & Infrastructure West Sussex County Council

Understand why the Green Deal provides energy efficiency improvements to properties at no up-front cost to landlords and should save tenants money on their utility bills. Landlords will not be able to rent out properties with an EPC Band of ‘F’ or ‘G’ after 2018 so find out now how the Green Deal can benefit you.
Jonathan Stearn Director of Vulnerability and Sustainability Consumer Focus