08:30 - 09:30
Registration and welcome coffee
09:30 - 09:40
Opening Remarks
09:40 - 10:10
A Vision for Achieving Net Zero in the UK’s Built Environment
Optimising Planning Net Zero Future
How will the government’s policy and strategy framework - including levelling up, and updated Net Zero Strategy and the Land Use Framework - enable progress on the route to net zero in the built environment?
10:10 - 10:40
A Blueprint for Moving to Net Zero: Birmingham City Council’s Approach
Optimising Planning Design Net Zero Future
More information to follow shortly
Panel: Optimising Collaboration between the Public and Private Sector
Partnerships Net Zero Future
- Creating a guidance and policy framework to incentivise investing to deliver net zero developments
- Ensuring clarity on planning criteria
- What is the role of PPPs in a net zero future?
11:10 - 11:40
Networking Break
11:40 - 12:10
Designing Out Carbon to Create the Built Environment of the Future
Optimising Planning Design Net Zero Future
Where are the biggest and quickest wins in site selection, building design and material choice?
12:10 - 12:40
Panel: How to Overcome the Challenges of Retrofitting Public Buildings?
Optimising Planning Design Net Zero Future
- Cost effectiveness of upgrading heating systems
- Material selection in structural maintenance
- Creating viable funding mechanisms
12:40 - 13:45
Lunch
13:45 - 14:15
How Can Planners Assess the Relative Merits of Redevelopment and Retrofit in Net Zero Buildings?
Optimising Planning Net Zero Future
13:45 - 14:15
How to Assess Future Proofing for Net Zero at the Handback of PPP Projects
Partnerships Net Zero Future
14:15 - 14:45
Best Practice in Incorporating Net Zero into your Local Plan
Net Zero Future
14:15 - 14:45
Panel: Are New Contracts Desirable to Improve the Environmental Performance of Existing PPP Projects?
Partnerships Net Zero Future
Networking Break
14:45
15:15 - 15:45
Case Study: Balancing Ambition and Pragmatism in a Net Zero Local Plan
Optimising Planning Net Zero Future
15:15 - 15:45
Identifying the Biggest Carbon Gains in Retrofitting Public Buildings
Optimising Planning Net Zero Future
15:45 - 16:15
Case study: Analysing Site Selection Factors for New Housing Developments to Minimise Emissions
Optimising Planning Design
15:45 - 16:15
Panel: What Would a New, Net Zero PPP Look Like?
Partnerships Net Zero Future
16:15 - 17:15
Roundtable Discussions
Optimising Planning Partnerships Design Net Zero Future
An opportunity to share ideas and knowledge with your peers and to make connections that will enable your route to net zero.