Events

Launch Event at EcoBuild, Feb 2007
Launch Event at EcoBuild, Feb 2007

The GHA organises events, seminars and workshops on pertinent topics on a quarterly basis. Events are free to members, but there will be a charge for non-members to attend. Please let us know if there are any topics you'd like to see covered by our events programme and check this site for new events as they are added.


LowCarb4Real Workshop 2
22-7-2008 all day
London
Places are very limited

This is one of 6 LowCarb4Real workshops taking place in
June, July and September.
The workshops will enable us to share knowledge and understanding with academics and others in
the industry as, together, we seek to explore the issues.
At the workshops you will:
• Hear the research evidence from Stamford Brook and other field
trials.
• Hear about the experience of the Good Homes Alliance, who
are seeking to achieve and monitor code levels 3 and 4 housing
now.
• Explore your views and discuss the implications for:
• The way new housing is designed
• The way new housing is constructed
• The whole new housing production process.

  • Organiser:
  • LowCarb4Real

LowCarb4Real Workshop
24-7-2008 all day
Leeds

This is one of 6 LowCarb4Real workshops taking place in
June, July and September.
The workshops will enable us to share knowledge and understanding with academics and others in
the industry as, together, we seek to explore the issues.
At the workshops you will:
• Hear the research evidence from Stamford Brook and other field
trials.
• Hear about the experience of the Good Homes Alliance, who
are seeking to achieve and monitor code levels 3 and 4 housing
now.
• Explore your views and discuss the implications for:
• The way new housing is designed
• The way new housing is constructed
• The whole new housing production process.

  • Organiser:
  • LowCarb4Real
  • Telephone:
  • 020 7841 8909

GHA Site visit # 1
4-9-2008 all day
tbc

LowCarb4Real Workshop
11-9-2008 all day
Leeds

This is one of 6 LowCarb4Real workshops taking place in
June, July and September.
The workshops will enable us to share knowledge and understanding with academics and others in
the industry as, together, we seek to explore the issues.
At the workshops you will:
• Hear the research evidence from Stamford Brook and other field
trials.
• Hear about the experience of the Good Homes Alliance, who
are seeking to achieve and monitor code levels 3 and 4 housing
now.
• Explore your views and discuss the implications for:
• The way new housing is designed
• The way new housing is constructed
• The whole new housing production process.

  • Organiser:
  • LowCarb4Real
  • Telephone:
  • 020 7841 8909

GHA Residential master class
15-9-2008 dates TBC
Randolph Hotel, Oxford plus site visit with Tony Woodward, Chief Executive, Kingerlee Homes

http://www.randolph-hotel.com

The GHA invites you to Oxford, for an informal, relaxing, and stimulating 24 hours.

Share our experience in sustainability and delivery of good homes in good places...with much discussion on approach and budget. From site selection, negotiating with planners, partnering, design & delivery of low carbon high quality homes; the team will share their knowledge over an afternoon and dinner. The following morning, we will explore more details about the delivery and monitoring of successful low carbon homes and then take a site visit to Lincoln Grove, CSH level 3 by Kingerlee Homes.

The road to low carbon homes and lifestyles is now legislated for –so find out how low carbon you can go, what approaches offer the best sustainability wins, and how much this all costs

Presentations include:
The how and why – the philosophy and science of the GHA - Good homes in good places (Neil May, Chair of the GHA, Chief Executive Natural Building Technologies)
Planning and neighbourhood design
James Hulme, Director, The Princes Foundation
Integrating sustainability into the design, construction and development processes
Pete Halsall, Director, BioRegional Quintain
Marketing a Sustainable Home - and monitoring performance in use
Tony Woodward, Chief Executive Kingerlee Homes
Understanding low carbon homes, air tightness, improving U values, ventilation and fabric efficiency
Bob Lowe, Professor, UCL Bartlett
Site visit to Lincoln Grove, Bladon with Kingerlee Homes

Not forgetting to make time for a delicious dinner, breakfast and lunch, and plenty of discussion...

  • Organiser:
  • the Good Homes Alliance
  • Telephone:
  • 020 7841 8909

LowCarb4Real Workshop
16-9-2008 all day
London

This is one of 6 LowCarb4Real workshops taking place in
June, July and September.
The workshops will enable us to share knowledge and understanding with academics and others in
the industry as, together, we seek to explore the issues.
At the workshops you will:
• Hear the research evidence from Stamford Brook and other field
trials.
• Hear about the experience of the Good Homes Alliance, who
are seeking to achieve and monitor code levels 3 and 4 housing
now.
• Explore your views and discuss the implications for:
• The way new housing is designed
• The way new housing is constructed
• The whole new housing production process.

  • Organiser:
  • LowCarb4Real
  • Telephone:
  • 020 7841 8909

GHA Site visit # 2
18-9-2008
tbc

EcoBuild 2009
3-3-2009
Earls Court, London

over 25,500 visitors, 500 exhibitors and 500 speakers participated in the world's biggest event dedicated to sustainable design, construction and the built environment

Downloads

A Cost Review of the Code for Sustainable Homes (.pdf 334.55 KB)

Report for English Partnerships and the Housing Corporation, Feb 2007