Sustainability Series: High Performance Masonry Housing

Date: Wednesday 16 November 2022
Time: 12:00 - 13:00
CPD: 1 hours
Price: Free

The majority of new housing in the UK is constructed using masonry. This session considers the ways in which detailed design and specification is evolving to help new housing to meet current regulations and carbon targets, and look forward to the Future Homes Standard 2025. During the session we will also look at innovative products and construction techniques, as the demand for further energy efficiency improvements, lower embodied and whole life carbon becomes ever more important.

Programme

12:00Welcome and introduction -Claire Ackerman, Executive Director, Concrete, MPA

12:05The presentation will give an overview of how the main revisions to Part L in the 2021 edition relate to the way we build concrete and masonry dwellings -Tom de Saulles, Building Physicist, The Concrete Centre

12.30The presentation will give an overview of achieving the embodied targets set within the RIBA Climate Challenge 2030 using traditional construction methods.-Marc Walsh, Building Services Engineer, Xtratherm

12:45The presentation will give an overview of innovations in masonry products and construction -Steve Callow, Manager, Masonry and Concrete Products, MPA Masonry

12:55Q&A session