Energy-efficient offices in Australia achieve a 9% premium in value. Can the UK follow suit? 

EVENT DETAILS

Date: Tuesday 1st December 2015

Time: 08.30 - 12.30, workshop to start at 09.00 prompt

Venue: Legal & General, One Coleman Street, London EC2V 5AA

REGISTRATION

Tickets are by invitation only. Please register here to confirm you are able to attend.

BBP is supporting a workshop to introduce to all stakeholders a new approach to office development which promises to deliver radical improvements in the energy efficiency of prime office buildings. It is based on the ‘design for performance’ concept pioneered in Australia.

New UK prime office buildings can use four times more energy than their best Australian counterparts.   An extensive group of industry professionals is investigating the Australian approach, where developers and their teams sign a Commitment Agreement at project conception to design, construct and manage new office buildings to agreed levels of actual in-use energy efficiency.  The buildings are certified using the NABERS scheme to verify lower running costs. And the success of the scheme is underpinned by market demand for more energy efficient office space.

The workshop will explore how such a virtuous circle might gain traction in the UK market.

WORKSHOP PROGRAMME 

Chair:  Sarah Ratcliffe (Programme Director at the BBP)

8.30       Registration, coffee and croissant            

SESSION 1 (09.00 – 10.25) TECHNICAL CHALLENGES: HOW CAN NEW UK OFFICE BUILDINGS ACHIEVE PERFORMANCE AT THE AUSTRALIAN LEVEL?            

• Welcome and L&G perspective, Debbie Hobbs (Sustainability Manager, L&G)
• What should be the key ingredients of a successful UK scheme? Robert Cohen (Verco)
• Keynote 1: Learning from how the NABERS Commitment Agreement developed in Australia, Paul Bannister (Energy Action Australia)
• Introduction to panel discussion on technical challenges, Bill Bordass (UBT)
• Panel discussion: Technical challenges, Robert Cohen (Verco), Bill Bordass (UBT), Paul Bannister (Energy Action Australia), Eddy Taylor (LOR), Alan Jones (EDSL), Chris Clarke (NG Bailey)

Coffee (10.25 – 10.45)   

SESSION 2 (10.45 – 12.30) MARKET CHALLENGES: ENERGY-EFFICIENT OFFICES IN AUSTRALIA ACHIEVE A 9% PREMIUM IN VALUE. CAN THE UK FOLLOW SUIT?

• The designer perspective, Stephen Hill (Arup)
• Landlord/developer perspective, Roger Madelin (Argent)
• Managing agent perspective, Rebecca Pearce (CBRE)
• Occupier perspective, Miles Keeping (Hillbreak)
• Fund Manager / Investor perspective, Jenny Pidgeon (TH Real Estate)
• Key note 2: NABERS Commitment Agreement challenges in Australia: current state of play, Paul Bannister, Energy Action Australia
• Final panel discussion: What about value? Roger Madelin (Argent), Paul Bannister (Energy Action Australia), Rebecca Pearce (CBRE), Jenny Pidgeon (TH Real Estate), Tim Mockett (Impax Climate Property Fund), Chris Strathon (JLL), Robert Baldwin (Bilfinger GVA)

End and departure (12.30)

Project team and funders