RICS Sustainable Technologies Roadshow
'Deciphering Energy Performance Certificates'
November 2008 - February 2009

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Workshop fee includes attendance, refreshments, lunch and all documentation

Workshop overview
Buildings produce at least 40% of the carbon emissions globally and 45% in the UK, according to government figures.

Yet the UK Government has pledged to reduce carbon emissions from 1990 levels by 12.5% by 2020 and a massive 60% by 2050.

The implementation of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive, the European legislation which made the introduction of Energy Performance Certificates mandatory across the EU marks a major change in the way that property is viewed by prospective owners or tenants with a buildings notional energy performance explicitly available before they make the purchase or lease decision.

Accompanying the EPCs will be recommendations or advisory reports detailing how the energy performance of a building can be upgraded, by either improvements or by changes in the way it is used by the occupants. But what does all this mean to surveyors and their clients.

Zero carbon, ground source heat pumps, photo voltaics; whilst these terms are becoming increasingly commonly heard, in particular when talking about energy performance certificates, what do they all mean? 

Who should attend

The conference is aimed at Building Surveyors, Quantity Surveyors, Commercial Property Managers, Commercial EPC assessors and Facility Managers.

Why you should attend

This roadshow is designed to enable property professionals to understand the recommendations which accompany EPCs and explain the implications of these emerging technologies, including their definition, purpose, installation, maintenance and cost are all aspects which will be discussed.

Key benefits

1. A clear and concise understanding of the latest timescales and implications of the directives
2. In-depth, practical advice on implementing the EPC recommendations
3. Insight into current commercial products available to achieve the necessary criteria

Workshop speakers

Martin Russell-Croucher qualified as a chartered surveyor in 1981 and worked for 17 years in central government mainly on defence projects before spending seven years lecturing on the built environment.

He joined RICS in 1998, becoming director of Professional Services until the Agenda for Change, when he became the first director for the built environment group of faculties that included the building surveying, construction and project management faculties.

Since March 2004 he has headed up the certification and accreditation section within the Faculties and Forums department, working on schemes such as asbestos inspection and management, fire risk assessment and energy performance.

T Trevis is a project manager for the Certification and Accreditation section of Faculties and Forums at RICS, working on schemes such as asbestos inspection and management, fire risk assessment and energy performance.

Prior to this T was assistant director in the team responsible for the Construction, Project Management and Building Surveying Faculties. Before joining RICS, 13 years ago T was a practising Chartered Building Surveyor working for a large local authority.

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