The Leeds Sustainability Institute opens its doors to student professionals and academics with a day of sustainability focussed events on Building Performance, Green Technology Innovation, Partnership Working and Sustainable Planning with presentations from global experts throughout the day.

The day will come to a close with a Sustainability Question Time which will bring together Education and Business to debate and discuss ‘the challenge of sustainability’ within the region. How can we develop partnership working to achieve economic and political systems where the regeneration of our economy is not at the cost of other forms of wealth, environmental or social, but in fact complements and even enhances these?

(All venues Leeds Met buildings)

Programme 1 – The ARCOM Low Carbon & Sustainability Research Workshop and Road Show

 11:00 to 16:00 (AG10, Broadcasting Place)

• Sustainability and IT, Professor Colin Pattison, Leeds Metropolitan University
• Retrofit and Low Carbon Solutions, Professor Chris Gorse, Leeds Metropolitan University
• Renewable Energy Installations, Dr Anne Stafford, Leeds Metropolitan University
• In use monitoring and Building Performance, Professor Malcolm Bell, Leeds Metropolitan University
• Sustainability through partnering in the supply chain, Markus Bleier, Biodegma GmBH
• Presentations from Dominic Miles-Shenton, Melanie Smith & Ruth Sutton

Programme 2 - CUDEM Sustainability Seminar

Planning, Environment and Sustainability: Challenges Past, Present and Future

 15:00 to 17:00 (Queens Square House 208)

• Cultural Planning for Sustainability, Professor Franco Bianchini, Leeds Metropolitan University

• Postpolitical planning and fuzzy sustainability, Professor Graham Haughton, University of Manchester

Green Vision half-day Conference – Reality Retrofit

13:00 to 17:30 (Old Broadcasting House)

Keynote Speakers – Retrofit UKGBC, John Alker, Head of Policy and Communications, UKGBC

Expert Speakers:

• Commercial Property Retrofit, Matt Whitehead, Head of Carbon and Energy Reduction, Low Carbon Buildings
• Behavioural Change, Adam Woodhall, MD, PeopleProfitPlanet
• Refurbishment of the Estate, Sue Holmes, Director of Estates, Leeds Met University
• Green Deal, Kate Barbier, DECC

Programme 4 – The Sustainability Question Time

18:00 to 19:30 (Old Broadcasting House)

Keynote Speaker:

• Increased Sustainable Cashflows, Paul Widdowson, CSR-i

Panel: A selection of Experts from throughout the day.

 To book for any of these sessions, please contact Darryl Camp d.camp@leedsmet.ac.uk