panel or a green roof, to timber frame construction and applying exterior wall insulation.
Highly topical is Ecobuild’s Solar Hub which will explain the fundamentals of photovoltaic systems – how they work, what components they include, and how and where to install them, with daily demonstrations and talks on building integrated photovoltaic tiles (BIPV), photovoltaic systems (PV), benefitting from the feed in tariff.
Renew provides practical advice on achieving one of the most important aspects of an energy efficient building – a highly insulated, air tight building envelope – with daily live demonstrations of internal and external insulation for solid walls, loft insulation, insulated floor bases and glazing solutions.
The enormously popular Cityscape returns in 2011 to focus on the greening of the built environment, and the encouragement of biodiversity. Comprising live demonstration areas and a variety of case studies and installations explaining the practicalities of greening and enhancing biodiversity, it will take the learning from Ecobuild’s From Grey to Green and Sustainability and the city seminars and help visitors gain experience of the practical skills required.
twisting glulam structures - one inverted
to form a roof – demonstrate the extreme design possibilities of engineered timber for spectacular and sustainable structures.
Another favourite with regular visitors to Ecobuild is the Natural, traditional sustainable attraction, where
daily interactive demonstrations will cover a wealth of natural materials and traditional techniques including dry
stone walling, straw bale construction, rammed earth, cob brick making, traditional carpentry and lime rendering.
Certain to provoke interest is Capita Symonds’ Cool Workspace attraction which showcases leading-edge materials, technologies and design solutions, demonstrating how they can help provide low-cost, low-carbon, but high impact solutions to adapt and re-use space and materials to create a flexible, adaptable and ultimately more sustainable workplace. Constructed using phase change wall panels and ceilings which store and release heat according to the internal and external temperatures, Cool Workspsace will feature heat recovery ventilation systems, smart meters, occupancy detecting lighting controls, smart phone technology and energy usage monitoring systems. It will be fitted out using recycled carpets and surfaces, and furnished with environmentally responsible office furniture.
New for 2011, Ecobuild’s Water Wise will be bringing visitors up to date on the changes to Part G of building regulations, understanding the water efficient systems and appliances that can now be installed into buildings. It will also explain the measures that can be put in place to significantly reduce our water footprints by fixing leaks, using water efficient white goods and other water-saving technologies, as well as implementing simple but effective behavioural changes, and demonstrate that not only does a reduction in water consumption save energy and carbon, but that it brings financial savings for businesses, the public sector and consumers too.
And of course it wouldn’t be Ecobuild without a whole host of new and surprising events, and the 2011 event certainly won’t disappoint. On Tuesday, 02 March ‘Rock star physicist’ Professor Brian Cox will be presenting an award to the winner of the CIOB’s Inner Space 2050 competition for students aged 11 – 12 years to design sustainable work and living spaces in orbit. Back in the exhibition, visitors will be invited to sink their teeth into some BRE Bites, a series of 10 minute ‘tasters’ on a range of topics including BREEAM In Use, Passivhaus, and Feed in Tariffs taking place daily on the BRE stand, and the Ecobuild Fringe is gearing up to deliver an eclectic programme again in 2011.
Elsewhere, the aesthetic qualities of glulam are demonstrated in Extreme Timber. A hyperbolic
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An innovation that’s bound to be popular for Ecobuild 2011 is the introduction of an online itinerary planner which allows visitors to plan
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