Professor Richard Fitton 'Housing in the UK: How do we get to net zero?'

Events Team, University of Salford

The UK has some of the poorest housing stock in the EU, and some of the most strict net zero housing policies, how do we solve this paradox?

Mary Seacole Building, Room G21

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The UK has some of the poorest housing stock in the EU, and some of the most stringent net zero housing policies, how do we solve this paradox?We have an aging housing stock ripe for retrofit, we also have a well-developed new housing sector with ever increasing targets for energy performance.During this lecture Richard will discuss some of the findings of his work over the past 12 years working at Energy House Labs, both on retrofitting homes and new-build housing. Professor Richard Fitton (PhD, MRICS)Richard holds a PhD in Building Physics and is also a chartered building surveyor. He leads a task group for the development of international standards around energy performance. Richard is the Chairman of the British Standard for Retrofit Assessment. He is also active in the International Energy Agency studying the use of smart meter data to provide energy efficiency data for dwellings. He holds a place on the SAP Scientific Integrity Group at the Building Research Establishment (BRE) which oversees the domestic energy model used in the UK. Richard is also the technical lead for the new Energy House 2 project, a building physics test lab. Event TimingsRegistration is from 5.30pm with the lecture starting promptly at 6pm.We will be hosting a tour of Energy House 2 for a limited number of guests following the lecture.We will also be hosting a drinks reception following the lecture which will finish at 8pm.This lecture will also be live streamed via Microsoft Teams Live from 6pm . If you would prefer to attend online, please register for a 'Teams Live' ticket to receive the Live event link which will be emailed to you the day before the lecture.If you have any questions or access requirements please get in touch with the Events Team on events@salford.ac.uk or 0161 295 2313.