Issues and debates at Sustainability Now

Less than a day to go until the Sustainability Now event. We’ve released an agenda for events that will take place, available on the Building site. I’m hoping for a mixture of free-form chat with more structured debates. Few things to highlight:

• Legislation – Pooran Desai makes a strong case for decluttering green legislation in a piece I commissioned for him specifically for the event. He wants simplicity rather than rafts of bureaucracy. I think it should spark a lively debate on whether the policy directions that have been set for the industry are the right ones.
• Existing stock – Clearly one that is very close to my heart given my recent purchase of a leaky Victorian terraced house. I promise not to turn the event into a two day free consultancy for my refurbishment project. Honest. The live seminar tomorrow at 2pm with the Energy Saving Trust will include a video report on attempts to tackle inefficient old properties then a discussion with three experts on the best ways to really scale up action in this area.
• Embodied carbon – This issue seems to have fallen off the radar recently but influential engineer Guy Battle raises how key it is to the footprint of a building in another piece I commissioned for the show. He argues that all new buildings need to calculate the total carbon footprint of construction over the lifespan of a building.
• Other topics – A random selection of others from the show: IT and sustainability, hosted by blogger and BE2Camp founder Martin Brown; sessions chaired by bloggers an Sustainability Now champions Su Butcher and and Mel Starrs

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