This CPD promotes the sustainability benefits achieved using natural daylight as the primary source of illumination and explores the options available in materials choice to ensure a low embodied carbon solution for GRP rooflights in the industrial sector.

We’ll look at what makes a home healthy, the synergistic roles of daylight and ventilation in regulating the indoor climate, evolution of Passivhaus into Active House, and present case studies for delivering private and social housing projects that are healthy, sustainable and affordable.

This CPD will feature: The importance of airtightness and its contribution to thermal improvement; Using air and vapour control layers and vapour permeable underlays with suitable ancillaries to improve airtightness; Regulations and standards – Part L and the future standard for homes and buildings; Design considerations and buildability; The importance of training, education and collaboration.

Let the experts from Kingspan cut through the jargon and explain what’s driving the revitalisation of traditional stored hot water within the home, as you find out about their new MXi cylinders and the important role smart cylinders are set to play as battery technology, how this links up with maximising the benefits from solar PV and how it will integrate with smart energy tariffs from the utility companies.

This CPD explores how rainwater harvesting for both domestic and commercial purposes can help solve a future water crisis. We will look at what systems are available in the UK and the benefits of each.