This interactive half day course will cover all of the steps needed for a social value assessment, including:

Why attend  

Gain the latest thinking on social value, and clear processes of how to generate and measure social value. The session will be compelling and interactive allowing you to think through the key touchpoints for a development to create broader positive impact on communities, whilst also learning from networking with your peers and experts and hearing about their experiences. 

Who should attend? 

This course will be most relevant to built environment professionals who are striving to maximise social value outcomes. We recommend delegates have a base level understanding of social value in the built environment before joining the course. See more on our learning levels here.

Course Leader

Oliver Kempton, Partner at Envoy Partnership.
Oliver is a Social Value International Level 3 Accredited Practitioner and was a member of UKGBC’s Social Value Task Group. He sits on the Social Value International methodology sub-committee, and the BREEAM Social Impact Technical Working Group. He also teaches at London School of Economics.

Free Gold Leaf member tickets available – please contact learning@ukgbc.org.

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Health, Wellbeing and Social Value

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Assessing climate-related risks is becoming a legal requirement for asset owners. 1,300 of the largest UK-registered companies and financial institutions are required to disclose climate-related financial information on a mandatory basis, using guidelines from the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD). This requirement is likely to expand to include smaller organisations by 2025. Now is the time to develop the skills and knowledge to assess physical risk across your portfolio.

UKGBC’s Framework for Measuring and Reporting of Climate-related Physical Risks to Built Assets was written to support organisations to assess their risk, and report in line with TCFD recommendations.

Following the success of UKGBCs Physical Risks Lab, we’re now launching an open learning programme for our members and wider industry to develop the skills and knowledge needed to measure and report risk.

About the course 

This practical course, spread across three months, invites delegates to use UKGBC’s Physical Risk Framework and Reporting Tool on one of their own assets. Following an introductory workshop, at which the key concepts with be introduced along with a detailed explanation of the framework and associated materials, delegates will use the assessment tools on a real asset within their portfolio. They’ll use the framework to work through the process of assessing physical risk, learning through practical application and with the support of UKGBC experts and peers on the course.  

The course will involve a series of peer group check-ins to discuss the challenges they’re facing and find solutions and will wrap up with an online session for delegates to share their successes. 

Upon completion, delegates will have a physical risk assessment for their chosen asset, and the knowledge and skills to assess the risks to other assets in their portfolio.   

Climate Change Adaptation

As the climate crisis intensifies and extreme weather events become more common, the UK’s buildings, cities and critical infrastructure, and the communities that use and occupy these, are in increasing danger. It’s vital to address how our buildings and infrastructure can be adapted to remain fit for the future.

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Resilience & Nature Partners

Our climate change adaptation work is supported by our Resilience & Nature Partners.

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The Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012 Act has helped to bring the broader social value agenda to the fore. It has encouraged public sector procurement teams to look beyond financial metrics and measurements within bids and tendering activities, much of this being driven by enlightened local authorities. This shift in focus is changing expectations, creating a market where suppliers are increasingly expecting to demonstrate social value. 

Overview 

Join us for a half day course to discuss how the built environment industry can understand, measure, and communicate its social value. The course will cover all of the steps needed for a social value assessment, including working with stakeholders, measuring outcomes, and applying monetary values. It will explore the different frameworks and tools that are available, including UKGBC’s Framework for Defining Social Value. The course will be interactive, with a range of examples, discussions, and exercises. 

Why attend  

Gain the latest thinking on social value, and clear processes of how to generate and measure social value. The session will be compelling and interactive allowing you to think through the key touchpoints for a development to create broader positive impact on communities, whilst also learning from networking with your peers and experts and hearing about their experiences. 

Who should attend? 

This course will be most relevant to built environment professionals who are striving to maximise social value outcomes. 

Course leader 

Oliver Kempton, Partner at Envoy Partnership. Oliver is a Social Value International Level 3 Accredited Practitioner and was a member of UKGBC’s Social Value Task Group. He sits on the Social Value International methodology sub-committee, and the BREEAM Social Impact Technical Working Group. He also teaches at London School of Economics.

Free Gold Leaf member tickets available – please contact learning@ukgbc.org.

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The programme spans a 3-month period, incorporates highly engaging learning techniques and has been specifically designed for those without sustainability in their job title.  Participants will benefit from being able to bring insights back to their business on how to deliver sustainable building projects.

What is the Second Nature LIVE Programme?

Through a range of active learning approaches with talks, site visits, virtual working, networking, group work, plenary discussions, research, webinars and workshops, participants will learn about:

• The key principles of green building and construction, with a focus on net zero, climate resilience and circular economy
• How sustainability considerations impact design briefs, working practices and decision-making across various disciplines and at all stages of a project
• The role that site, climate, program, location, structure and building technology play in the process of design, construction, operation and maintenance
• Opportunities and constraints, including, where relevant, key policy and regulatory frameworks, building performance standards, and industry trends
• Interdisciplinary, collaborative approaches to the application of the key principles to a live project or proposition
• The different roles and new responsibilities in working together towards green building and construction
• Successful cases and innovative practices
• How to develop a compelling business case for design proposals both qualitatively and quantitatively.

In addition to all this, participants will have the opportunity to collaborate, discuss and learn with an industry peer group, working together to propose the most sustainable outcomes for the project.

Key dates:

Part 1: Online kick-off and preliminary work (w/c 11^th October)

• 4 hours of guided learning, completed online.

Part 2: Workshop – Bicester 18-19^th October, 1.5-day workshop)

• Face-to-face workshop including a site tour, covering key stakeholders meetings, overview of ‘the challenge’ and basics of green building and construction

Part 3: Online Group work (November/ December/January) 

• ~12 hours of guided learning completed online, involves tutoring, group research and development of proposals

Part 4: Report out – London (20th January 2022 half-day workshop)

• Face-to-face workshop where groups present to the panel and celebrate successful completion of the programme

Total time involved:

Face-to-face: 2 days (workshop time)

Virtual: 2 days (2 hours a week online, across a total of 8 weeks)

Who should attend?

• Professionals with more than 5 years’ experience in the built environment
• Learners with line management responsibilities
• Architects, technicians, designers, engineers, project managers, surveyors, construction managers, cost consultants, facilities/operations managers, product manufacturers, developers, clients, academics and instructors
• Professionals involved at any stage of a project – conception to design, construction, and beyond.

Specialist sustainability knowledge is not required

Why attend?

• Gain 32 hours CPD and become a UKGBC Green Building Champion.

For more information or to speak to one of the UKGBC team about this programme please contact us at learning@ukgbc.org.

This is a training experience and will focus on a real life building.  Any output ideas or strategies put forward will not constitute formal proposals for adoption by the building owners. Nor will this opportunity replace the need for such stakeholders to procure stand-alone professional advice on any aspects related to the development.

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Speakers

• Sophia Cox, Sustainability Advisor, UKGBC
• Oliver Kempton, Partner, Envoy Partnership

Who should attend

Anyone interested in measuring the social value of the built environment.  

Why attend

Social value has rightly become one of the cornerstones of responsible business within the built environment industry, and over the past few years, we have been delighted to see an increasing number of businesses measuring the benefits that they are bringing to their local communities.  

Yet the options for measuring social value is a complex and sometimes baffling landscape for the industry to navigate. This session is designed to help you cut through the noise around social value measurement and try out simple techniques that you can use on your own work. 

Free Gold Leaf places available. Please contact learning@ukgbc.org

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We will hear from the following leading voices:

• Why companies commit to net zero carbon buildings
  Bianca Wong, Global Head of Sustainability, Kingspan
• Why cities commit to net zero carbon buildings
  Gustaf Landahl, Head of Planning and Environment, City of Stockholm
• What is the net zero carbon buildings commitment?
  Victoria Burrows, Director of Advancing Net Zero, WorldGBC
• How to deliver a net zero carbon building
  Anna Åkesson, Senior Environmental Manager, Skanska
• How to deal with embodied carbon
  Simon Davies, Director, AIA Environment

These presentations will be followed by Q&A with the panel.

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The IPBES Global Assessment 2019 revealed that land use change has had the largest relative impact on terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems. It stated that:  

“management decisions that take evolutionary changes into account will be noticeably more effective”. 

Research by the University of Manchester suggests that:  

“increasing tree cover across an urban area by 10% can reduce surface water runoff by almost 6%  and reduce surface and air temperatures by 12°C and 4°C respectively”. 

Through applying biodiversity net gain it is hoped that habitats and ecosystem services lost through development can be restored. 

This course offers the opportunity to hear from leading experts in the field on how biodiversity net gain can be created in the design and construction stages of new developments, and how to avoid the common pitfalls and utilise best practice. It will provide an overview of the current policy landscape and the metrics surrounding biodiversity net gain. Participants will have the opportunity to work through an implementation scenario, learning insights from the experts and networking with peers. We will also encourage drafting a work plan to help focus what actions participants will take once back in their role and recommend a follow up 2-3 months after the course to see how the actions are developing.  

Key objectives: 

• Understand the current UK policy requirements for achieving a biodiversity net gain 
• Learn how to present the business case and develop corporate strategies on biodiversity net gain 
• Explore best practice case studies and gain key insights and lessons learned from the experts 
• Understand how to implement a biodiversity net gain in design and construction through a scenario exercise 

Speakers:  

• Tom Butterworth, Technical Director for Biodiversity, WSP
• Laura Homfray, Consultant Biodiversity and Natural Capital, WSP 
• Nick White, Principal Advisor, Natural England 

Who should attend: 

The course is ideal for sustainable built environment professionals involved in the design and delivery of buildings, particularly those who have a good understanding of the fundamentals around biodiversity net gain and would like to learn how to apply the Defra Biodiversity Net Gain process to a project. Although the course is open to anyone it will be particularly interesting to sustainability professionals, ecologists, architects and project managers. 

CPD: 3 hours 

Gold leaf free places are available for this course, please contact learning@ukgbc.org to apply. 

Pre-read: 

Section 2.2 ‘in a nutshell’ of the Best Practice Guidelines from page 13  

Video: An Introduction to Biodiversity Net Gain  

You might also like to read our Course Mail series on Nature and Biodiversity in the Built Environment ahead of this course – four bitesized learning shots to your inbox every week.

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Second Nature LIVE is UKGBC’s practical learning programme for built environment professionals from all disciplines. Its objective is to enhance sustainability knowledge and skills, making it second nature for participants. Previous experience in sustainability is not required. It incorporates cutting edge, highly engaging learning techniques and participants will be able to bring insights back to their business on delivering sustainable building projects.

Through a range of active learning approaches with talks, site visits, virtual working, networking, group work, plenary discussions, research, webinars and workshops, you will learn about:

• How sustainability considerations impact design briefs, working practices and decision-making across various disciplines and at all stages of a project
• The role that site, climate, location, structure and building technology play in the process of design, construction, operation and maintenance
• Opportunities and constraints, including, where relevant, key policy and regulatory frameworks, building performance standards, and industry trends
• Interdisciplinary, collaborative approaches to the application of the key principles to a live project or proposition
• How to design proposals both qualitatively and quantitatively, developing a compelling business case

The programme

Part 1: Online kick-off and preliminary work

• 4 hours of guided learning, completed online.

Part 2: Workshop

• Face-to-face workshop including a site tour, covering key stakeholders meetings, overview of ‘the challenge’ and basics of green building and construction

Part 3: Online group work

• ~12 hours of guided learning completed online, involves tutoring, group research and development of proposals

Part 4: Report out

• Face-to-face workshop where groups present to the panel and celebrate successful completion of the programme

This is a training experience and will focus on a real life project. Any output ideas or strategies put forward will not constitute formal proposals for adoption by the building owners. Nor will this opportunity replace the need for such stakeholders to procure stand-alone professional advice on any aspects related to the development.

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• Understand the main principles of Passivhaus and its relevance in the UK
• Explore the tools available to implement Passivhaus on your projects
• Explore best practice case studies and gain key insights and lessons learned from the experts
• Network and cross-share knowledge with your peers

Speakers:

John Lefever, Land & New Business Manager, Hastoe Housing Group

• Over the last 25 years John has worked in both private and public housing and lectured at Anglia Ruskin University. He manages the Hastoe Group Eastern Region team who have delivered the largest RSL programme of Ground Source heat pumps in UK, a code level 5 scheme over 500 code level 4 homes and a straw bale scheme, plus 3 certified Passivhaus schemes. Hastoe won the “Sustainable Developer of the year” by What House? magazine in 2013.

Gareth Selby, Senior Consultant & CEPH Designer, Architype

• With eight years’ experience at Architype, Gareth has worked on a number of Passivhaus projects including the University of East Anglia’s Enterprise Centre that is set to be the largest Passivhaus in the UK. He is a project manager on the RAPIERE software to produce a fast, cloud based, lifecycle carbon and cost software.

Who should attend?

Attend if you are a sustainable built environment professional involved in the design and delivery of buildings, who is curious to learn industry insights about using the Passivhaus standard to certify a project, and how this has can be achieved.

Why attend?

Masterclasses are run with a ‘how to’ ethos so that they give you the tools you need to go back to the office and implement something new. Delivered in a compelling and interactive way they are informal but intensive learning sessions with a small group, where speakers give step by step guidance on how to achieve the goal using case studies as examples.

At this Masterclass you will get:

• Up-to-date knowledge on Passivhaus design and the UK market
• A work through of the design principles of Passivhaus, and methods to implement them in your projects
• Key insights to help apply your learning in practice

CPD: 3 hours

Gold Leaf members can use their complimentary space allocation for this course. There are limited Gold Leaf places available – please send an email to learning@ukgbc.org to register your place free of charge.

For more information please contact learning@ukgbc.org

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UKGBC takes the health and wellbeing of its staff and event attendees extremely seriously. Given the WHO declaration that Coronavirus is a global pandemic, UKGBC is monitoring the situation closely and adapting our ways of working to mitigate the risk to staff, members and wider stakeholders. After careful consideration, we have decided to avoid any potential risk posed by people gathering at events by moving this event to an online format. All those who have or will sign up will receive an email confirming the new details and access link. If you have any questions, please contact events@UKGBC.org

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Overview

Learn about applying circular economy principles in built environment projects and adapting business models to become more circular. Hear about the practical steps you can take to apply this concept to projects and business operations and gather examples of how this has been applied in reality and the lessons learned.

What to expect

A transition to a more circular built environment will require both pioneering projects and systemic change. At project level, implementing circular principles can help meet policy requirements, maximise resource efficiency, reduce carbon and create healthier and more sustainable places. From a business perspective, changing your business model and offer to be more circular represents a huge opportunity for engaging new markets, generating new revenue streams and making greater efficiencies.

This masterclass will consist of two sessions: 1) applying circular economy principles in built environment projects and 2) embedding circular thinking in business models. Participants will be introduced to opportunities to be more circular in their built projects, including some of the ‘easy wins’ and lessons learned from projects. They will then be taken through the first steps in leveraging this concept in their business operations and hear how it has been applied to a business. Delegates will have the chance to discuss strategies and challenges with the speakers and wider group through group exercises.

Speakers:

• Dave Cheshire, Regional Director, AECOM
• Eva MacNamara, Associate, Expedition Engineering
• Sandy Rodger, Director, Sandy Rodger (Consulting) Ltd
• Andy Haigh, Senior Sustainability Manager, Canary Wharf Contractors

Who should attend

This would benefit you if you are a built environment professional looking to increase your knowledge of circular economy practice and would like to make implementation feasible or speed up adoption to create value for your organisation.

At the end of the session, you will have a better understanding of the core principles of circularity and practical strategies for achieving circular outcomes.

You will also have the chance to hear about the work that is being done in the UKGBC Circular Economy Programme to support clients in specifying for circular outcomes.

Refreshments provided

CPD: 3 hours

There are free Gold Leaf places available for this course. Please contact learning@ukgbc.org to apply.

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