Insights into sustainable retrofits and renovations
Wed 28 Apr, 2021
Webinar // Online, NAT
Buildings are responsible for one quarter of all greenhouse gas emissions and with existing buildings making up the largest proportion of our building stock, it’s critical we also focus on them as we decarbonise the built environment. In this session we’ll look at the importance of retrofits through case studies exploring portfolio-wide water and energy efficiency upgrades, commercial buildings and retrofitting in Australia and Singapore.
The webinar will also cover:
- life cycle implications of retrofits
- potential risks
- challenges and how to overcome them?
- how to reach financial viability
- how can Government policy and programs encourage existing building renovations- especially in the mid tier?
- why retrofit/ refurbish buildings including key drivers
- assessing the resilience of the building
Join the experts below in the discussion and don’t miss the opportunity to have your questions answered.
Speakers
Kabi Subramaniam - Arup Australasia
Associate Principal Asset Services Leader
About Kabi
I lead the Asset Services team in Arup’s Singapore office. I started my career as a structural design engineer and worked on several projects in Australia, prior to joining the façade team in Singapore. After years inspecting existing building facades and advising clients about potential risks on a portfolio of buildings, I now focus on existing assets and have a keen interest in remote monitoring and assessing assets using digital tools and technology.
Utilising my experience on existing building facades, I now manage multidisciplinary teams on asset services and provide strategic advice that is focused on our clients’ different needs to upgrade or restore the condition and ways of monitoring of assets.
Sarah Reid - City of Melbourne
Zero Carbon Buildings Lead
Alicia Maynard - ISPT Pty Ltd
General Manager Sustainability & Technical Services
About Alicia
Alicia Maynard is the General Manager, Sustainability & Technical Services at ISPT, with over 20 years’ experience in the property and construction industry, spanning commercial, retail, residential, industrial and educational sectors.
Alicia has held senior management roles across ASX100 listed and unlisted organisations, championing sustainability programs to deliver shared value for investors, customers and the community.
Mark McKenna - Norman Disney & Young
Director - Global Sustainability Group
Robert Crawford - The University of Melbourne
Associate Professor in Construction
About Robert
A/Prof Robert Crawford has broad research expertise and interest in the built environment, sustainability, life cycle assessment and renewable energy. His research focuses on building environmental assessment, with a particular emphasis on sustainable resource use, the environmentally appropriate selection of materials and sustainable building design and feasibility. This work has involved improving life cycle assessment methodologies; performing extensive embodied energy/water/carbon assessments of buildings, their components and renewable energy systems; and validation of life cycle assessment methodologies. He is an expert in modelling indirect (embodied) environmental impacts.
Robert is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, teaching in the areas of life cycle assessment, supply chain management and prefabrication in construction.
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