Futureproof

16/08/2022

There's only a few weeks left to apply for a free place on our Futureproof training - open to all construction professionals in the Bristol, B&NES or South Gloucestershire area.

The course will help you to improve your confidence when discussing retrofit with householders, understand materials and technologies used in retrofit and provide practical skills that you can take straight to your projects.

WECA Community Renewal Fund programme 50 training places are available for construction professionals available on a first-come-first-serve basis to those meeting the eligibility requirements. Discount code: WECACRF22

13/07/2021

Students! Save 50% on your first training session with The Green Register. Once you've attended, you'll qualify for membership at a special rate. Membership includes big discounts on our renowned training events & a free subscription to Passivehouse+ magazine

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Are you a student looking to learn more about sustainable construction & architecture? Save 50% on your first training session with us, which will qualify you for membership at a special rate! Membership includes big discounts on our renowned training events and a free subscription to Passivehouse+....

07/07/2021

In the autumn of 2020, The Green Register held a series of training sessions on the RIBA 2030 Climate Challenge which included examining the RIBA's healthy building metrics.

This session proved extremely popular, with delegates requesting more in depth training information. We have teamed up with our speaker Ruth Hynes, senior design researcher at Atkins to present a specific training session on human centred design.

This event will explain:

- The RIBA 2030 Climate Challenge metrics for health and wellbeing
- The key features listed in the RIBA’s Sustainable Outcomes including social value
- Current Health and Well Being standards such as WELL and Fitwell
Case Studies where Atkins have successfully employed the Human Centred Design approach

28/06/2021

Specifying high performance windows is thankfully becoming much more commonplace but if we do not specify or install them correctly, they will not perform as expected leading to an underperforming building and money wasted in the process.

Join us and expert trainers Bill Butcher and Chris Herring of Green Building Store for our NEW training all about the key issues relating to window design and installation, focusing on performance and thermal efficiency.

25/06/2021

From The Times (behind a paywall): "Carbon footprint calculator: How energy efficient is your house?"

"The motivation for improving energy efficiency is usually twofold: it makes a property easier to sell and lowers the cost of energy bills"

Improving the energy efficiency of homes in deprived areas would cut seven million tonnes of CO2 emissions per year, a Times investigation can reveal.Despite much of the housing being older

14/06/2021

This Thursday (17th) in the second installment in our "Best Practice Refurbishment Solutions for Residential Projects". Join us to learn about "Roofs, External Walls and Floors" - one of our most popular seminars offering solutions when retrofitting roofs, external walls and floors. Working with the existing fabric, traditional building materials and older methods of construction, refurbishing homes can often be as challenging as new build projects.

11/06/2021

Do you produce, design or use cement or concrete in the UK? This Cambridge University survey on the barriers to the use of Low Carbon Concrete Technologies is worth completing.

This survey is part of the Low Carbon Concrete Technologies (LCCT): Understanding and Implementation project, funded by an EPSRC IAA Impact Starter Grant, and is being conducted by Aurelia Hibbert, under the supervision of Michal Drewniok and Jon Cullen, at the University of Cambridge. The project a...

09/06/2021

Futureproof Essentials is a training package with an introductory suite of lessons to help you start to understand the Whole House Retrofit (WHR) approach. You'll learn all about the key issues of sustainable retrofit, making buildings more energy efficient, comfortable and healthy. Futureproof courses balance theory and practice to ensure you can use your knowledge straight away.

This is an excellent way to learn about whole house retrofit as it covers all aspects of sustainable retrofit with some of TGR's most popular trainers. For more info & to book your place visit our website 👷‍♂️👷‍♀️

This training package is an introductory suite of lessons to help you start to understand the Whole House Retrofit (WHR) approach.

03/06/2021

"Architectural firms of all sizes can have a genuine impact. The large firm that designs a net-zero carbon masterplan has a pronounced effect on the environment.

So, too, does the small firm which convinces a client to renovate, rather than demolish."

Meeting clients’ needs while designing for climate emergency is a challenge, but a goal we should all be aiming at, says Kunle Barker

26/05/2021

Last week TGR founder & director, Lucy, joined 92.6FM Radio Verulam on their podcast to discuss all things - you can check it out on their website:

Listen to Lucy Pedler of the Green Register talk to Steve Simpson about her talk at Sustfest, on how to retrofit your house to improve its sustainability, and what the benefits of doing so are.

24/05/2021

Join the Green Register next week for a NEW installment in their 'Ventilation' series with building researcher Ian Mawditt, Builder/contractor Tom Morris, & Vince House of Aereco!

This two-hour online training session is the third in our Ventilation Series and will feature perspectives of the client, contractor and supplier: a case study of MVHR installation into an existing building, a contractor’s perspective on MVHR and focus on Demand Control Ventilation systems and post occupancy reports. This training session will have Q&A breaks to allow participants to ask questions of the speakers.

For more info, visit our website:

07/05/2021

"Tall buildings have roughly twice the carbon footprint per square metre of small and medium-rise buildings, according to engineer and Arup associate director Tim Snelson. The net efficiency of buildings also tends to reduce with height. ‘It seems crazy to be building like this amid a climate crisis,’ argues Simon Sturgis, an architect advocating net zero carbon design through his practice, Targeting Zero. ‘It’s a 20th-century typology which we should be moving on from."

If workspaces of the future will need to have a greater emphasis on wellbeing and collaboration to attract and retain talent, why must that be achieved by building new towers? asks Emily Booth