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Caroe Architects (CPD) C#2030
Caroe Architects (CPD)
GBC > Events > CPD > C#2030
Continuing Professional Development
- I want I want I want, a Green Retrofit Calculator, so I made one
- Introducing Green Retrofit Calculator V1
- BrianSpecMan of GBC
- followed by delegate Q&A
Date: 13th April 2023
Time: 13:00-14:00 pm
Location: In house CPD with live links to others not in office
GBC CPD
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GBC Shop
- Buy now: GBC Version 2
- Pending: GRC Version 1
Caroe Architects (CPD) C#2030
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26th March 2023Wilkinson Eyre Architects (CPD) C#1864
Wilkinson Eyre Architects (CPD) C#1864
GBC > Events > CPD > C#1864
Continuing Professional Development
- I want I want I want, a Green Retrofit Calculator, so I made one
- Introducing Green Building Calculator V2 & Green Retrofit Calculator V1
- BrianSpecMan of GBC
- followed by delegate Q&A
Date: 15th March 2023
Time: 13:00-14:00 pm
Organiser: Paola Boffo Head of Specification at Wilkinson Eyre Architects as part of a series of seminars
Location: In house CPD with live links to international offices
GBC CPD
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GBC Shop
- Buy now: GBC Version 2
- Pending: GRC Version 1
Wilkinson Eyre Architects (CPD) C#1864
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15th March 2023 – 16th March 2023Defence Estates West (CPD) C#1721
Defence Estates West (CPD) C#1721
GBC > Events > CPD > C#1721
Scope:
- Green Building Calculator V2 (From beginning)
- Green Retrofit Calculator V1 (Slide 99 onwards)
- Green Building Product Data Collection (Slides 57 to 74)
- Zoom or MS Teams meeting presented by BrianSpecMan of GBC
- Followed by delegate Q&A
Time: 14:00-14:40 pm
Date: 12th January 2023
Organiser: Defence Estates West
Location: Online meeting
No link, this is their private eventGBC Past Events
- GBC & GRC @ Futurebuild 2023 Exhibition (Event) C#
- IHBA Hemp Symposium 2022 (Event) C#1635
- Regen 2022 (Event) C#1621
- UK Construction Week (Event) C#1564
- Energy Pathfinder Conference (Event) C#1496
- RSAW RIBA West Wales (Event) C#1463
- Sustainable Building Materials & Products – Databases and Tools (Event) C#1456
- Self-Build & Design Show West (Event) C#
- GBC CPD CIAT Yorks (Event) C#
- GBC @ Futurebuild 2022 Exhibition
- GBC TGR Twilight Talk (Event) G#40053
- Tackling the retrofit challenge through Smart Construction (Event) G#39770
- Green BIM 2021 (Events) G#39585
- GBC MaD Hangout (Event) G#39538
- SPAB STBA Conference 2020 (Events) G#38634
- Carbon Counting Calculators Environmental Infrastructure (Event) G#39287
- PAS 2080 2016 Managing whole-life carbon in Infrastructure G#11245
- STBA Survey and Options Appraisal Tools @Futurebuild2022
GRC Past Events
- GRC @ Futurebuild 2023 Exhibition
- GRC @ Edge @ Futurebuild 2023 Exhibition
GRC Video
- GRC @ Edge @ FutureBuild 2023
- Background exhibition noise is high so audio is challenged
GBC Past CPD
- Defence Estates West (CPD) C#1721
- A is for Architecture (CPD) C#1685
- Saunders Boston Architects (CPD) C#1673
GBC Contact
GBC Shop
- Green Building Calculator
- GBC Version 1 Archive
- GBC Version 2 Buy now
- GBC Prices
- Green Retrofit Calculator
- GRC Version 1 Pending
GBC See Also:
- GBC CPD
- GBC CPD Seminar C#983
Defence Estates West (CPD) C#1721 End.
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12th January 2023 – 12th March 2023A is for Architecture (CPD) C#1685
A is for Architecture (CPD) C#1685
GBC > Events > CPD > C#1685
A is for Architecture (CPD)
- I want I want I want, a Green Building Calculator, so I made two
- Green Building Calculator V2 & Green Retrofit Calculator V1
- BrianSpecMan of GBC
- followed by delegate Q&A
Date: 4th Novemer 2022
Time: 12:00-13:30 pm
Organiser: A is for Architecture
Location: Microsoft Teams meeting
No link, this is their private eventGBC CPD
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A is for Architecture (CPD) C#1685
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4th November 2022Saunders Boston Architects (CPD) C#1673
Saunders Boston Architects (CPD) C#1673
GBC > Events > CPD > C#1673
Saunders Boston Architects (CPD)
- I want I want I want, a Green Building Calculator, so I made two
- Green Building Calculator V2 & Green Retrofit Calculator V1
- BrianSpecMan of GBC
- followed by delegate Q&A
Date: 24th October 2022
Time: 13:00-14:00 pm
Organiser: Saunders Boston Architects as part of a week of seminars
Location: Microsoft Teams meeting
No link, this is their private eventGBC CPD
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Saunders Boston Architects (CPD) C#1673
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23rd October 2022 – 24th October 2022
IHBA Hemp Symposium 2022 (Event) C#1635
IHBA Hemp Symposium 2022 Event
GBC > Events > Past > C#1635
About:
Date: 11th-12th October 2022
Organiser: IHBA International Hemp Building Association
Location: LaChapelle Marival, France
Programme:
Tuesday 11th October 2022
8am
Registration
9am
Introduction by Steve Allin, IHBA Director
9.15am
‘The Activities of the Ecole Nationale de Chanvre’
Max Scholtes Ecole Nationale du Chanvre, France
9.45am
‘Thermal Perforance and Life-Cycle Energy and Carbon Analysis of a Newly Developed, Density-Gradient Hemp-Lime Biocomposite Building Block’ (online presentation)
Yaakov Florentin Ph.D.Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
10.15am
‘Latest hemp Building Research’
Stephane Hans & Frederic Sallet ENTPE, France
10.45am
‘Creating European Regulations’ (online presentation)
Francesco Mirizzi EIHA, Brussels
11.15am
‘Including Hemp Materials in Natural Building Energy Calculator’ (online presentation)
Brian Murphy Green Building Calculator, UK
11.45am
‘Creating the US Hemp Standards for Hemp Building’
Jacob Waddel USHBA, United States
12.15pm
‘Categorising Hempcrete Update’
Liam Donohoe Technical University Dublin, Ireland
12.45pm
Summary
1pm
Lunch
2pm – 5.30pm
Demonstrations of spraying hempcrete and processing hemp straw.
7.30pm – 10pm
Dinner
Wednesday 12th October 2022
8.30am
‘Developing a Hemp Building Service in the USA’
Cameron McIntosh Americhanvre, United States
9am
‘Expanding the Market for Hemp Building Materials and Machinery’
Paolo Ronchetti Tecnocanapa, Italy
9.30am
‘Devita Pre-fabricated Block System’
Dion Lefebvre 8th Fire Innovations, Canada
10am
‘Zero km House in Moroccan Rif’
Monika Brümmer Cannatekum, Spain
10.30am
‘Latest Projects in Eastern Australia’ (online presentation)
Michael Leung Balanced Earth, Australia
11am
‘A 12 Storey Hemp Block Hotel in Cape Town South Africa’ (online presentation)
Oliver Wolf Afrimat, South Africa
11.30am
‘External Application of Hempcrete in Puy’
Pascal Favre Arbio, Switzerland
12pm
‘Hempcrete at High Altitude’ (online presentation)
Dhiraj K. Shah S.H.I.V, Nepal
12.30pm
Report from Ukraine
Sergiy Kovalenkov Hempire Ukraine.
1pm
Lunch
2pm
‘Voorst Town Hall Facade’ (online presentation)
Joost Roefs De Twee Snoeken, Netherlands
Rens Borgers Eco Bouw Salland, Netherlands
2.30pm
‘Group Thinking to Promote Hemp Building’
Roger Dauer, Henrik Pauly, Reinhold Straub, Jasmin Bawa Hanfbaukollektiv, Germany
3pm
‘Expanding the Market for Hemp Blocks’ (online presentation)
Charlotte de Bellefroid Isohemp, Belgium
3.30pm
‘Building the EcoStay Hemp House in Utterkand’
Guarav Dixit GoHemp Agroventures pvt Ltd, India
Namrata Kandwal GoHemp Agroventures pvt Ltd, India
4pm
‘Innovations in Bio-Consctruction’
Matthew Belcher Hemspan, United Kingdom
4.30pm
‘Early Projects in Costa Rica’ (online presentation)
Ashley Javogue Zegreen Construction, Costa Rica
5pm
‘The Scope of Hemp Building Impact’
Steve Allin IHBA Director, Ireland
5.30pm
Conclusion
GBC CPD
- Presenter: BrianSpecMan of GBC
- Showing: Green Building Calculator V2 with additions for the event
- The following includes only the images show to IHBS delegates
- Look out for highlights: ‘V2>V3’, ‘Hemp’, ‘Hemp-lime’ and pale green text
- NB: there will be a longer version of this file (90 slides) on GBE and GBL Websites
- The following includes the images show to IHBS delegates, along with others to set them in context
- Look out for highlights: ‘V2>V3’, ‘Hemp’, ‘Hemp-lime’ and pale green text.
IHBA Hemp Symposium 2022 (Event) C#1635
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13th October 2022 – 14th October 2022
Regen 2022 (Event) C#1621
Regen 2022 Event
GBC > Events > Future > GBC#1621
About
- Date: Wednesday 2nd to Thursday 3rd November 2022
- Event: Regen 2022 Liverpool
- Venue: St George’s Hall
- Stand: F9
- Presenting Green Building Calculator (GBC V2) and Green Retrofit Calculator (GRC V1)
Meet BrianSpecMan from GBC at Regen 2022 Event
Continuous displays on the stand:
GBC CPD Green Building Calculator V2 & Green Retrofit Calculator V1
GBC Video
Circular economy in action:
- Shell scheme gets used many times each year
- Apple iMac Monitor: new-to-me, remanufactured with war wounds, via Mac4Schools
- Exhibition furniture: reclaimed plywood from dismantled grain drying retaining wall made by Martin West of Syndicate West
- GBC Posters: 100% are reused
- Smart phone: new-to-me refurbished iPhone11 from Back<Market
Recent Events
- Alliance for Sustainable Building (ASBP):
- Self-Build & Design Show West (Event)
- UK Construction Week (Event)
Future Events
- News litems hint at other planned activity
Regen 2022 (Event) C#1621 End.
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12th October 2022 – 8th November 2022
UK Construction Week (Event) C#1564
UK Construction Week Event
GBC > Events > Past > GBC#1564
About
· Date: Tuesday 4th to Thursday 6th October 2022
· Event: UK Construction Week UKCW 2022
· Venue: NEC Birmingham
· Zone: Net Zero
· Stand: B1081
· Near the Grand Design Live 2022 Link through
· Presenting Green Building Calculator (GBC V2) and Firstplanit
· Meet BrianSpecMan from GBC and Ankita of Firstplanit
GBC and Firstplanit join forces for retrofit and new build
Serendipity
· Alliance for Sustainable Building (ASBP) had referred Ankita of Firstplanit to BrianSpecMan of National Green Specification (NGS), Green Building Encyclopaedia (GBE) 2 years earlier but our email services never quite made the connection
· We individually exhibited at Futurebuild 2022 with very positive response from construction professionals to both offerings.
· GBC received an email from Firstplanit the first morning of the show, GBC realised that Firstplanit had created what BrianSpecMan had wanted to do 20 years ago, with bells and whistles.
· Ankita visited BrianSpecMan at the GBC stand and that was the most important handshake of the show.
· We are now working together to push our ambitions as far as we can.
Meet Ankita of Firstplanit and BrianSpecMan from GBC at UK Construction Week Event 2022
Ankita and our first visitor 
Apparently delegates wanted to investigate the colourful display from 50 meters away Continuous displays on the stand:
GBC CPD Green Building Calculator V2
GBC Video
- We will also run two videos in the background
For manufacturers
Circular economy in action:
Shell scheme gets used many times each year
Table and chairs hired for the two days
Apple iMac Monitor: new-to-me, remanufactured with war wounds, via Mac4Schools
Exhibition furniture: reclaimed plywood from dismantled grain drying retaining wall made by Martin West of Syndicate West
Posters: 100% are reused for GBC and Firstplanit
Smart phone: new-to-me refurbished iPhone11 from Back<MarketRecent Events
- Alliance for Sustainable Building (ASBP):
- Sustainable Building Materials & Products – Databases and Tools (Event) C#1456
- Self-Build & Design Show West (Event)
Future Events
- Regen ’22
- Liverpool, 2nd-3rd November
UK Construction Week (Event) C#1564 End.
© GBE GBC GBL NGS ASWS Brian Murphy aka BrianSpecMan **
26th September 2022 – 12th October 2022
Energy Pathfinder Conference (Event) C#1496
Energy Pathfinder Conference Event C#1496
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About:
This conference will interest anyone who’s involved in managing and conserving our traditional buildings and historic built environments
About this event
The Energy Pathfinder project aimed to create demonstration projects to generate and disseminate knowledge on how to achieve much higher levels of thermal comfort and energy efficiency in the traditional buildings that form part of our architectural heritage, in order to ensure that these buildings provide comfortable conditions for living and working, and hence continue to be valued, not only for their historic characteristics, but also as functioning components of our future environment. More details on the project can be found at this link https://www.energypathfinder.eu/
There will be speakers from Finland, the Faroe Islands, Ireland, Sweden and Historic Environment Scotland. There will also be a visit to a recent thermal upgrade and extension of a building in central Cork City.Date: 20th and 21st September 2022
Time: 10:00-16:15 pm
Organiser: Interreg Project Energy Pathfinder
Location: Nano Nagle Centre, Cork City Centre
Registration for both days: https://energypathfinderconference2022.eventbrite.ie
Programme:
ENERGY PATHFINDER CONFERENCE SCHEDULE-1
Tuesday 20 September – DAY-ONE in Nano Nagle Centre, Cork City Centre
10:00 Welcome – Kevin McCartney (UCC & Cork Centre for Architectural Education)
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
10:05 Simon Montgomery (Historic Environment Scotland)
Change in the Historic Environment
10:30 Jose Ospina, (UCC, CCAE)
Energy Pathfinder, European Collaboration to support Building Reuse & Retrofit
11:00 Bárður í Baianstovu (Landsverk)
Faroe Islands Demonstrator – Vicarage Energy Retrofit
11:30 Tea/Coffee Break
11:45 Julia Heinonen (Oulu University of Applied Sciences)
CoDesign for Rector’s House Retrofit Project in Raahe, Finland:
12:15 Gareth O’Callaghan (JCA Architects)
Historic Building Restoration projects in Cork & Surroundings
12:45 Discussion & Questions from the floor
13:00 Light Lunch
14:00 Gireesh Nair (Umea University, Sweden)
Energy use and thermal comfort in a single-zone church in North Sweden
14:30 Wayne O’Donnell (NCE Insulation)
Cork Cathedral Community Development & Retrofit projects
15:00 Tim Cronin (UCC Buildings and Estates)
Energy Retrofits in University buildings and houses
15:30 Discussion & Questions from the floor
15:45 Coffee/Tea break
16:00 VISIT (walking tour)
Quaker Meeting House Renovation, Cork City: Akiboye Conolly Architects
17:300 END
Wednesday 21 September – DAY-TWO in Nano Nagle Centre, Cork City Centre
10:00 Welcome – Jose Ospina (UCC & Cork Centre for Architectural Education)
10:05 Angela Brady (Brady Mallalieu Architects)
Re-Use and Revitalisation of Myross Wood House10:30 Kevin Busby (MTU, CCAE) – Student Design Ideas for Myross Wood House
11:00 Caroline Akiboye & Simon Conolly (UCC, CCAE)
Energy Retrofit proposals for Myross Wood House11:30 Coffee Break
11:45 Kevin McCartney (UCC, CCAE) \
Codesign: Building Users and Energy Retrofit Decision-Making12:15 Trish Lavelle (Green Skibbereen)
Progress on development of CECAS at Myross Wood House
12:45 Discussion & Questions from the floor13:00 Light LUNCH
14:00 Kenneth Easson, Power Circle Projects Ltd (formerly Historic Environment Scotland)
Demonstration Projects, Orkney Islands
14:30 Kai Tolonen, Oulu University of Applied Sciences
Energy Pathfinder Toolkit Development15:00 Brian Murphy (remote presentation)
Green Building Calculator Applied to Orkney Projects15:30 Coffee Tea Break
15:45 Jose Ospina (UCC, CCAE) – Conclusions
15:50 Kevin McCartney – Future CPD on energy retrofit of traditional buildings
15:55 DISCUSSION
16:15 END
GBC CPD
In development available after the event
- BrianSpecMan of GBC
- Green Retrofit Calculator
- Green Building Calculator Bespoke B2 & B6
- Developments and application to Orkney Isles buildings
Energy Pathfinder Conference Event C#1496
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20th September 2022 – 21st September 2022RSAW RIBA West Wales (Event) C#1463
RSAW RIBA West Wales Event C#1463
GBC > Events > C#1463
RSAW RIBA West Wales Event C#1463
- I want I want I want a Green Building Calculator, So I made one
- Green Building Calculator V2
- BrianSpecMan of GBC
- followed by delegate Q&A
Date: 2nd September 2022
Time: 11:00-12:00 pm
Organiser: Michael Bool for RSAW & RIBA West Wales
Location: Microsoft Teams meeting
No link this happened alreadyGBC CPD
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RSAW RIBA West Wales (Event) C#1463
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1st September 2022 – 17th September 2022