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Caroe Architects (CPD) C#2030
Caroe Architects (CPD)
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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
GBC See Also:
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
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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 2022Energy Pathfinder Conference (Event) C#1496
Energy Pathfinder Conference Event C#1496
GBC > Events > C#1496
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
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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 2022Sustainable Building Materials & Products – Databases and Tools (Event) C#1456
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Sustainable Building Materials & Products – Databases and Tools Event
- 4 presentations 4 Organisations 4 Tools
- Including BrianSpecMan of GBC and Ankita Dwivedi of Firstplanit
- followed by delegate Q&A
Date: 15th September 2022
Time: 12:30-14:00 pm
Organiser: ASBP The Alliance for Sustainable Building Products
Location: Online (Zoom)
Cost: Free for ASBP members, £20 for partners, £30 general admittance
Registration (no link, it has already happened)
GBC CPD
During the Q&A Session a definition of ‘violet materials’ was requested, additional slides have been added at the beginning, extracted from GBE CPD Green or Violet materials Which do you use?
GBC See Also:
- GBPB Green Building Price Book
- GBPDC Green Building Product Data Collection
- GBREA Green Building Readymade Elemental Assemblies
- GBS Green Building Specification
- GBE Green Building Encyclopaedia
Sustainable Building Materials & Products – Databases and Tools (Event) C#1456
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1st September 2022 – 17th September 2022GBC Mentoring Khartoum Sudan
GBC Mentoring Khartoum Sudan
By Archway – Architecture Mentoring Program - Programme to guide and mentor students and fresh graduates in various disciplines presented by graduates and experts.
- A video presentation by BrianSpecMan followed by delegate Q&A
Date: 13th August 2022
Organiser: Reem Tageldin @ Archway team, Faculty of Architecture, University of Khartoum, Sudan
Social Media Links: Twitter LinkedIn facebook Instagram
Title:
- Clients may want more than their Quantity Surveyor is prepared to let them pay”
- Green Building Calculator’s role in overcoming this challenge
- I want, I want, I want,
- Green buildings design and decision tools
- Green architecture and the calculations of its impact on a changing climate.
Speaker: Brian Murphy aka BrianSpecMan
Delivery: On-line via facebook video
Moderator: Shahd Gaafar
GBC Feedback
Hi Brian
- I would like to thank you so much for giving us some of your precious time.
- To be honest this was an amazing experience for us here in Sudan to have someone with your experience give us a session.
- I hope we may have you as a speaker more often.
Sincerely Shahd Gaafar
Hey Brian!
- The session was very informative and more than expected!
- Thank you so much for your collaboration.
Reem Tageldin
Hey Reem
- Thank you for such an Intelligent audience with interesting questions
- (the best I have had so far).
BrianSpecMan
GBC Q&A
Archway – Architecture Mentoring Program
Don’t forget to comment with your questions, so we can answer them at the end of the session!
Q&A starts at 1:11:00 in the videoWhat can we replace cement with?
See Video Q&A @ 1:11:50Reem Tageldin How does the emerging health challenges (COVID for example ) change the framework for GBC?
See Video Q&A @Mona Dualbait Sudan uses mostly violet materials because they are cheaper, how can we as a country in an economic crisis tackle this?
See Q&A @ 1:14:00 & 1:20:30Nawal Bakhet Has GBC been applied to an existing project?
Student competition entry completed and Retrofit version case studies underway
See Video @ 30:38-33:50Assmaa Yousif Are temporary structures actually more efficient? or will we end up consuming more?
See Video Q&A @ 1:15:20Hazardous materials are everywhere, contractors are struggling to educate about hazardous materials and waste, what can Architects do about hazardous materials and waste?
See Video @ 1:20:30Hala Warrag If we want to learn how to use this calculator where can we apply to?
- https://GreenBuildingCalculator.uk
- Videos and instructions will follow, CPD seminars are there.
- We can offer Zoom training.
- Green Building Calculator – Green Building Calculator GBC
- See Video @ 1:29:20 to 1:30:50
Reem Tageldin Interesting!
Reem Tageldin A contextual GBC will be a great addition to the profession.
See Video @ 40:30 to 41:00Noon Osama What could be a greener alternative for HVAC systems, specially in a hot climate like ours?
See Video Q&A @ 1:24:00Assmaa Yousif Also Avoid the cladding lol !
Can GBC work in Sudan?
See Video @ 1:26:40 to 1:29:20Reem Tageldin Very informative
Thank you ReemReem Tageldin Very informative! Thank you for the content
Shima Alshaikh Thank you for such an informative session!!!
Thank you for saying so, I appreciate it.GBC CPD
GBC Mentoring Khartoum Sudan C#1396
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13th August 2022 – 27th August 2022GBC Feedback
GBC Feedback
GBC Mentoring & CPD Feedback
CPD Presentation: I want I want I want a Green Building Calculator, so I made one
Delegate Q&A session followed
Archway – Architecture Mentoring Program Khartoum Sudan 13th August 2022
- I would like to thank you so much for giving us some of your precious time.
- To be honest this was an amazing experience for us here in Sudan to have someone with your experience give us a session.
- I hope we may have you as a speaker more often.
Sincerely Shahd Gaafar Event Moderator
- The session was very informative and more than expected!
- Thank you so much for your collaboration.
Reem Tageldin Event Organiser
- Thank you for such an Intelligent audience with interesting questions
- (the best I have had so far)
I am a masters student trying to figure out the details of your calculator.
I will most likely be doing my thesis on building sustainability and a deep understanding of this calculator (which is literally the best one I’ve ever seen) would be amazing.
Noah Schneider 26th August 2022I am studying at the Centre for Alternative Technology in Machynlleth.
We have an assignment and I heard that your tool was the one to go for!
Alana Cox Student at CAT 23rd June 2022“Well done on all the great work you do BrianSpecMan Murphy.” 11th June 2022
Ralph Montague BArch MRIAI, Director at ARCDOX
Talks about #bim, #innovation, #engineering, #architecture, and #constructionIf you’re interested in avoiding green wash and actually calculating embodied and operational carbon, you NEED to know about BrianSpecMan Murphys Green Building Calculator. Check it out on LinkedIn 11th June 2022
Ele George Driving construction sector change // Consulting on sustainable and offsite buildings // Collaboration Hub Manager at Energiesprong // Strategy Manager at Offsite Alliance // Founder of Elevate
GBC and GBE Lectures Feedback
I first encountered Brian Murphy and the GBC spreadsheet at university in my masters program in 2016 and was quite impressed with it. Brian was able to show us very clearly the impact of our design solutions by using the calculator. More importantly with my 16 years of work experience at the time I saw what it could provide, a direct antidote to greenwashing. There had been several industry attempts to move towards a more responsible process for buildings and their environment in the last 20 years. In my experience, these processes tended to focus on ‘add-ons’ (bat boxes, bicycle parking, green roofs) to achieve a sustainability standard. There have always been ways to shortcut around these and the building industry has been typically reluctant to move away from the ‘the way they have always done it’.
Brian’s passion for a more accurate and universal criteria was clear from his first lecture and has not waned in the many discussions I have had with him. I have been working in the private residential market for the last 12 years and typically these projects have small design teams and discussions about what is the best solutions are, become a debate between the contractor and the architect and often the client choses to go with the contractor’s suggestion. The GBC provides a much more robust argument with which to convince the client and the contractor. On a recent project the client was happy to follow the guidance from the GBC, the main contractor was mostly supportive, but the sub-contractors continually challenged our decisions and at every opportunity pointed out to the client that the amount of insulation was not necessary, or the overhang was excessive. The GBC gave the client the confidence to ignore the noise coming from them.
Once the project data is in the GBC you can really examine the design, carbon and cost implications between different types of insulation, or heating systems for example. The GBC openly identifies where the information is coming from how it’s being used so as to really make the calculator transparent. This transparency removes bias and takes a major step towards providing an accurate tool with which to assess a project and ultimately help architects, designers, project managers and clients deliver a more sustainable built environment.
- Architect: Bryan Strom MArch2, AECB
- Practice: SLAB Architects
- ARB Registration: 098603H
- Mob: 07811 513925
- Email: b.strom@slabarchitects.com
- www.slabarchitects.com
- James Kells (See Q&A 12/03/2022)
- 14/03/2022
- Thats great work you are doing, best of luck with it.
- Thank you James
GBC CPD Feedback
- Jerome Le Dorze
- 13/12/2021
- Following CIAT CPD Video release (awaiting editing before posting here)
- Thanks Brian, I’m always very impressed.
- YOU are the green encyclopaedia.
- I loved the tenets enunciated in the introduction and the calculator is I’m sure a massively useful tool. (I want I want I want!)
- Thanks, Jerome
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13th December 2021 – 23rd June 2022GBC Feedback C#700 End.