Twilight Talks

The Green Register is delighted to be launching a new series of events starting in Autumn 2021. On the second Monday of each month, we’ll be running Twilight Talks - a relaxed and informal string of events on sustainable building matters to complement our regular training topics. Each one-hour event will be FREE of charge and feature short talks from one or more speakers. With Q&A and discussion sessions throughout, everyone is invited to be part of the conversation. We’ll be holding Twilight talks at 5-6pm, in the sweet spot between work and dinner – so join us to nourish the mind before replenishing the body!

EnerPHit, the passivhaus standard for retrofit - how it fits into the zero carbon agenda

Sarah Lewis, Research and Policy director at the passivhaus trust will join us to talk about EnerPHit, the passivhaus standard for retrofit, and how it fits into the bigger zero carbon picture.

Sarah will talk about:

• Where Passivhaus EnerPHit fits into Net Zero, including The Passivhaus Trust's Position Paper on Retrofit in the UK, published September 2021.
• Passivhaus Retrofit options: Single stage, Step-by-Step, Component approaches to EnerPHit.
• A new Periodic Heating tool to support accurate analysis of existing buildings with the Passivhaus calculation software, PHPP.  

Agenda:

The format of Twiglight Talks are an hour of presentations, followed by 30 mins of questions, discussion, networking and informal chat.

• 5-6pm: Presentations
• 6-6.30pm: Q&A, Discussion, Networking

About the Speaker

Sarah Lewis, Research and Policy Director at the Uk Passivhaus Trust

Sarah is an architect and Passivhaus consultant who has been involved in the development of some of the UK’s largest Passivhaus schemes, and more recently, the first UK school aiming for EnerPHit certification. As a keen advocate for Passivhaus and equipped with a wealth of knowledge and expertise in the field, Sarah is also a published author of the best-selling book ‘PHPP illustrated’, a complete user guide to the Passivhaus Planning Package tool.

In recognition of her contribution to low energy architecture throughout her career, Sarah also holds achievements including the 2018 European Sustainability and Environmental Women of the Year, 2015 Constructing Excellence Achiever of the Year, and in 2013 she was listed by AJ as one of the Top 20 Women leading the way in sustainable architecture in the UK.

With Passivhaus going from strength to strength in the UK, Sarah who joined the Trust earlier this year, will play a crucial role in steering the future development of the Trust and the delivery of Passivhaus buildings on the path to net zero.

Twilight Talks are supported by Ecomerchant.