{"id":6357,"date":"2017-04-19T17:03:13","date_gmt":"2017-04-19T16:03:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbc.org.uk\/events\/?p=6357"},"modified":"2017-04-19T17:03:13","modified_gmt":"2017-04-19T16:03:13","slug":"its-not-just-retrofit-making-older-buildings-energy-efficient","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/events200826230.live-website.com\/?p=6357","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s Not Just Retrofit. Making older buildings energy efficient"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>9 May 2017<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Belfast<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Older buildings are at risk from attempts to make them energy efficient. Everyone in the property and construction industry needs to understand that the one size fits all approach is not the answer for millions of older buildings \u2013 that are treated as if they were modern. At this event, introduced and chaired by Professor John Edwards, Guest Editor of IHBC\u2019s Context special edition on Green Retrofit we will explore:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fundamental differences between new and older buildings<\/li>\n<li>Comparing and contrasting energy efficiency assessment methods<\/li>\n<li>Making existing fabric more energy efficient \u2013 without retrofit<\/li>\n<li>A combined process of retrofit and other energy efficiency works \u2013 finding optimum solutions<\/li>\n<li>Role of Building Regulations<\/li>\n<li>Role of British and European Standards<\/li>\n<li>Guidance and Tools \u2013 good and bad<\/li>\n<li>Why dampness is one of the most important issues to understand<\/li>\n<li>Competencies required from individuals<\/li>\n<li>Quality Management on site<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/its-not-just-retrofit-making-older-buildings-energy-efficient-tickets-33589569306\">Find out more here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>9 May 2017 Belfast Older buildings are at risk from attempts to make them energy efficient. Everyone in the property and construction industry needs to understand that the one size &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/events200826230.live-website.com\/?p=6357\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">It&#8217;s Not Just Retrofit. Making older buildings energy efficient<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[3,5,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc","category-ihbc-area-of-competence-evaluation","category-ihbc-areas-of-competence-intervention"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/events200826230.live-website.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/events200826230.live-website.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/events200826230.live-website.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/events200826230.live-website.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/events200826230.live-website.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6357"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/events200826230.live-website.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6357\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6358,"href":"https:\/\/events200826230.live-website.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6357\/revisions\/6358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/events200826230.live-website.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/events200826230.live-website.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/events200826230.live-website.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}