September Events

Renewable energy conference

This topical one-day conference will enable planners to understand the implications of the new Climate Change PPS and the Government policy on renewable energy. This conference will examine the issues surrounding renewable energy and discuss how planners can ensure that Government targets will be met.

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• What is this conference about?
• Who should attend?
• Key benefits
• Programme
• Conference chair
• Conference speakers
• Want to book this as part of the RTPI Season ticket 2009?
• CPD requirements
• Quotes from previous participants...
• The Renewable Energy Centre

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What is this conference about?

This topical one-day conference will enable planners to understand the ambitions of the Climate Change PPS and Government policy on renewable and low-carbon energy. The Code for Sustainable Homes/Buildings means that by 2016 all homes must be zero-carbon, and non-residential buildings by 2019. Other targets include generating 10% electricity from renewable sources by 2010. The Planning process will need to extend into new areas if it is to help the country to meet the energy challenges of the future. The DCLG Annual Monitoring Report requires boroughs to report back on renewable energy generation, and the conference will explain how this task can be automated.

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Who should attend?

This briefing conference is designed for:

• Anyone in regional and local government with responsibilities, or opportunities, to plan for renewable energy
• Private company planners and energy consultants needing to understand how to prepare strategies to progress planning permission
• Directors and heads of environment, development and planning
• Development management planners
• Climate Change and Sustainability officers/consultants

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Key benefits

This one day conference will help you:

1. Government initiatives and policy background
2. The impact of the Climate Change PPS on Development Plans
3. How to implement renewable policies on a day-to-day basis
4. Different technologies - with a focus on ground and air source heat pumps
5. Specific projects through case studies
6. Monitoring and compliance through Enforcement Conditions and S106.

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Programme

9.00 Registration and coffee

9.30 Welcome and introduction by the Chair

Adrian Hewitt, Strategic and Development Director, Energence Ltd

9.40 Implementing low to zero carbon technologies

• Targets
• Typical costs and outputs
• Appropriate scale
• Example applications
• Potential across the UK

Chris Dunham, Managing Director, Carbon Descent

10.20 Strategic planning for renewable and low carbon energy

• The scope and scale of the challenge
• Good practice in planning for renewable and low carbon energy
• Dealing with designated areas

Sarah Young, Associate, Land Use Consultants

11.00 Coffee and networking

11.20 Delivery of renewable and low carbon energy

• Masterplanning
• Wider delivery through the development management process
• Case studies of good practice

Rob Shaw, Director of Sustainability and Climate Change, LDA Design

12.00 Practical implementation of renewable energy planning policies: a local government perspective

• Development management protocols and determining applications
• Statutory planning policies
• The use of planning agreements and conditions
• Case studies
• Developing an understanding and commitment amongst Development Management staff
• Rolling out objectives to a wider range of applications
• Summary and conclusions

Jonathan Lewis, Development Control Manager, London Borough of Merton

12.40 Panel discussion

1.00 Lunch

2.00 Ground source heat technology

• What are heat pumps
• Installation basics
• Ground connection methods
• Case studies
• New developments in the Industry
• Grants & RHI

Robert Meeks, Technical Executive, Ice Energy

2.40 Maximising the efficiency of renewable heat sources

• Heat rises? back to basics
• A system embedded in construction
• Integration
• Controls sophisticated yet simple
• SAP and SBEM

Keith Westcott, Managing Director, Evenheat Limited

3.20 Monitoring renewables – confirming compliance with local policies, Annual Monitoring Reports and establishing an

LDF evidence base

• Six years of the Merton Rule
• Outline case studies
• Lessons learned
• Monitoring the effectiveness of the renewable
• Where’s it all going?

Adrian Hewitt

4.00 Panel discussion

4.20 Conclusion by the chair

Adrian Hewitt

4.30 Close of conference

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Conference chair

Until June 2008 Adrian Hewitt had responsibility for developing and implementing climate change policies at Merton – most notably the Merton Rule which won the Royal Town Planning Institute’s Silver Jubilee Cup in 2006. He is now a Director at Energence Ltd, a company that monitors renewable energy for boroughs.

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Conference speakers

Chris Dunham has many years experience in advising private businesses, local authorities, and the third sector on renewable and low-carbon energy technologies. He is currently Managing Director of Carbon Descent, an independent social enterprise and environmental trust specialising in the key areas of energy, resource use, transport, the built environment and renewables for over 10 years.

Jonathan Lewis has worked in Town Planning with London Boroughs since graduating in Geography from Liverpool University. He has worked in outer and inner London and has dealt with proposals for major mixed used developments bordering metropolitan open land, alongside the River Thames in London, and re-development of the former Arndale shopping centre in Wandsworth.

Robert Meeks studied Mechanical Engineering at Southampton University specialising in Low Carbon Buildings for a Masters Degree in 2000-2004. After training as a project manager and having researched all the relevant technologies he approached Ice Energy as the market leader in ground source heat pumps. Now the Technical Executive supporting the housing and development team and working with R&D he is aiming to make heat pumps the 1st choice heating system for domestic buildings in the UK.

Rob Shaw is a chartered town planner with 11 years experience. He was formerly Associate Director in AECOM’s Sustainable Development Group and Director of Policy & Projects at the Town and Country Planning Association. He has been responsible for promoting effective action on climate change mitigation and adaptation and has significant experience promoting sustainable communities.

Keith Westcott was elected to Technical Chairman of UHMA, the Underfloor Heating Manufacturers Association in December 2009 and currently sits on the Technical Co-ordination Committee of CIPHE, the Chartered Institute of Plumbing and Heating Engineering. His specialist skills are in the integration of floor heating systems with renewable heating technologies. Keith is also the Technical Director for ICE Energy Floor Heating and the Managing Director of Evenheat Limited.

Sarah Young is an Associate at Land Use Consultants (LUC), an environmental planning and design consultancy. Sarah joined LUC from Oxford Brookes University where she was a researcher in the Planning Policy Research Group. Her principal area of expertise is strategic environmental planning research and policy development, particularly in relation to sustainable energy issues.

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Want to book this as part of the RTPI Season ticket 2009?

Simply Click here to be directed to the booking form.

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CPD requirements

This event is intended to help RTPI members with their CPD requirements.

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Quotes from previous participants...

‘Very good speakers – interesting, inspiring, relevant’

‘Excellent conference – panel discussion was very interesting and lively’

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The Renewable Energy Centre

For further information about Renewable Energy please visit www.therenewableenergycentre.co.uk

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