Building for a sustainable & resilient future: international lessons for UK homes
When: Thursday 4 June, 11:00am BST
UK homes are facing a climate they were not built for. The 2022 heatwave produced the first 40°C summer on record, with around 3,000 excess deaths attributed to the heat. Cold homes still cost the NHS over £1 billion every year. And physical climate risk is now shaping how investors, lenders and insurers assess residential portfolios.
Other countries have been building for climate extremes for decades. This webinar brings together international practitioners from the Netherlands, Finland and beyond to explore what works elsewhere, and how BREEAM UK New Construction: Residential gives UK developers, housing associations and investors the independent certification framework to build homes that perform across a changing climate, protect residents, and deliver measurable ESG value.
What will attendees learn?
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- How European markets design, deliver and certify homes built for extreme heat, extreme cold and long-term climate resilience
- Why physical climate risk is becoming a financial and ESG consideration for residential portfolios, and what investors and lenders are now asking for
- How BREEAM UK New Construction: Residential helps developers demonstrate independently certified performance on resilience, sustainability and resident outcome
Agenda
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- Welcome and overview
- The changing climate reality for UK homes
- Building for extreme cold: lessons from Finland
- Building for overheating and flood resilience: lessons from the Netherlands
- Designing for long-term ESG and investment value: an institutional view
- How BREEAM UK New Construction: Residential supports international best practice
- Panel discussion and audience Q&A
Moderator: Dan Asquith, Senior Business Development Team Leader, BRE
Panel
Elisabetta Li Destri Nicosia, Managing Director, Sustainability & ESG, Amro Partners
Jennifer Dudley, Lead Product Manager, BREEAM Residential, BRE
Who should attend this webinar?
This event is for developers and housing associations delivering new homes, local authority housing and planning teams, design consultants advising on residential schemes, and anyone preparing for the upcoming Healthy Homes Standards.
Notes:
Please note that some details in this agenda may be subject to change.
Speakers
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Dan AsquithBusiness Development Manager, BRE -
Elisabetta Li Destri NicosiaManaging Director, Sustainability & ESG, Amro Partner
