CPD Seminars

GreenSpec offers a comprehensive collection of CPD seminars. To date, the organisation has run several hundred successful events including those involving architects, structural and civil engineers, surveyors, interior designers, contractors, interiors designers, landscape architects, planners and product manufacturers.

What people have said:

‘I have been to many sustainability events and paid lots of money and got nothing useful out of it. This is the best event I have attended. It’s about real practical things I can do something about in my work. Thank you so much!’
Helen Taylor, RIBA Council

‘Your infectious enthusiasm and detailed knowledge really drove the day and gave us a remarkable level of participation from the other delegates. Your presentations have provided us with a great deal of valuable information and food for thought.’
Matt Adams, Groundwork, Merton

‘You have really inspired us to look at the issues you brought up and I’m sure the GreenSpec website will be getting good use’
Haverstock Associates

Seminars

Below is a small sample of the seminars that GreenSpec can offer. It is by no means exhaustive and potential users should feel free to discuss their particular needs.

1 What sustainability means to you

Includes looking at definitions, differentiating sustainable from conventional construction, design, specification and materials.

2 Using GreenSpec

This seminar looks at the features that GreenSpec offers and how to use them. The various features include specifications, the checklist, product data and information sources as well as others.

3 Overcoming Barriers

This seminar investigates the barriers to adopting sustainable construction methods and how to overcome them. The seminar looks at the problems respective parties encounter in the supply and construction chain.

4 Government Drivers

This seminar identifies government and local government legislation relating to energy and sustainable construction including the Code for Sustainable Homes, the Building Regulations and Local Authority planning guidance.

5 The Sustainable Construction Checklist

Based on the GreenSpec ‘Checklist’, this seminar looks at the issues involved in making the design and construction process more sustainable.

6 Specification

Specification is a key tool of the designer of sustainable buildings. The contract specification can make the difference between the failure and success of the designer’s ambitions. This seminar examines the tools of the trade including how to integrate GreenSpec specifications with NBS.

7 Manufacturers’ Claims

This seminar examines the claims manufacturers make concerning the environmental credentials of their products. It explains how manufacturers mislead and obfuscate and identifies how you can sort out ‘the wheat from the chaff’.

8 The Costs of Going Green

This seminar looks at the real and perceived costs involved in producing a sustainable building including overcoming barriers presented by clients and quantity surveyors, value engineering and lean construction.

9 Lean Construction

This seminar examines the processes that generate resource efficiency in the construction process from co-ordination of production information, health and safety through to waste elimination.

10 Refurbishment

Too often looked upon as new-build’s poor relation, refurbishment has a vital contribution to make to the carbon reduction agenda. This seminar examines the various initiatives dedicated to developing construction methodologies applicable to a wide range of buildings.

11 Waste Management in Design, Construction and Use

Millions of tonnes of construction waste have traditionally headed from site to landfill. But things are changing. On the one hand government legislation promoting recycling and on the other there is the realisation that there is money to be made from reducing waste. This seminar looks at the evolving legislative landscape and examines the tools for reducing waste from production and packaging through to lean design and site waste disposal.

12 Reclamation and Reuse

There is a massive potential to reuse building materials arising from unwanted buildings. There is an already sizeable market in reclaimed materials that runs parallel to the construction industry. Yet reclamation rarely engages with the supply change. This seminar examines the barriers involved in specify reclaimed materials together with ways of overcoming them.

Seminar Costs

• London-based lunchtime seminars are charged at £250 plus VAT plus travel.
• London-based half-day seminars are charged at £350 plus VAT plus travel.
• London-based full-day seminars are charged at £500 plus VAT plus travel.
• For other UK locations a travelling time charge may be added to the above, according to distance.
• Bespoke seminar costs vary according to research and preparation time. Please enquire.
• Workshops are charged at between £500 and £2500 depending on topics and event duration.

Contact

Please contact GreenSpec for further information using the form below.