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08:45
  1. Registration & Networking
    60 mins
10:10
  1. Sheikh Zayed Theatre
    35 mins

    Exploring key insights and lessons learned from the Net Zero Accelerator Pathfinder, this discussion will highlight effective strategies, challenges, and successes in the journey toward decarbonisation.

10:45
  1. Conference Break & Networking
    60 mins
11:45
  1. Sheikh Zayed Theatre
    60 mins
    Decarbonising education estates is vital but funding remains a challenge. Looking at case studies, this session will explore barriers, solutions, and funding options for schools, colleges and universities.
  2. Alumni Theatre
    60 mins

    This session showcases two pioneering approaches to sustainable university design. HLM Architects highlight innovative net zero strategies through exemplar projects including Trent View College and NMIS, focusing on offsite construction and whole life carbon. Stride Treglown presents post-occupancy insights from Purdown View, the UK’s largest Passivhaus student accommodation, reflecting on performance data and student wellbeing. Together, these talks offer valuable lessons in designing for carbon neutrality, operational efficiency, and occupant experience—demonstrating how sustainability can be embedded from concept to completion.

12:45
  1. Lunch & Networking
    75 mins
14:00
  1. Sheikh Zayed Theatre
    60 mins
    This session will reflect key themes such as data integration, sustainability, decarbonization, and the use of Building Information Modelling (BIM) to enhance decision-making and operational efficiency across educational estates.
  2. Alumni Theatre
    60 mins

    A sacred cow?

    Does adopting a “fabric first” approach as part of an estate’s strategy, deliver added dividends, worthy of elevating it to one of best practice?

    This session explores the wins secured through applying “fabric first” before debating dissenting views on the posited universality of its application.

15:00
  1. Conference Break & Networking
    45 mins
15:45
  1. Alumni Theatre
    60 mins
    This panel discussion will examine strategies for creating resilience across existing estates, with the aim of enabling continued operation, despite climate events. The session will include case studies from various client groups and how they are responding to the need for resilient estates.
  2. Alumni Theatre
    60 mins
    Hybrid Heating Solutions: Paving the Way to Net Zero in Education Matt Isherwood & Adam Wardley, Barker Associates & Kirsty Anthony, Shires Academy Trust Join education property consultants Barker for ...
16:45
  1. Move to Closing Keynote
    5 mins
16:50
  1. Sheikh Zayed Theatre
    40 mins
    Higher education institutions face a significant challenge in reducing carbon emissions and achieving net zero. This session will explore the critical role of collaboration, shared innovation, and behavioural change in making net zero a reality across university estates. While competition often drives progress, the urgency of climate action calls for a united approach—one that leverages collective expertise, resources, and commitment.

Conference Partners

Arcadis Barker Building Spatial Intelligence
Eddisons good energy Saint-Gobain Zenergi