Join us at the first University of Cambridge Decarbonisation Network Symposium. The Network’s Special Interest Groups will come together under the banner of ‘Innovations in UK Building Retrofits’.
Retrofitting and renovation of buildings will be key to reaching zero carbon targets. Much of the UK building stock is aging, with a range of ‘hard to treat’ and historic buildings that are difficult to upgrade. On one hand, technologies that exist face challenges of uptake, consumer confidence, and financial commitments. On the other hand, there is a need for new innovations in materials, energy systems, and processes to tackle buildings and new demands on how they are operated – e.g., innovative glazing, facades, insulation, new types of heat distribution materials, novel ventilation systems, smart operation, robotics etc.
This Symposium aims to identify innovative emerging technologies in this space that can be accelerated by industry-academic collaboration.
External delegates will give short presentations on:
- An emerging technology they are working on
- Its future potential
- Its technical challenges
Those selected to present will be updated in the first week of September.
Student poster competition: The Symposium will feature a student poster competition. Students are invited to join the Symposium and submit abstracts for their proposed posters (max 200 words) on the topic of ‘Innovations in building retrofits’.
Please email your poster proposal to decarbnetwork@admin.cam.ac.uk no later than the 31st August (deadline extended from 22nd August). We aim to inform those selected by the following week.
