COP26 housing events round-up
Round-up of COP26 housing-themed events, conferences and exhibitions open to all. Several feature SFHA staff, members and partner organisations.
Build Better Now
Sunday 31 October–12 November
Virtual exhibition
This is a virtual exhibition and events series, highlighting the built environment’s role in tackling the climate and ecological crises: Build Better Now.
The exhibtion includes the 107 Niddrie Road, Southside Housing Association, Glasgow, Scotland project led by John Gilbert Architects. The project is a deep retrofit of a tenement to Enerphit standard as one of 17 projects from around the world.
Click here to learn more about the exhibition.
Carbon reduction, older tenements and the retrofit challenge in Glasgow
9 November, 17:30–19:00
Queen's Park Govanhill Church of Scotland
The UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence (CaCHE) will explore reducing carbon emissions by retrofitting Glasgow's pre-1919 tenement blocks during an event on 9 Novemeber.
You are invited to join a public meeting to discuss, and learn more about, the ongoing refurbishment of an eight-property tenement block on Niddrie Road, Glasgow. Attendees will hear directly from the key project partners, including Southside Housing Association, Glasgow City Council, John Gilbert Architects, CCG (Scotland) Ltd., and the UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence (CaCHE) and will be among the first to view a new short film about the project
This is a free event, and all are welcome. Residents of the Southside of Glasgow are particularly encouraged to come along and take part. Light refreshments will be available on arrival.
This event is part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science 2021. ESRC-funded research informs policymakers and practitioners and helps make businesses, voluntary bodies and other organisations more effective.
Click here to book your place.
Historic Environment Scotland: Retrofit at SpACE
12 November, 10:30–16:45
SpACE, Edinburgh
SpACE stands for Space for architecture, Carbon and Environment. It is a recent public platform located at the old Lauriston Fire Station, which is now a part of the Edinburgh College of art Building. This exhibition space will allow the people of Edinburgh to engage with topics related to design and the built environment in the setting of achieving net-zero carbon by 2030.
This full day conference is aimed at practitioners with a role in upgrading and adapting Scotland’s historic built environment to meet the on-going challenge of climate change.
In line with this, there will be a focus on the energy retrofit of traditional buildings with specialists from Historic Environment Scotland leading the discussion on key principles and best practice in this area. This will be demonstrated through a series of talks showcasing new guidance as well as exemplar case studies developed by the team of researchers and professionals at Historic Environment Scotland.
Partners such as the Lister Housing Co-operative, Community Housing Trust, and Zero Waste Scotland will also enrich the discussion by offering their experience and best practice in energy retrofit projects in Scotland.
There will be opportunities for audience members to network and participate in the debate through questions and discussion.
You can view the programme and book your tickets via this link.