{"id":613,"date":"2014-07-12T20:00:54","date_gmt":"2014-07-12T19:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marshflattsfarm.org.uk\/wordpress\/?p=613"},"modified":"2015-12-08T21:55:53","modified_gmt":"2015-12-08T21:55:53","slug":"aecb-annual-conference-bristol-11-12-july-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marshflattsfarm.org.uk\/wordpress\/?p=613","title":{"rendered":"AECB Annual Conference, Bristol, 11 &#8211; 12 July 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m just back from the 2014 Association for Environment Conscious Building <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aecb.net\/wp-content\/plugins\/aecb-publication-library\/librarian.php?id=11143&amp;file=11144\" target=\"_blank\">conference<\/a> &#8211; two days in Wills Hall Conference Centre at the University of Bristol. I&#8217;ve been a Supporter member of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aecb.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">AECB<\/a> for two years now and I also attended last year&#8217;s <a title=\"AECB Annual Conference, Bradford, 12 \u2013 13 July 2013\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marshflattsfarm.org.uk\/wordpress\/?p=332\">conference<\/a> in Bradford. I briefly\u00a0lived in Bristol over 20 years ago, quite close to Wills Hall, and it was good to go back for a visit.<\/p>\n<p>The annual conference is attended by roughly 200 of the 1400 AECB members and is an interesting mix of relatively technical presentations (which I like very much), some more political discussions, a small exhibition of sustainable building materials and services and a lot of networking with like-minded individuals.<\/p>\n<p>Both years I have come away with lots of leads to follow up on. This year they include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The AECB <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lowenergybuildings.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Low-Energy Buildings Database<\/a>\u00a0which aims to provide a comprehensive index of real-life low-energy buildings &#8211; both new-build and retrofit &#8211;\u00a0including a comparison of their predicted and measured performance\n<ul>\n<li>Some of the entries are fairly sparsely populated with information but the entry for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lowenergybuildings.org.uk\/viewproject.php?id=232\" target=\"_blank\">Denby Dale Passivhaus<\/a>\u00a0looks pretty comprehensive<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The new Passivhaus categories: Passivhaus Plus and Passivhaus Premium, alongside what is now called Passivhaus Classic. The new categories take account of on-site renewable power generation. More info <a href=\"http:\/\/www.passivhaustrust.org.uk\/news\/detail\/?nId=360#.U8GdkBZ_zLQ\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.\n<ul>\n<li>Since I&#8217;m planning to include a Solar PV installation I&#8217;m wondering if Marsh Flatts Farm will &#8220;automatically&#8221; qualify for one of the new categories&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenregister.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Green Register<\/a> of Construction Professionals.<\/li>\n<li>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ariston.com\/uk\/NUOS\" target=\"_blank\">Ariston NUOS<\/a> Air Source Heat Pump Hot Water Cylinder\n<ul>\n<li>A hot water cylinder with an integrated air-source heat pump and ducted air intake and exhaust ports<\/li>\n<li>Further research shows there&#8217;s a similar alternative from a different manufacturer, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.esavep.com\/renewables\/why-use-an-ecocent-for-your-hot-hater\" target=\"_blank\">Ecocent<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>A range of home monitoring and management solutions:\n<ul>\n<li>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.energence.co.uk\/energy-monitoring-platform\/\" target=\"_blank\">Energence Energy Monitoring Platform<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theowl.com\/index.php\/\" target=\"_blank\">OWL<\/a> energy monitors and heating controllers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m just back from the 2014 Association for Environment Conscious Building conference &#8211; two days in Wills Hall Conference Centre at the University of Bristol. 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