Facades at the heart of retrofit strategy

Facades are the skin of a building playing a role in thermal efficiency, daylighting and aesthetics etc. Improving the external envelope of buildings can be one of the most effective ways to alter a potentially stranded asset and give it a long term future, saving the embodied carbon within the existing building. What considerations should be foremost in the project team’s mind? This session will cover:

• establishing the trade-off between operational and embodied carbon costs of different solutions
• replacement of glazing, thermal elements and cladding materials
• early engagement with contractors 

Gianluca Rapone, Sustainability Lead - FMDC

Matthew Mapp, Head of Whole Life Carbon - Sweco

Margaux Basalo, Facade Package Manager - Mace Group

Laura Collins, Project Director - Stanhope

Emily Watson, Director - Stiff + Trevillion