Sustainable Buildings Alliance at Futurebuild 2025

Sustainable Building Alliance members will be well-represented at this year’s Futurebuild event at London’s ExCeL centre, taking place on 4-6 March.

Visit the Buildings Impact Stage for presentations hosted by the Good Homes Alliance and the Passivhaus Trust on Tuesday and Thursday, and the Materials Impact Stage for presentations from the ASBP on Tuesday and Wednesday. The ACAN fringe programme will feature a talk on plant-based Passivhaus on Wednesday, and the ASBP will also be on Stand A30 throughout.

And don’t miss the National Retrofit Conference and Expo, on which the National Retrofit Hub are partnering with the Retrofit Academy.

Register now for your free place on the Futurebuild website.

WEDS 5 MARCH

15:30

Materials Impact Stage

Increasing traceability, transparency and biodiversity in mass timber supply chains: Findings from the IMPACTT project

Chaired by Simon Corbey (ASBP); speakers will be Asselia Katenbayeva (ASBP), Darren Thomas (Double Helix Tracking Technologies) and John Kirkby (PEFC UK Ltd)

THURS 6 MARCH

12:30

Materials Impact Stage

Natural materials for new build and retrofit

Chaired by Richard Broad (ASBP); speakers will be Emma Taylor (University of Bath), Michiel Brouns (Brouns & Co Ltd), Peter Rollinson (Mike Wye Ltd), and Tom Robinson (Adaptavate Ltd)

TUES 4 MARCH

13:30

Buildings Impact Stage

Housing in a climate emergency – Why we need to go further and faster on housing standards

Chaired by Julian Brooks Programmes Director at Good Homes Alliance; speakers will be Julie Godefroy (CIBSE), Kirsty Girvan (UKGBC), and Lewis Knight (Bioregional)

TUES 4 MARCH

15:30

Placemaking Impact Stage

Best Practice Water Efficiency and Reuse in Housing

Chaired by Rory Olcayto (Pollard Thomas Edwards); speakers will be Saffron Corcoran (Thames Water) and Dr Tom Dollard (Pollard Thomas Edwards)

TUES 4 MARCH

12:30

Buildings Impact Stage

Passivhaus & Future Homes

Chaired by Emma Osmundsen (PHT); speakers will be Clare Murray (Levitt Bernstein), Dr Rachel Mitchell (Greenbox Associates), and Shaun Gannon (Levitt Bernstein)

WEDS 5 MARCH

12:30

ACAN Fringe

Plant Based Passivhaus

Chaired by Tabitha Binding (PHT); speakers will be Janna & Seb Laan Lomas and Andy Hales (Grain Architecture)

THURS 6 MARCH

13:30

Buildings Impact Stage

Passivhaus & Net Zero

Chaired by Jae Cotterell (Passivhaus Homes); speakers will be Seb Laan Lomas (Architype) and Piers Sadler (Delta Q)

The National Retrofit Hub is partnering with the Retrofit Academy and others to deliver the National Retrofit Conference and Expo.

The National Retrofit Conference centres on Scaling the Ambition and Delivering the Promise with Retrofitting with its main theme of Regenerating Our Cities and Regions. Curated by the Retrofit Academy CIC and the National Retrofit Hub, the conference will deliver practical, actionable solutions that attendees can implement to advance their retrofit programmes.

And don’t miss the Big Retrofit Challenge, where innovators will present groundbreaking ideas to solve the most pressing retrofit challenges – your opportunity to engage with cutting-edge solutions that will redefine the future of retrofit.