Join our RIBA North East Sustainability Mastermind Session with the topic of Fabric Fifth on Wednesday 31 January at 5pm.
Our Chair of Sustainability Mastermind Mark Siddall and Co-Chair of Sustainability Mastermind Adam Vaughan invite an expert speaker Nigel Banks - Technical Director of Zero Bills and Low Carbon Homes at Octopus Energy, in this forum to talk about Fabric Fifth.
Nigel Banks explains more about the Fabric Fifth concept:
"We need to rapidly reduce emissions, lower energy bills as well as deliver comfortable and healthy homes, so where should we be prioritising spending our money in the UK? The housing industry mantra has been “Fabric First” for decades, but for the next few decades, I (and many experts I speak to) now think most funds need to be reprioritised moving “major fabric improvements” down to fifth place (in most homes).
"Please note that fabric still makes the top 5 and shouldn’t be forgotten! When combined with good fabric performance, we can deliver homes that generate more energy than they use, so are operationally zero carbon and can also have zero energy bills ."
For more information and background on Fabric Fifth read this LinkedIn article.
Please secure your space as soon as possible.
