Conference Workshop 3B

Wednesday 24 January 2024 11.00

3B The Challenges and Opportunities for Bio-based Materials Used in Retrofitting Social Housing

Arguments for greater use of bio-based construction materials

Reduced GHG emissions and environmental impact

  • Lower embodied carbon
  • Lower building energy use

Resource efficiency

  • Renewable
  • Reduced waste – circular construction

Building environmental performance

  • Hygrothermal performance
  • Vapour permeability

Healthier buildings

New markets

Speaker

Professor Pete Walker

Department of of Architecture & Civil Engineering, University of Bath

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