NHMFStudy tour

17-18 May 2023 | Slough & Oxford

Event details

Date:
17-18 May 2023
Venue:
Slough & Oxford

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Timetable (2023)

Wednesday 17 May - Slough/Oxford

From ‐ 10:30
Parking
Public (multi-story) car park at the end of Bedford Avenue opposite Premier Inn. £6 (Opposite) Premier Inn Slough West, 40 Liverpool Rd, Slough SL1 4QZ
From ‐ 11:00
Arrive at the venue : Octopus Energy – Heat Networks
11:10 ‐ 12:00
Intro By Nicholas Doyle (Adecoe)
‘Purpose of the trip’, Netzero and how to deliver
12:15 ‐ 12:45
Lunch at the venue
12:45 ‐ 15:00
Intro to Octopus Energy Group
Demo Room
15:00 ‐ 17:00
Travel / Leave the venue
(1 hour by car, 1.5 hours by train, so 2 hours to be safe)
17:00 ‐ 18:00
Check-in & park at hotel
18:00 ‐ 18:30
Drinks by the hotel lobby
18:30 ‐ 18:40
Coach pick-up
19:00 ‐ 20:00
Evening guided tour
(Oxford Walking Tours) and end at restaurant
20:00 ‐ 21:45
Dinner at Browns
21:45
Coach pick-up
22:15
Coach drop at the Hotel

Thursday 18 May  - Oxford

07:45 ‐ 08:15
Breakfast in restaurant
08:15 ‐ 08:30
Leave bag with hotel reception
08:30 ‐ 09:00
Coach to first activity
(coach pickup at 8:30)
09:00 ‐ 10:30
City Council walking tour / briefing
‘Low traffic neighbourhoods’ + related plans/ controversy with Galvin Belcher (Principal Infrastructure Planner for Oxfordshire County Council) - meeting point at the junction of Cornwallis Road and Henley Avenue
10:30
Coach pick-up
10:45 ‐ 12:30
11:00 ‐ 11:45
Challenge 1: Damp & Mould project
Prof Joe Tah / Martyn Stones / Husein (Oxford Brookes Uni) / Neil Watts (Peabody)
11:45 ‐ 12:30
Challenge 2: NetZero. Innovative Construction Materials
Prof Peter Walker (Bath Uni)
12:30 ‐ 13:15
Lunch Oxford Brookes
Robotics demonstration
13:15 ‐ 14:00
Challenge 3: Indoor Air Quality and Building Overheating
Prof Rajat Gupta (Oxford Brookes Uni)
14:00 ‐ 14:45
Challenge 4: Training and skills
Mark Ross and Ansely Zora (Retrofit Academy)
14:45 ‐ 15:00
Tea and coffee
15:00 ‐ 15:45
Challenge 5: OBU Geo-Exchange Project site and Energy Centre visit
15:45 ‐ 16:00
Coach back to hotel to get bags and cars
16:00
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The centre of excellence for improving property performance

The NHMF is the leading body representing housing providers, committed to championing innovation to deliver excellence in maintenance and asset management