This stage explores how existing school, college and university buildings can be modernised through retrofit, adaptation and sensitive reuse. Sessions cover heritage projects, low-carbon upgrades, infrastructure planning and fabric-first strategies, offering practical insights for futureproofing ageing estates.
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Refurb, Reuse, Adapt60 mins
- Refurbishment, Reuse & Adaptation Stage
This session explores how educational estates can meet modern needs through thoughtful retrofit and adaptation. Featuring post-war case studies and innovative low-carbon solutions, speakers will share strategies for preserving architectural heritage while improving functionality, resilience, and sustainability across schools and universities.
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Refurb, Reuse, Adapt60 mins
- Refurbishment, Reuse & Adaptation Stage
This case study examines the challenges of redeveloping a Grade A listed building, balancing heritage conservation with modern sustainability concerns.
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Refurb, Reuse, Adapt60 mins
- Refurbishment, Reuse & Adaptation Stage
This session explores two approaches to sustainable school transformation and how the schools perform in reality.
Chairperson
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Refurb, Reuse, Adapt45 mins
- Refurbishment, Reuse & Adaptation Stage
Aging infrastructure can hinder university development and decarbonisation. This session explores how universities are tackling issues of condition, capacity, and resilience, and unlocking opportunities to modernise, reduce maintenance, decarbonise heat, and adopt smart campus solutions.
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Refurb, Reuse, Adapt45 mins
- Refurbishment, Reuse & Adaptation Stage
This panel session will examine how the market needs to respond to deliver scaled-up condition and net zero interventions.
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Refurb, Reuse, Adapt45 mins
- Refurbishment, Reuse & Adaptation Stage
Does adopting a “fabric first” approach as part of an estate’s strategy, deliver added dividends, worthy of elevating it to one of best practice? This session explores the wins secured through applying “fabric first” before debating dissenting views on the posited universality of its application.
Chairperson