1. FLASH
programme
and beyond
Terry McGivern

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Institute for Sustainability
• Independent charity led by a world class board representing
UK industry, academia and the public sector
• Set up to accelerate and facilitate delivery of sustainable
communities and cities
• Works with many partners to develop and demonstrate
innovative, practical solutions to creating greener and more
prosperous places to work and live
• Shares the knowledge/learning widely to speed up best
practice, encourage investment, and actively support social
and economic development

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Learning and Dissemination
• Capture the learning from applied/practical research and
demonstration
• Utilise “prior knowledge” – don’t reinvent the wheel
• Convert into practical, accessible information
• Independent and impartial ; well informed/ best practice
• Disseminate and share widely to many audiences for both
learning and social/economic/environmental improvement
• Open access / inclusive

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Multiple Audiences /Partners
• SME’s (Professions, Trades, Suppliers, Distributors)
• Major contractors and consultants
• Clients – public and private
• Utilities - Energy, water & waste
• Local & central government
• Academia & research
• Trade & Professional Bodies
• Third Sector / Community

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Institute for Sustainability
Three key programmes
• Resource Efficient Buildings
- FLASH
- FLASH+
- ICAD
- RE: Start Local
- Climate Market Accelerator (CMA)
• Sustainable Infrastructure
• Sustainable Transport

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Integrated Systems
Integrated into holistic strategies/planning for delivering low
carbon /sustainable communities and cities
• Total Community Retrofit
• Low Carbon London
• Smart Cities
• Neighbourhood Demo
• Future Cities

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Logical / progressive journey for SMEs
• FLASH – low carbon building / retrofit , micro generation
and resource efficiency –developing the solutions and
meeting the challenges
• FLASH+ - building performance evaluation. Proving
what works and what doesnt

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Logical / progressive journey for SMEs
• Carbon Market Accelerator - facilitating and accelerating
the journey to market of innovative products and technologies
• RE Start Local - improving local procurement processes
and local supply chains for onshore/building renewables
• Total Community Retrofit – bringing it all together in
holistic, integrated solutions

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Low Carbon : Low Energy
Sustainable Built Environment
• 80% carbon reduction target by 2050
• Over 40% of CO2 emissions are from buildings –almost 40% from
existing buildings (25% from Housing)
• Over 80% of current buildings will still be in use by 2050
• Reduce energy consumption in existing building stock and increase
use of renewable fuels

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Eco-retrofit - Housing
Challenge and Opportunity
o 20 million + homes in 40 years
o 4 million social; 16 million private
o 600,000 homes a year for at least 30 years
o £500 billion market – huge opportunity

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UK Renewable Energy Roadmap
• the challenge is to bring costs down and increase usage
• starting from a low level, UK aims to deliver 15% of energy
consumption from renewable sources by 2020
• 8 technologies capable of delivering more than 90% of the
renewable energy we need for 2020
•Feed in Tariff / Renewable Heat Incentive ; Green Deal & ECO
•Build local capacity and supply chains

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Incentives/Finance - driving demand
• Feed in Tariffs (FiT) – 2010 /11
• CERT, CESP, ERDF, Decent Homes, etc. ongoing
• Public/Private sector investment – energy efficiency & renewables
• Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) – 2012 and 2013
• Green Deal (2012), ECO (2013)
• Social and Private Housing programmes – community level schemes
• Social housing is leading the way - Birmingham
- Manchester
- Haringey/North London
- UK wide

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Do feed-in tariffs work?
Influence of FITs on annual PV
installations in Germany (MWp)
 Feed-in tariffs (FITs) – source EPIA
now used in over 60
countries/states to
incentivise uptake of
small-scale renewables
 Germany: annual
installed capacity of PV
grew by factor of 70
over 7 years
 In 2009 Germany
installed 6GW of PV
(equivalent of 3 million
Graph - Supporting Solar Photovoltaic Electricity - an argument for FITs (EPIA)
installations on
homes)
Source: Renewable Energy Association

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Green Deal
Through our ‘Green Deal’, we will
encourage home energy efficiency
improvements paid for by savings from
energy bills. We will also take measures
to improve energy efficiency in
businesses and public sector buildings.
The Coalition: our programme for government
(May 2010)

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FLASH
Low Carbon Building Retrofit
• The £10 million FLASH (Facilitation, Learning and Sharing) programme, part
funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), aims to support a
step change in the built environment industry by engaging London based SMEs
with the commercial potential of low carbon building/retrofit, renewable energy
generation and resource efficiency
•Through the Institute’s strategic partnership with the Technology Strategy Board
businesses can access learning from the UK’s leading retrofit demonstrator
projects
• FLASH also helps built environment businesses understand how the low carbon
agenda can lead to new business and economic advantage . This includes
improving their own operations to help make them more competitive, as well as
contributing to carbon reduction targets

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FLASH
Low Carbon Building Retrofit
Who’s involved?
• Industry networks – RIBA, RICS, CE, FMB, B&ES
/HVCA, CIPHE, ECA, NEF/SEA, EST , EEPB, CIOB, NHIC, CPA, UKGBC, BBP
• Academic partners – UCL, Imperial, LSBU, Greenwich, UEL
• Technology Strategy Board – Retrofit for the Future
• Client collaboration – social landlords; now commercial/ industrial
• Retrofit Guides – “Retrofit Network/Community”
• “Getting Ready to Retrofit” events – Green Sky Thinking week
• Local Communities – Bromley-by-Bow, Ealing, Muswell
Hill, Lambeth, etc

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FLASH
Low Carbon Building Retrofit
Outputs
•26 Low Carbon social housing demonstrators
• Retrofit Guides
• UCL /TSB – summary of demonstrator findings
• 1200 SMEs business and knowledge base support (University)
• 15 Tier 1 Contractor supply chain 12 hour workshops on
BIM/Soft Landings, plus resource efficiency outcomes
• major programme of site visits, workshops, conferences
• Local Procurement “Toolkit”

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Design Building Renewables Building Services Other/generic
Energy Efficiency
FLASH - Network Managers
NFRC &
RIBA RICS CE FMB FMB
OTHERS
BSK/NEF CIPHE BSK/ECA MME RFTF
plumbing electrical
Example:
-Timings Design/
Green Process Intro to FiTs Parameters
[1] Tech
Example:
-No of
Retrofit modules Tech KIT Cost
[2]
Conservation
Procuremen Project
• Approx 150 SME’s Areas. Procurement t Mangt
•12hr each
• Per Network
Comms Comm Social /
Behaviour
Regulations
Supply
Regulations Chain
Finance
Finance Finance
1200 SME’s @ 12 Hours each

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Retrofit Guides & Case Studies
Retrofit for the Other Projects Prior knowledge
Future
Editorial Team
Authors
Technical/ Business
Case Studies Conversion for Opportunity Guides
Dissemination
Knowledge Hub
exhibitions Seminars/ online portal reports & collaborative
workshops publications projects
conferences Site visits working groups PR/ editorial

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Guide 2 by Russell Smith
How dwellings are surveyed and assessed for retrofitting

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Examples from “Getting ready to retrofit”
Engaging people in the retrofit process
Tuesday 20 September at 9.00am - 1.00pm
Energy Saving Trust
Andy Deacon, Head of Local Delivery, EST - Overview and intro
Peter Rickaby, Rickaby Thompson Associates- FLASH Retrofit Guides - An introduction:
Fran Bradshaw, Anne Thorne Architects - Retrofit for the Future case study
Linn Rafferty, JTec and Seb Junemann, Peabody- Living in a Low Carbon Home
Liz Warren, SE2 - User/occupier motivations - communicating the "green" message
Matt Bush, MHP- Resident/community engagement – A practical community example
Preparing for the retrofit challenge: gearing up to exploit the opportunities Tuesday 20
September, 6pm-9pm
RIBA
Peter Rickaby, Rickaby Thompson Associates- Introduction to Retrofit Guides :
Andrew Mellor, PRP Architects - Creating a Low Carbon Retrofit Plan:
Luke Smith, Fusion 21 - Finance and Procurement for Low Carbon Retrofit
Tessa Barraclough, Environmental Sustainability Officer Peabody - Peabody PV programme
Learning from practical experience: translating into future retrofit action
Thursday 22 September, 2pm-5pm
Camden Town Hall
Cllr Sean Birch- Camden Council retrofit planning - beyond Retrofit for the Future
John Doggart, SEA - FLASH Retrofit Guides - An Introduction:
Daniel White, Sustainability Manager, Camden Housing; R4F case study - Bertram Street:
Richard Hurford, Head of Sustainable Refurbishment, United House
Russell Smith, Parity Projects - Home assessment/survey for Low Carbon Retrofit

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TSB Phase 2 - London Social Housing
Demonstration Projects – 80% CO2 reduction
SL11 (568E) Breyer SL12 (628L) Enfield Homes
SL13 (660T) Gifford SL02 (616J) Peabody
SL22 (569T) Breyer SL15 (524Z) Green Structures
SL05 (536U) Ealing Homes SL19 (358T) Metropolitan
SL14 (217T) Green
Structures SL21 (424P) Breyer
SL24 (347W) East
Thames
SL23 (423M) East
Thames
SL25 (125g) East
Thames
SL16 (619U) Green Structures
SL09 (521E) Bere
SL08 (522P) Bere SL07 (275R) Axis Europe
SL17 (137W) LB Greenwich
SL04 (593S) City West SL26 (107M) Hyde
Homes
SL06 (152J) Green Tomato
/Octavia Housing
SL01 (234Y) Peabody
SL18 (332B) Prewitt Bizley
SL10 (112S) BioRegional
SL03 (606E) CEN Services

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Retrofit for the Future projects in London

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FLASH PLUS
Building Performance Evaluation
• measure and evaluate the energy performance of selected eco-
exemplar buildings or schemes (housing & non-housing) across the SE
• combined with feedback from the parties involved on the projects
including
clients, developers, architects/consultants, occupiers, contractors, reside
nts and local communities
• performance results analysed, verified and reviewed, then shared with
FLASH+ members.

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FLASH PLUS
Building Performance Evaluation
• Industry networks – RIBA, RICS, SECBE, B&ES, CIBSE, BSRIA, FMB
• Academic partners – Reading Uni, Oxford Brookes, Southampton, Brighton
• Technology Strategy Board – Retrofit for the Future / BPE
• Client collaboration – social landlords ; commercial/ industrial
• TSB – BPE Evaluators Community
• Retrofit Guides – “Retrofit Network/Community”

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FLASH PLUS
Building Performance Evaluation
Outputs
• BPE Demonstration Project – Queenborough & Rushenden
• Technology Strategy Board – Building Performance Evaluation &
Retrofit for the Future demonstration projects (Oxford Brookes)
• BPE guides – including practical “what to do” and “key theme” guides
• Tier 1 Contractor supply chain 12 hour workshops on BIM/Soft
Landings, plus RE outcomes (Reading Uni. / Oxford Brookes )

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BPE Guides & Case Studies
TSB BPE Q&R Other BPE Prior knowledge
Projects Projects
Editorial
Process
Subject and Role-
Oriented Technical
Case Studies Conversion for Guides
Dissemination
Knowledge Hub
exhibitions Seminars/ online portal BPE reports & collaborative
workshops guides projects
conferences Site visits working groups PR/ editorial

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RE: Start Local
• current procurement processes (particularly public sector) mitigate against
SMEs
•SMEs tend to avoid public procurement because of perceived and actual
difficulties
•New low carbon/renewable energy programmes favour major providers and
Green Deal / ECO likely to reinforce
•Wide body of goodwill (and self interest) towards more local /SME
procurement and supply... but it takes concerted effort to achieve
•Need for better prepared / better organised local suppliers and supply
chains

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RE: Start Local
Whats it about ?

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RE: Start Local
• Clustering of large scale procurers (Councils, HA’s, private Corporates, etc)
to create local investment/supply opportunities for SMEs
•Grouping of SMEs into cooperatives, local supply clusters etc to bid in for
work and large volume supply
•Creation of contractual/commercial frameworks that provide level playing
field for SMEs – Social Value Act 2012, Green Deal, RHI, etc
•Focusing on the renewable technologies and hybrids that have maximum
opportunity for building scale in local regions – biomass, solar PV/solar
thermal, heat pumps etc
•Maximising “pre competition” engagement between procurers and SME
supply chains

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Climate Market Accelerator
• A competition was run as part of the Climate Market Accelerator (CMA) project, which aims
to speed up the time it takes for climate change adaptation and mitigation innovations to
reach the market
• Market ready and close to market solutions for real world challenges identified by
Sainsbury’s. 4 competition winners will demonstrate their innovation at a Sainsbury’s
supermarket with the potential to roll out across stores in the UK
• Sustainable Innovations Forums are being set up for property owners, investors and
managers in the following areas: commercial/municipal, residential and retail. This
competition was the first activity undertaken by the Retail Sustainable Innovations Forum, led
by Sainsbury’s
- Sainsburys, Tesco. Waitrose, Marks & Spencer etc
- Land Securities, Hammerson, Grosvenor, Legal & General, Canary Wharf Group etc
- G15 – top 15 major Social Landlords in London/SE ; plus GLA and London Councils

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Climate Market Accelerator
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Competition challenge
Sainsbury’s identified two areas where they are still looking for optimal solutions; lighting and
water use.
Lighting
Lighting accounts for between approximately 14% and 20% of energy use in stores. While
investments have been made in new, more efficient products and careful design, there is
potential to reduce energy consumption further. Relatively small efficiency savings are
important – just a few per cent increase in efficiency could result in significant energy savings
when applied to more than 900 stores.
Water
Sainsbury’s has already reduced its water consumption by one-third to three million m3 per
annum and is looking for ways to reduce this further. Rainwater harvesting is already
employed, with large roof areas providing more grey water than can be used within
stores, where there is still a substantial requirement for clean water, including for cleaning
and hot food production areas. CMA

34. FLASH
programme
and beyond
Terry McGivern