Join Local Partnerships at EMEX for our public sector roundtables

The Energy Manager’s Association is hosting its annual Energy Manager’s Exhibition (EMEX): The Net Zero & Energy Management Expo on Wednesday 20 November and Thursday 21 November at the ExCeL London.

Attending EMEX provides an excellent opportunity to network with colleagues and suppliers throughout the sector get practical, tangible ideas from industry-leading speakers, debate hot topics and enhance your knowledge and professional skills.

This year, Local Partnerships is hosting and leading several roundtable sessions covering a variety of themes. 

To sign up to the roundtables, you need to register for EMEX first, and sign up as an optional extra.

Wednesday 20 November

Roundtables are repeated at 10:45 AND 11:35 for the duration of 30 minutes each.

Local Area Energy Plans (LAEPs)

• Table Leads: Jon Rattenbury and Paul Bourgeois
• Partner: Michelle Chapunza-Mhindurwa (ESC) and James Johnson (NW NZH)

Local Area Energy Plans can be an effective way to plan detailed, place based whole energy systems and delivery of Net Zero, informing wider local planning, Regional Energy System Planning, and identifying project pipelines and investment priorities.

This roundtable will share learning from what has been delivered to date, the challenges and how to commission your LAEP to ensure most value locally.

Adapting to Climate Change in Public Sector Buildings

• Table Lead: Rachel Toresen-Owuor
• Partner: Sheryl French (Cambridgeshire County Council)

Retrofit of the public sector estate has been focussed on energy efficiency and decarbonisation, however these assets need to be fit for purpose in a changed climate. 

This roundtable will explore how best to adapt our buildings, heat extremes and flood resilience, and how investment in decarbonisation programmes can and should incorporate adaptive measures.

Solar PV development and Finance

• Table Leads: Jo Wall and Nathan Wicks
• Partner: Peter Gudde (GSE NZH) and Karen Oliver-Spy (NE NZH)

Renewable energy generation on public estates is a tried and tested means to transition to a Net Zero economy. This roundtable seeks to really get under the skin of the financial and commercial challenges in order to ensure that local authorities and the public sector can harness local electricity generation opportunities in order to secure financial resilience and contribute to the 8GW 2030 target set by government.

Thursday 21 November

Roundtables are repeated at 10:45 AND 11:35 for the duration of 30 minutes each.

Considerations for establishing and managing heat networks

• Table Lead: Vicky Kingston
• Partner: Steve Baggs (GSE NZH)

Heating buildings constitutes around a quarter of all UK emissions.

Heat networks are vital to making net zero a reality in the UK. The Government Strategies highlight the need to move away from burning fossil fuels for power and heating and according to Department of Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) analysis, heat networks could provide up to 20% of total UK heat by 2050.

Join our panel to understand how local authorities and heat network developers are responding to the identification of new large scale strategic heat network zones and the opportunities that sector regulation will bring.

Domestic Retrofit

• Table Leads: Michael O’Doherty and Paul Bourgeois
• Partner: Jack Hayhoe (Mids NZH)

Retrofitting the existing 28 million housing stock is a massive endeavour. It is complex, has many interconnected aspects and requires mobilisation of the supply chain and confidence in householders and the industry. This roundtable will consider the various facets and how all sectors with Government support can mobilise at pace.

Schools: Funding and Delivering Decarbonisation

• Table Leads: Ed Barlow and Paul Bourgeois
• Partners: Alex Green (Ashden Trust)

Schools (including academies) are a huge part of the public sector building portfolio, with nearly half the overall floor area. Decarbonising these assets has significant challenges, and this roundtable will explore what is needed to unlock the sector and realise the significant energy, carbon and financial savings available.