SEDA Conference 2023 Resource
Progressing Retrofit: Comfort, Health & Affordability
The SEDA Conference 2023 took place at the National Piping Centre over the 15th & 16th September 2023; a weekend full of thoughtful and insightful discussions!
A summary of the highlights are in the video below as well as further links, resources and recordings for the 2023 Conference that you can find within this page.
Conference 2023 List of Resources
Below is a list of the resources you will find on this page for the 2023 SEDA Conference - Progressing Retrofit: Comfort, Health & Affordability.
The resources are as follows:
SEDA Conference 2023 Recordings
The Krystyna Johnson Awards Student Projects
SEDA Conference 2023 Events & Participants
Workshops, Talks & Awards - SEDA Conference 2023
Keynote Bill Bordass: Retrofit – a sense of proportion
Workshop 1: From physics to people Gloria Lo (OiSA Edinburgh) - Building physics for comfort Andrew McQuatt (Max Fordham, Edinburgh) - A better place to live
Workshop 2: Retrofitting for healthy communities and people Alix Medlyn-Davies (Place Workstream - Scottish Futures Trust) – Place based approach to retrofit Matt Clubb (Nesfit- North East Scotland Retrofit Hub) – Community at the heart of retrofit planning Chris Carus (Loco Home) - Developing a scalable whole home retrofit advice service
Keynote Roger Curtis (Historic Environment Scotland) – Appropriate retrofit of traditional and listed buildings
Keynote Paul Sweeney MSP – Role of policy in successful retrofit and empowering community groups to save their local building
Workshop 3: Socratic dialogue – to make or to mend? That is the question Facilitator: Ellie Sweetnam Speakers: Richard Atkins, David Black, Catherine Cosgrove, Alix Medlyn-Davis, Chris Morgan, Scott McAulay, Roger Curtis
Workshop 4: Getting your hands dirty! Lisa Pasquale - Cutting your bills in half in a traditional tenement Elliot Payne (Balbougie Steading) - Re-inventing the wheel: adventures in avoiding expanding foam
The Krystyna Johnson Award Introduction from Jim Johnson & Presentations from 5 student finalists
Workshop 5: Financing retrofit
Mike Teall (Snugg Energy) – Grants and other financing options for household energy improvements Kate Cunningham (Energy Action Scotland) – The cost of fuel poverty Scott Restrick (Link Group ltd) – Delivery of a social housing service that meets environmental and social objectives in the context of retrofit Jonathan Ratter (JWRC Conservation): Case Study
SEDA Conference 2023 Recordings
Keynote Bill Bordass: Retrofit – a sense of proportion
Keynote: Roger Curtis (HES)
Workshop 4: Getting your hands dirty!
Workshop 1: From physics to people
Keynote: Paul Sweeney (MSP)
The Krystyna Johnson Award
Workshop 2: Retrofit -healthy communities & people
Workshop 3: Socratic dialogue - To make or to mend
Workshop 5: Financing retrofit
The Krystyna Johnson Award Presentations
Winning Presentation:
Rona Bisset - Collective.24
Finalist’s Presentations:
Ailsa Hutton - Within the Earth: A Material Investigation of the Bo’ness Library
Andra Tai - RSPB Lochwinnoch Visitor Centre
Caitlin Griffiths - ‘The Union’ Library Project
Marco Antonio Paz Garcia - G2G Social Housing: (From) Granite to Green
“I was particularly impressed by the work that Rona did on assessing embodied energy from the transport costs of transporting the timber.”
SEDA conference 2023 events & Participants
To view a record of event line up and find out more about the speakers and participants for the 2023 Conference, follow the link below.