The 40 percent symposium event took place at Haberdasher's Hall in the City of London on 19 September.
Martin Neeson, Managing Director for SRW, Skanska's engineering services business, chaired a panel discussion which focused on green retrofits – making buildings more energy efficient. The session opened with a short film about two of Skanska's green retrofit projects at its own offices in the UK – Hollywood House and Maple Cross.
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The audience and panel then took part in a discussion about green technology, changing legislation, and whether green retrofit projects make good business sense. The panel members gave their views from a variety of perspectives.
The panel included Tom Younespour from the Department of Energy & Climate Change, who leads on green issues for the privately-rented sector.
Chris Perkins from M&G Real Estates gave a landlord's perspective. He is responsible for commercial letting throughout the UK. M&G is also the landlord of Skanska's office in Woking – Hollywood House – and has worked closely with Skanska on the green retrofit of the 1980s building.
The developer's view was given by Andre Gibbs, a partner at Argent, who also gave a talk showing how successful a green project can be when the client, developer and community work together.
(CD/JP)
