Our first digital festival of 2023 will focus on the challenges faced by those tasked with decarbonising leisure buildings, with the sessions available to watch live on our Crowdcast channel.

The series of free-to-attend sessions runs from 10th to 11th January, covering both existing and newbuild leisure buildings.

Energy-efficient retrofit in leisure buildings – 11am, 10th January

Leisure centres account for a sizeable chunk of a local authority’s energy use. This session will look at the potential savings possible from energy-saving retrofit projects, and the mix of technologies that might be suitable.

Hosted by Rachel England

Speakers

Neil Bland, Managing Director, Leisure Energy

Peggy Lee, Group Sustainability Manager, Everyone Active


Tom Gardner, Business Development Manager, Alliance Leisure

FREE registration: crowdcast.io/e/energy-efficient/register

Building sustainable leisure centres – 12pm, 11th January

What can be achieved when starting from scratch? This session will look at newbuild leisure centres, and how to build energy-efficient facilities that will be popular with the local community.

Hosted by Rachel England

Speakers

Cllr Duncan Wood, Lead Councillor for Climate Change, Exeter City Council

Stephen Platt, Building Services Lead, Arup

Tom Fletcher, Area Contract Manager at Everyone Active (Havering Council)

FREE registration: crowdcast.io/e/building-sustainable/register