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Healthy Buildings Conference & Expo 2025
Wednesday 26th February 2025 | 9:30-17:00
The Human Rights Action Centre, 17-25 New Inn Yard, London EC2A 3EA
The ASBP’s 9th annual Healthy Buildings Conference and Expo takes place on Wednesday 26th February 2025 at the Human Rights Action Centre in London. Highlights include:
- Keynote talks from Mary Creagh CBE, Minister for Nature at Defra (tbc) and John Palmer, Deputy Director at MHCLG.
- Findings from the IMPACTT project which has aimed to increase traceability and transparency in mass timber supply chains, with a focus on biodiversity impacts.
- Case study: A new seven story, cross laminated timber building in Cardiff which will provide 39 affordable apartments for social rent.
- The latest research on healthy indoor environments and VOCs with talks from UCL, Architype and dRMM.
- Panel discussions on biogenic carbon and regenerative design.
Key Details
Date: Wednesday 26th February 2025
Time: 9:30-17:00
– Registration and exhibition from 9:30
– Conference sessions start at 10:20 and finish at 17:00
– Refreshments at 11:30 and 15:15, lunch from 13:00
– Drinks and networking from 17:00 until 18:30
Venue: The Human Rights Action Centre (at Amnesty International UK), 17-25 New Inn Yard, London EC2A 3EA
Registration
Tickets*
- ASBP members – £75
- Members of partner organisations** – £125
- General admittance – £175
* All fees quoted exclusive of VAT.
** Partner organisations include ACAN, AECB, BWF, CIBSE, CIOB, CIRIA, Fit for the Future, FIS, Good Homes Alliance, natureplus, Retrofit Works, Passivhaus Trust, SuperHomes, STBA, The Green Register, UKIEG, and Woodknowledge Wales.
25% early bird discount until end December 2024 using code ‘earlybird‘
Confirmed Exhibitors
For sponsorship and exhibition enquiries, please contact Simon Corbey – simon@asbp.org.uk.
Speakers and Programme
9:30 Registration, refreshments and exhibition
Session 1: Welcome and keynote speakers
10:20 Welcome to Healthy Buildings 2025
Mark Lynn
Chair, The Alliance for Sustainable Building Products
10:30 Keynote speaker - Defra
Mary Creagh CBE (invited)
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Nature) at Defra and MP for Coventry East
11:00 Keynote speaker - MHCLG
John Palmer
Deputy Director, New Build Standards and Performance at Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
11:30 Refreshments, networking and exhibition
Session 2: Mass timber buildings
12:00 Introduction from Built by Nature
Anna Lisa McSweeney
UK Network Lead, Built by Nature
12:15 Findings from the IMPACTT research project – ‘Innovative Mapping and Processes to Advance Construction Timber Transparency’
Dr. Asselia Katenbayeva
Research Associate, ASBP
Mila Duncheva
Business Development Manager UK & Ireland, Stora Enso
Darren Thomas
Co-Founder and CEO, Double Helix Tracking Technologies
John Kirkby
Executive Director, PEFC UK Limited
12:45 Case study: The Cascade project in Cardiff
Adedayo Shittu-Balogun
Director of Projects, Eurban
13:00 Lunch, networking and exhibition
Session 3: Healthy indoor environments
14:00 Welcome to the afternoon session
Simon Corbey
CEO, The Alliance for Sustainable Building Products
14:05 Health co-benefits of climate action for housing
Professor Michael Davies
Professor of Building Physics and the Environment, Bartlett School Env, Energy & Resources, UCL
14:25 Measuring and monitoring VOCs in schools
Chryssa Thoua
PhD Candidate/Research Affiliate – Architect, Architype
14:45 Findings from Mass Timber research project - 'Quality of Life and Decarbonisation'
Kat Scott
Head of Sustainability and Regenerative Design, dRMM
15:05 Q&A
15:15 Refreshments, networking and exhibition
Session 4: Panel discussions – Biogenic carbon and regenerative design
15:45 Biogenic carbon – the way forward
Simon Corbey
CEO, The Alliance for Sustainable Building Products
Mark Lynn
Chair, The Alliance for Sustainable Building Products
16:20 Regenerative design
Louise Townsend (tbc)
Special Advisor – Business Resilience and Social value, Woodknowledge Wales
Jonathan Fashanu
Founding Director, Dash House Group
Anna Lisa McSweeney
UK Network Lead, Built by Nature
16:55 Closing comments from the Chair
17:00 Conference ends followed by drinks and networking until 18:30
Past Conferences
Healthy Buildings 2024
Healthy Buildings 2024 took place on 29th February 2024 at the Building Centre in London.
We had talks on biophilic schools, the latest research findings on healthy indoor environments, the issue of toxic chemicals in our environment, how the construction industry is responding to the biodiversity crisis, and more.
Healthy Buildings 2023
Healthy Buildings 2023 took place online on 9th February 2023.
Our keynote speaker was biophilic design expert and author, Oliver Heath. We also had talks on material toxicity and fire, post occupancy evaluation and insurance of mass timber buildings, flame retardants and building products, and ‘wood for health’.
Healthy Buildings 2022
Healthy Buildings 2022 took place online on 24th February 2022.
We were joined by a number of speakers at the forefront of their professions, with talks on indoor air quality and healthy product research, important new health & wellbeing standards, and cutting-edge case studies.
Healthy Buildings 2021
Healthy Buildings 2021 took place online on 24th February 2021.
Our expert speakers discussed how to create spaces that are healthy and productive for users, and explored the complex relationship between external and internal air quality and transmission. With talks from Prof. Cath Noakes OBE, Geraint Davies MP and Rosamund Kissi-Debrah.
Healthy Buildings 2020
Healthy Buildings 2020 took place on Thursday 27th February 2020 at the Human Rights Action Centre in London.
Our keynote speakers were Sam Conniff Allende (Award winning social entrepreneur and author of ‘Be More Pirate’) and Mary Creagh (Labour MP for Wakefield from 2005-2019 and former Chair of the Environmental Audit Select Committee).
Healthy Buildings 2019
Healthy Buildings 2019 took place on 28th February 2019 at London South Bank University.
The theme was ‘Plastics in Construction: Issues, Impacts and Alternatives’ with keynote speakers Emily Penn and Professor Sean Smith (Edinburgh Napier).
Healthy Buildings 2018
Healthy Buildings 2018 took place on 14th February 2018 at University College London.
Our keynote speakers were Professor Stephen Holgate (RCPCH) and Professor Anna Stec (UCLan).
Healthy Buildings 2017
Our inaugural Healthy Buildings Conference and Expo took place on 15th February 2017 at University College London.
We had a whole host of speakers including Dr Jannik Giesekam, Jerker Ligthart (Chemsec) and Dr. Caroline Thurner (IBO).