Following the
success of this year’s opening event in Manchester, VELUX, known worldwide for
making the most of daylight and fresh air through the roof, has announced that
it will be taking its Design a Brighter Future Breakfast Event to Cardiff and
London this July.
The events, which
are aimed at construction professionals, will take place on the
- 4
July
Principality Stadium, Cardiff
- 12
July
Glazier’s Hall, London.
The format of both
events will be:
- 08.00
Introductions, networking and breakfast
- 08:45
Speakers
- 09.30
Q&A
- 10.00
Event closes
During the events
attendees will hear from a number of high profile speakers about how daylight
and ventilation can transform the lives of millions of people across the world.
Having made a great
impact on attendees at the Manchester event, Honorary Professor at the
University of Nottingham, School of Architecture & the Built Environment,
David Strong will present as Keynote Speaker in both Cardiff and London.
With a vast
portfolio of academic research and a post as Visiting Professor at the Oxford
Institute for Sustainable Development, Professor Strong is a specialist in
whole system thinking, building physics and integrative design. His
presentation looks at the importance of daylight in the design of healthcare,
commercial, education buildings. It covers daylight’s varying impacts in these
sectors, the legislative conditions for applying daylight standards and the
future of ensuring adequate daylight conditions in buildings with climate-based
daylight modelling and other initiatives.
Chris Wilkins,
Associate Director at Pentan Architects and Emily King, Preconstruction Manager
at Portakabin will also be speaking at the event in Cardiff.
Dr. Richard Hobday,
Independent researcher and author on the impacts of sunlight and daylight on
human health, will join Professor Strong in London.
Increased levels of
daylight and ventilation having been shown to increase productivity in the
workplace by up to 10%, promote better learning in the classroom by as much as
8%*, and aid recovery and significantly decrease the average length of stay of
healthcare patients. As such, VELUX is aiming to reiterate the importance of
natural daylight and ventilation and have therefore carefully selected the
speakers for their in-depth knowledge of the subject.
Scott Leeder, Commercial Director at VELUX Modular
Skylights, said: “Our first Design a Brighter Future breakfast event in
Manchester was a great success, with more than 40 people in attendance. The
feedback we received was extremely positive, with many audience members stating
that they are now more likely to incorporate daylight and natural ventilation
into their designs. As a result, we are taking the Breakfast Events on the road
in a bid to reach more people within the construction industry and share with
them the benefits of natural light and ventilation in buildings.”
Scott adds: “We know
that these events are of great value to everyone that attends and with a
fantastic line up of speakers we expect that tickets for both London and
Cardiff to be in high demand. We would therefore advise anyone wishing to
attend to book sooner rather than later, as places are limited.”
The Cardiff and
London breakfast events are a series that VELUX will be hosting across the UK
in 2018 to showcase how the three principles of energy efficiency,
environmental impact and human comfort are being used to set a new standard for
optimising human environments within the healthcare, education and commercial
sectors.
VELUX’s goal is to
unite architects, contractors, manufacturers, subcontractors, clients,
end-users and policy makers behind the benefits of daylight and natural
ventilation - and all are welcome at the breakfast events.
For more details on
a Design a Brighter Future event in your region and to book a place at Cardiff
or London, visit here.
