Join the Industry at Net Zero Day North
The North's leading Net Zero Carbon Buildings Forum
The University of Manchester, University Place, 176 Oxford Rd, Manchester M13 9PL
September 17th 2026.
Join the industry at Net Zero Day North, Manchester University, 17th September 2026.
Net Zero Day North is the Building Services industry's most important Net Zero Carbon Buildings Forum. Organised by Modern Building Services and featuring The ECA, CSA, Buro Happold, Arup, Rinnai, Greater Manchester Combined Authority, the North West Net Zero Hub, Equans, Salford University and more, we'll be looking at Net Zero buildings from Policy and overview, the UK Net Zero Carbon Building Standard, and design, practical implementation, and into the future.
The North West has recently committed to being the world's first Net Zero Carbon region by 2040, and this is an opportunity to learn how the region is leading the debate at a national and international level.
With a population to match Greater London and global ambition, the M62 corridor is ideally poistioned to play a leading role in the energy transition.
Lunch and refreshments will be served.
The timetable is:
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9.45-10 Why Manchester, Why Here, Why Now? |
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Dan Griffiths, Head of Low Carbon - Greater Manchester Environment Team |
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10.05-10.35 Designing for Decarbonisation |
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Pete Thompson, Associate - Arup |
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10.35-11.05 |
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RAMMIC: Retrofit Innovation for Retrofit at Scale |
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Professor Will Swan, Director of Energy House Labs - Salford University |
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11.05-11.25 Coffee & Networking |
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11.25-11.55 Decarbonising Datacentres - Jamie Shw-Stewrt, Head of Silicon Sands |
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11.55-12.25 From Funding to Delivery: Supporting Building Decarbonisation Across the North West |
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James Johnson, Head of Regional Programme - The North West Net Zero Hub |
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12.25-1.25 Lunch & Networking |
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1.25-1.55 |
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The UK Net Carbon Buildings Standard |
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Katie Clemence-Jackson, CEO - The UK Net Carbon Buildings Standard |
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1.55-2.25 Multi - Asset Decarbonisation |
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George Ablett, Head of Sustainability - Equans |
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2.25-2.55 Moving Beyond Net Zero to Deliver Resilient and Healthy Buildings |
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Dr Mei Ren, Partner - Buro Happold |
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2.55-3.15 Coffee & Networking |
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3.15-3.55 The Future of Net Zero - Leadership Panel & Audience Q&A |
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Dr Mei Ren, Neil Burdess, CEO - CSA. Gary Parker, Deputy Director of Technical - ECA. Andrew Blackley, Head of Retrofit & Decarbonisation (North) - RLB, Chris Goggin, Operations Director, Rinnai |
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3.55-4.00 Closing Remarks |
Learn more about our speakers here
Join us on the 17th September 2026 for policy and technical presentations, discussion, networking and most importantly, lunch and refreshments are included!
University Place
The University of Manchester
176 Oxford Rd,
Manchester
M13 9PL
For sponsorship opportunities email: anne@portico.uk.com
For other enquiries email: events@portico.uk.com
