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Damp and Mould in Council-controlled buildings

Solutions for Councils and Landlords

A must-see for building professionals, Housing Organisations, housing professionals and those responsible for social housing, this webinar guides you through the pitfalls associated with ignoring damp and mould in social housing and imparts practical advice and helpful online tools on moisture protection in occupied buildings.

Leading the discussion will be Dr. Hector Altamirano, Associate Professor at UCL and Academic Director for The UK Centre for Moisture in Buildings and he will be joined by a panel including James Berry, Deputy Chief Executive of the Property Care Association, David Bly from Cornerstone and BESA Group's Indoor Air Quality expert Nathan Wood.

Damp and Mould in council controlled buildings

10.30 Welcome & Event Overview
Dr Hector Altamirano-Medina, Director, UK Centre for Moisture in Buildings / Associate Professor, UCL 
10.40 Damp & Mould - why it's not lifestyle
James Berry, Deputy Chief Executive, Property Care Association
10.50 Developing a moisture-safe built environment
Dr. Peter Rickaby and Dr. Hector Altamirano, The UK Centre for Moisture in Buildings
11.00 Thinking outside the Building
David Bly - Managing Director, Cornerstone
11.10 Spore Wars part II
Nathan Wood, BESA London & SE Chairman
11.20 Panel discussion / Q and A session
featuring today's speakers plus the interactive poll results 
12.00 Event Roundup & Close

Speakers

Dr Hector Altamirano-Medina

Academic Director, UK Centre for Moisture in Buildings (UKCMB)
Dr Hector Altamirano-Medina is an Associate Professor in Environmental Design and Engineering at the Bartlett School of Environment Energy and Resources, Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering, Faculty of the Built Environment. Hector is a building scientist with a broad research interest in the health and well-being impact of the built environment and a wide-ranging experience in the indoor environment and operational performance of buildings, the development of mould and humidity conditions, in-situ monitoring, field surveys and experimental setup of buildings and its components.

James Berry

Deputy CEO, Property Care Association
James joined the PCA team as Technical Manager in 2016 and later became Head of the Technical Department. He is a graduate of the University of Plymouth, where he achieved a BSc (Hons) in Applied Geology but some of his earliest work experience is in the world of preservation and has held various roles within an industry he now feels proud to represent.

Peter Rickaby

Energy and Sustainability Consultant (Buildings and Housing)
Peter Rickaby studied architecture at Cambridge University and holds a doctorate in energy studies from the Open University.  From 1982 to 2017 he was a Director of Rickaby Thompson Associates Energy and Sustainability Consultants, working on building and housing projects throughout the UK and across the EU.

Nathan Wood

Chairman, Indoor Air Quality Group
Building Engineering Services Association (BESA)

As Chairman of the Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) Indoor Air Quality Group, Chair of the GCP Europe Indoor Environmental Quality Task Force, Managing Director of Ventilation & IAQ Specialists Farmwood M&E Ltd and a member of the National Institution of Black Mould Experts, Nathan has a wealth of knowledge across the building engineering sector, particularly ventilation and air quality.

*Speakers are subject to possible change – please come back regularly for updates

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