The Building Centre in London is holding a free workshop with panel debates and talks led by experts across the construction industry on 15 November 2023.

With the industry under more scrutiny than ever to make sure that greener practices are followed, it is important that commercial plumbing looks towards the future to find efficient and productive ways of reducing its carbon footprint. Potential methods include the use of bio-based polymers and new pipework materials.

The Future of Sustainable Plumbing

Visitors to the event, titled ‘The Future of Sustainable Plumbing’, will be able to network and discuss ways that the industry can continue to strive for a sustainable future. 

Alongside this, expert speakers will be discussing many of the current hot topics that are currently important within the space. 

panelists

Franz Huelle from REHAU will be discussing the latest innovations in pipework solutions

These expert speakers will be covering a wide array of topics, including Laing O'Rourke’s Jim Jaffa and Christos Pavlou highlighting the latest design trends in piping installations that are striving to make products more efficient. 

Franz Huelle from REHAU will be discussing the latest innovations in pipework solutions in the industry, while Andreas Frank from Borealis will present renewable feedstock for polymers, which sees vegetable oils being used as a bio-based polymer feedstock. 

Additional speakers

Alongside this, Julia Torrubia and Margarita Kobrina from Atelier Ten will be talking about the impact of plumbing on the whole life cycle of carbon, an important part of the wider picture of sustainability.

Other speakers at the event include Lucy Sherburn from Fairheat, who will give an overview of the new technical requirements set to be introduced under upcoming heat network regulations and Hydrotec’s Amar Lakhani will discuss the chemical-free disinfection of plumbing pipework.

Display of products and solutions

Located within the Building Centre in Central London, REHAU’s hub will play host to the event, with a variety of products and solutions on show. There will be an opportunity to experience some of these solutions for the current challenges being faced in the commercial plumbing industry right now.

The event is completely free to attend and looks set to be an insightful meeting of many key industry people and companies, who can look to come together to help guide the commercial plumbing industry into the future.

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