Building Sustainable Theatres
10 June 2008
Cottesloe Theatre South Bank, London SE1 9:00 – 17:00
Be part of reducing Theatres Carbon Footprint
How will new theatres be zero-carbon from 2019? What steps can theatres take towards adaptation, introducing renewables and improving energy performance?
The Theatres Trust’s Conference 08 took place on 10 June and aimed to help theatres meet the environmental challenges of climate change and rising energy costs and understand what’s behind the new energy performance regulations that will affect theatre buildings.
Building Sustainable Theatres focused on helping delegates to:
- Identify the best opportunities to make your theatre more energy efficient
- Be more informed about sustainability as a client on building projects
- Understand the environmental building and energy regulations for capital projects
- Consider options for mitigation, adaptations and retrofitting your theatre
- Make more environmentally sustainable use of existing resources.
Chairs: Nigel Hinds, John Vidal, Ruth Eastwood, Ian Blackburn
Contributors included
- Rt Hon Margaret Hodge MBE MP Minister for Culture, DCMS
- Sunand Prasad, President RIBA, Snr Partner, Penoyre & Prasad
- Richard Simmons Chief Executive, CABE
- John Graham, Chief Executive, Historic Scotland
- Ruth Mackenzie OBE, Expert Adviser, DCMS
- Peter Gingold, Executive Director, TippingPoint
- Kirstin Warley, Consultant Professional Support Lawyer, Linklaters
- Mark Watts, Climate Change Adviser, Greening London’s Theatres
- Alistair McGowan, Actor, impressionist and WWF Ambassador
- Dr Ben Todd, Executive Director, Arcola Theatre
- Gus Christie, Executive Chairman, Glyndebourne Productions Ltd
- Donna Munday, Arts Management Consultant
- Alan Short, Principal, Short and Associates Architects
- Alistair Fair, Buildings Conservation Group, Alan Baxter and Associates
- Mark White, Chairman, ABTT
- Ian Smith, Partner, Max Fordham
- Stephen Jolly, Group Director, Building Services Design, Buro Happold
- Peter Wilson, Project Director, RST Transformation, RSC
- Rab Bennetts OBE, Co-founder, Bennetts Associates Architects
- Kevin Faulkner, Premises Manager, Theatre Royal, Plymouth
- Natalie Lewis, Environmental Officer, Ambassador Theatre Group
- David Richards, Buildings Group Leader, London, Arup
- John Langley, Theatre Manager, National Theatre
- Lee Collins, Deputy Director, Theatr Brycheiniog
- Ben Robinson, Dulas Solar, Low Carbon Partnership
- Peter Head, Director, Planning and Integrated Urbanism, Arup
End-to-End Party, St Paul’s Pavilion, Southbank Centre, SE1
The End-to-End Party, immediately following the Conference was free to delegates and provided an opportunity to relax and unwind and discuss issues arising from the day.
Building Sustainable Theatres was produced by The Theatres Trust
Conference Reporter: Sarah Rushton-Read
Production Manager: Petrus Bertschinger
