Breaking Barriers

The UK’s biggest festival for a zero-carbon built environment will play host to transformative discussion and knowledge exchange on how we can break through barriers to accelerate our journey to zero carbon.

As we reach COP28 let’s accelerate the progress made in the last year and do what needs to be done to keep the momentum going.

BE-ST Fest 2023 is a three-month festival showcasing best practice, new solutions, hands-on training, and emerging opportunities for a zero-carbon built environment. The month will build up to the summit at our innovation campus on Wednesday 1st November. The conference will bring together different players across the sector who are focussed on the future of decarbonising our built environment.

This event is for anyone working in the built environment looking to accelerate their journey to zero carbon. It aims to not only inspire action but engage in the real challenges and real solutions.

The BE-ST Fest Summit is a rich programme featuring a morning conference and expo, with a chance to dive deeper into specific topics through a mix of workshops, hackathons, seminars, and other events in the afternoon.

• Morning conference with thought-provoking keynote speakers

• Networking with 500 attendees

• 50+ exhibitors & demos of low carbon solutions

• 14 afternoon seminars & workshops

• Innovation factory tours

This event will see the launch of a new Transforming Timber platform, showcasing the output of the Innovate UK funded project led by BE-ST in partnership with ENU and Ecosystems Technologies to accelerate the commercialisation of UK sourced mass timber products. The content and outputs of the project will be covered including information on life cycle analysis, value chain mapping, quality assurance test work, manufacturing compatibility and case study examples of use including post occupancy evaluation.

Learn more about this programme and the new Transforming Timber platform for exchanging knowledge on UK sourced timber products for future built environment delivery.