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A non-profit, mission driven organisation, with an ever-growing membership alliance of forward-thinking people and organisations. asbp.org.uk "Championing the use of innovative and sustainable building products to create healthy and low-carbon buildings."
In-person tickets are now sold out for our 2026 Healthy Buildings Conference - but virtual tickets are now available for the presentations in Sessions 1&2.
Join us online on 26th February - 13:30 to 16:45.
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🌿 @asbpuk.bsky.social Material Mornings launches with a session on Natural Fibre Insulation.
📅 Thu 12th Feb 2026, 11:00 - 12:00, online.
🧰 Live, surgery-style discussion.
🔗 asbp.org.uk/events/material-mornings-nfi
#biobasedmaterials #naturalbuilding #insulation #construction
This week’s online events.
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9 Feb 2026, 12:30-14:00
The True Cost of Waste - a
#ReUseNow webinar with @qflow.bsky.social, @reusefully.bsky.social, McLaren Construction Group and SISK.
12 Feb 2026, 11:00-12:00
ASBP Material Mornings – Natural Fibre Insulation
In-person tickets are now sold out for our 2026 Healthy Buildings Conference - but virtual tickets are now available for the presentations in Sessions 1&2.
Join us online on 26th February - 13:30 to 16:45.
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Upcoming events by our Members and Partners.
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EMIDAT
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Timber Development UK
UKIEG & Healthy Buildings Network
Mike Wye Ltd.
It’s our 10th annual Healthy Buildings Conference! 26 Feb 2026, 13:00-17:45 followed by drinks&networking asbp.org.uk/healthybuild...
Discounts for members of @aecb.bsky.social @woodknowledgewales.bsky.social @good-homes.bsky.social @passivhaustrust.bsky.social @thegreenregister.bsky.social
Start 2026 with some informative webinars by our Members and Partners. asbp.org.uk/partner-memb....
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As we round up the year there’s plenty happening across ASBP into 2026, from research and events to exciting activities by Members & Partners
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Nick Grant in a pub holding a copy of his and Jon Broome's book titled The Good Building Book
Sadly a bit late for Christmas stocking, but
👉 The Good Building Book 👌
by Nick Grant & John Broome is ace and it's available to pre-order at all good book retailers. Coming out next month.
@ecominimalnick.bsky.social
📬 Our latest Transforming Newsletter is out! Featuring reflections on interdisciplinary research, insights on closing the building performance gap to inform design, disseminating co-design perspectives, and spotlights on Dr Will Hawkins and Dr Chenfei Liu
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Join us online today for a webinar by Stichting Agrodome with Prof Jim Glockling, co-author of the Mass Timber Insurance Playbook, as he presents on Fire Risks and Solutions in Mass Timber Buildings.
17 Dec 2025, @ 12:00 GMT (13:00 CET) online. Free to attend - asbp.org.uk/events/stich...
Good Homes - Beyond Net Zero 28 January 2026 | 09:00 - 17:00 | British Library Knowledge Centre, London, NW1 2DB Join the Good Homes Alliance and South East Consortium for a new and exciting joint networking and knowledge sharing event, bringing together the GHA’s annual Good Homes Conference and SEC’s Sustainability AM. Healthy Buildings Conference 2026. 26th February 2026 | 13:00-17:45 followed by drinks and networking until 19:30. 150 Holborn, London EC1N 2NS The ASBP is celebrating its 10th annual Healthy Buildings Conference! Highlights include: - A keynote talk from Professor Stephen Holgate, MRC Clinical Professor of Immunopharmacology, UKRI Clean Air Champion and Special Advisor to the RCP on Air Quality - Sessions with expert speakers on PFAS and POPS in construction products, WELL Building case studies, indoor air quality research at UoYork, and the health & wellbeing benefits of natural paints. - Speakers from Henning Larsen, Overbury, Introba, University of York, Environment Agency, Edward Bulmer Natural Paint and a panel discussion chaired by Simon Jones, host of the Air Quality Matters Podcast. - Drinks and networking with a spectacular view over London to celebrate our 10th conference!
Don’t miss these in-person conferences coming up in London. Spaces are limited. There’s an excellent line-up of speakers at both events. Check out the keynotes!
28 Jan 2026 @goodhomesalliance.bsky.social
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General sales now open for ASBP’s 2026 Healthy Buildings Conference!
Book now to avoid disappointment.
Only a limited number of tickets are available.
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Calling all ASBP Members! Book now for our Healthy Buildings 2026. Our embers only earlybird tickets are just £60+VAT asbp.org.uk/healthybuild...
Not yet a member? There’s still time to join and take advantage of the earlybird tickets - available exclusively for ASBP members until 23 Nov 2025
Upcoming training and informative CPDs on sustainable building materials - by ASBP Members -> asbp.org.uk/partner-member-events
#Lime #NaturalFibreInsulation
It’s Natural Fibre Insulation Week! #NFIWeek2025
Join a free in-person event to learn about the benefits of using healthy, low-carbon, natural fibre insulation. Talks, CPDs, tours & practical workshops are taking place in England, Scotland and Wales this week.
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Electronic screen showing introductory slide of the Alliance for Sustainable Building Products 2025 Reuse Summit. Most of the display on the screen has an orange background with very pale blue text across it. The right of the screen has a blue background (abutting the orange with a slanted edge) involving an almost grey image of a multi-storeyed building with scaffolding and fabric sheeting over it; this has small black text at the top right giving WiFi Code instructions. The screen has a black outer edge and is fitted within a pale, grained wood wall. In front is a four seated speaker podium with three mics visible. To the right is an upright wooden podium with part of the Institution of Structural Engineers logo appearing. Parts of eight seats in the auditorium are in front of both podiums.
Good PM at @asbpuk.bsky.social Reuse Summit. One highlight was the phrase “possibilism is your friend” from Will Arnold of @istructe.bsky.social as it brought to my mind ideas for celebrating @thebaytrust.bsky.social #PinesCalyx (itself made of reused materials) 21st anniversary in 2027!
Our latest ASBP newsletter is out. us5.campaign-archive.com?u=c613327e65...
There’s info on some great October events. #ReUseNow topics (in-person & webinars). Plus free training events throughout the UK during Natural Fibre Insulation Week. #NFIWeek2025.
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UK sustainability finance rules must go further, says Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland. ICAS's Fiona Donnelly said “More comprehensive & holistic reporting would be achieved by expanding these standards to include reporting on the impact of organisations on the environment and society”
This ‘Bridging the Gap between Construction and Forestry’ webinar builds on our Built by Nature funded IMPACTT project (Innovative Mapping and Processes to Advance Construction Timber Transparency) linking construction and forestry. 25th September 2025 | 12:30-14:00 | Online (Zoom). Free to attend, register here -> https://asbp.org.uk/events/bridging-the-gap-between-construction-and-forestry . Speakers: Welcome and Introduction – Dr Asselia Katenbayeva, Sustainability Research Lead, ASBP Insights into biodiversity in forests & sustainable forest management – Prof John Healey, Professor of Forest Sciences, Bangor University Lessons from the DiversiTree project – Dr Ruth Mitchell, Biodiversity and Ecosystems Group Leader, James Hutton Institute Supply chain mapping demo & forest management in practice – Dr Mila Duncheva, Business Development and Global Project Manager, Stora Enso How timber certification underpins responsible sourcing – John Kirkby, Executive Director at PEFC UK
Regenerative thinking when using timber looks beyond “do no harm” and sources materials that encourage biodiversity net gain.
Join us for a discussion on forest biodiversity metrics, supply chain mapping, and how certification underpins responsible sourcing. 25 Sept 2025
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Join us for a free webinar on the IMPACTT (Innovative Mapping and Processes to Advance Construction Timber Transparency) project. asbp.org.uk/events/bridg...
25th September 2025 | 12:30-14:00 | online
#CLT #Biodiversity #Timber #SustainableForests #SupplyChainsTranparency
Timber Reuse Survey. This survey is run by a cross-sector consortium-Alliance for Sustainable Building Products (ASBP), Timber Development UK (TDUK), Bangor University, Built by Nature, Edinburgh Napier University, Morgan Sindall, University College London (UCL), the University of Cambridge, the University of the West of England, and Woodknowledge Wales -working together to define the research and guidance the industry needs in relation to timber reuse in construction.
Call out to all those involved in and with timber in construction, the ASBP is collaborating with several like minded organisations to define gaps in guidance and research to support the industry to #reuse more timber. Please complete and share - thank you! docs.google.com/forms/u/0/d/...
ASBP newsletter out now - https://us5.campaign-archive.com/?u=c613327e6516c95b10ad7daa1&id=dbbf5948a1 ASBP Director, Richard Broad, joins Advisory Panel for the Centre for Advanced Built Environment Research. The IMPACTT project: Bridging the gap between construction and forestry. shortlisted for the Pioneer Award at Structural Timber Awards. ASBP and Healthy Materials Lab formalise a collaboration to strengthen their shared focus on sustainable, non-toxic materials and healthier built environments. Upcoming online & in-person ASBP events: * Bridging the Gap between Construction and Forestry How do we move beyond “do no harm” and deliver a genuine “biodiversity net gain” when selecting timber in construction? (25 Sept 2025 online) * Reusing Concrete in Construction - exploring how concrete can be transformed from demolition waste into a vital part of a low-carbon, circular future. (7 Oct 2025 online) * The 2025 Reuse Summit, with a focus on the link between reuse, risk mitigation, and resilience (16 October 2025, London). * Natural Fibre Insulation Week 2025. A showcase of products and systems taking place across the UK from 20th – 24th October 2025.
Our August newsletter is out - us5.campaign-archive.com?u=c613327e65...
Announcing our new collaboration with Healthy Materials Lab, @b-road89.bsky.social joining Caber at UWE, and IMPACTT shortlisted for STA Award.
Plus events focusing on #ReUseNow and natural building materials.
In-person events/training by our Members asbp.org.uk/partner-memb...
28-29 Aug 2025. A 2-day course on lime by Ty-Mawr, Wales.
28 Aug 2025. Ask the Ecological Building Systems experts, Swindon.
3-7 Sept 2025. A @schoolofnatbuild.bsky.social 5-day practical straw bale building course in Devon.
Our Reuse Now Campaign activities are made possible by our ReUse Now sponsors: Cleveland Steel & Tubes Ltd, Optima Systems, Circuland, Excess Materials Exchange, @reusefully.bsky.social, and @woodknowledgewales.bsky.social.
Upcoming #ReUseNow events: REUSING CONCRETE IN CONSTRUCTION. 7th October 2025 | 12:30-14:00 | online. https://asbp.org.uk/events/reusing-concrete-in-construction . Free for ASBP Members, £20+VAT for non members. Our next Reuse Now webinar puts the spotlight on one of the world’s most used and most carbon-intensive materials - concrete. We’ll explore how concrete can be given a second life, transformed from demolition waste into a vital part of a low-carbon, circular future. Speakers include: Elaine Toogood (Concrete & The Concrete Centre), John F Hunt, Serkan Karatosun (Technical University of Denmark), Laura Batty (Heyne Tillett Steel). 2025 REUSE SUMMIT. 16th October 2025 | 13:00-18:00 (followed by drinks & networking) | London. https://asbp.org.uk/events/2025-reuse-summit . £25+VAT for ASBP members, from £50+VAT for others. This year’s summit focuses on the link between reuse, risk mitigation, and resilience, highlighting practical, strategic pathways to reduce embodied carbon, strengthen supply chains and future-proof business. ASBP’s #ReUseNow team is joined by: Will Arnold (The Institution of Structural Engineers), Paul Lockwood (Cleveland Steel & Tubes), Tim den Dekker (Lignum Risk Partners), Frank Blade (Great Portland Estates), Salvatore Gangemi (McLaren Construction Group), Sophie Thomas (Useful Simple Trust), Elaine Toogood (Concrete & The Concrete Centre). Our Reuse Now Campaign activities are made possible by the ReUse Now sponsors: Cleveland Steel & Tubes Ltd, Optima Systems, Circuland, Excess Materials Exchange, Reusefully Ltd, and Woodknowledge Wales.
#ReUseNow events:
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REUSING CONCRETE IN CONSTRUCTION
7 Oct 2025 | 12:30-14:00 | online
2025 REUSE SUMMIT
16 Oct 2025 | 13:00-18:00 |London
#ReUseNow #ResourceEfficiency #Reuse #WholeLifeCarbon #MaterialPassports #CircularEconomy #LCA #PreDemAudits #Deconstruction
Join us for a free webinar on the IMPACTT (Innovative Mapping and Processes to Advance Construction Timber Transparency) project. asbp.org.uk/events/bridg...
25th September 2025 | 12:30-14:00 | online
#CLT #Biodiversity #Timber #SustainableForests #SupplyChainsTranparency
Upcoming #ReUseNow events asbp.org.uk/upcomingevents
REUSING CONCRETE IN CONSTRUCTION
07-10-2025 | 12:30-14:00 | online.
2025 REUSE SUMMIT
16-10-2025 | 13:00-18:00 | London.
Coming up in October, the 2025 #ReUseNow Summit, with a focus on the link between reuse, risk mitigation, and resilience.
It will highlight practical, strategic pathways to reduce embodied carbon, strengthen supply chains and future-proof business.
16 Oct 2025 London asbp.org.uk/upcomingevents
BECCS boosts the carbon story for timber:
"Bioenergy with carbon capture & storage (BECCS) could potentially capture & permanently store over 90% the carbon sequestered in timber building materials. BECCS would prevent release of stored biogenic carbon from the timber element at end-of-life" ARUP