Join us at Futurebuild and connect with innovations to drive real change in the built environment.
📅 12-14 May 2026
📍 Excel London
The Good Homes Alliance is proud to be a seminar partner of Futurebuild 2026. Futurebuild is the place where 9,000+ unique specifiers and innovators come together to discover cutting-edge solutions and sustainable materials from 400+ pioneering brands.
Futurebuild 2026 is more than an exhibition for the whole built environment, with a bold new floorplan inspired by the new ‘Connect’ theme. Discover new materials, explore the latest technologies, and gain insights from the three-day CPD accredited knowledge programme.
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GHA Seminars at Futurebuld 2026
Daylight and wellbeing for better homes – curated by the Good Homes Alliance with support from VELUX GB & Ireland
Tuesday 12th May 2026, 13:15 – 14:00, Buildings and Materials Stage
Organised by the Good Homes Alliance and chaired by Neil Freshwater, Public Affairs Lead of VELUX GB & Ireland, this seminar will explore how good daylight design can deliver better outcomes for residents and housing providers alike. Using insights from high-quality housing projects and research, the session will examine the role of daylight in supporting health, wellbeing and comfort, while also helping to reduce energy use and operational costs. The discussion will focus on practical design decisions, trade-offs and early-stage choices that influence daylight quality, and how housing providers, designers and engineers can work together to create homes that are healthier, more liveable and more resilient over the long term.
- Chair – Neil Freshwater, Public Affairs Manager – VELUX
- Alison Benzimra, Head of Research and Influence – United St. Saviour’s Charity
- Ben Richardson, Director Buro Happold Engineering – Buro Happold
- Suzanne Davenport, Associate – Studio Partington
Homes that deliver for residents – curated by the Good Homes Alliance
Tuesday 12th May 2026, 14:15 – 15:00, Buildings and Materials Stage
Organised by the Good Homes Alliance and chaired by GHA Programme Director Laura Broderick, this seminar will explore what it means in practice for homes to truly deliver for residents. Baily Garner, a multidisciplinary practice working across architecture, building surveying and housing consultancy, will share lessons from designing and delivering homes that prioritise long-term performance and resident outcomes. Peabody (tbc), one of the UK’s leading social housing providers, will offer the client and landlord perspective. Sem Lee from OURI Labs will bring insights from co-design and Post Occupancy Evaluation (POE) with residents. The session will examine how decisions made during briefing, delivery and handover shape lived experience, and how the sector can move beyond compliance to create homes that genuinely work for the people who live in them.
- Chair – Laura Broderick, Programme Director – Good Homes Alliance CIC
- Dan Bridgewater, Partner – Baily Garner
- Sem Lee, Founder – OURI Labs
- Peabody (tbc)
