Practice

Sustainable Futures Group

The Sustainable Futures Group exists to relate sustainability to the profession and to inform members of the development of RIBA policy, educational and professional standards and practical services to promote sustainable design.
 
The group is made up of invited experts on sustainable construction, principally architects with track records in the delivery of projects at the forefront of sustainable design, but also, when appropriate, from related professional, research and academic backgrounds. 

Strategic input
  • Source of expertise for RIBA responses, both reactive and proactive, to government, industry and the press on matters of sustainability.
  • Source of expert contributors to government/industry panels/interdisciplinary sustainability initiatives.
  • Identifies key issues for the profession to address in order to maximise its contribution to more sustainable development.
  • Work with Practice Committee on the development of sustainability aspects of the curriculum for schools of architecture and CPD.
  • Work with Practice Committee on the development of professional standards to ensure issues of sustainability are appropriately integrated.

Members' names

Contact: Contact Name
Chair: Alan Shingler, Sheppard Robson

Members:

Chris Bannister, Hopkins Architects
Justin Bere, Bere Architects
Bill Bordass, William Bordass Associates
Roger Burton, JM Architects
Martin Cook, BRE
Bill Dunster, ZEDFactory
Mark Elton, ECD Architects
Paul Evans, Homes & Communities Agency
Fernando Navarro y Bidegain, GCI
Tony Nuttall, Cole Thompson Anders
Duncan Price, Energy for Sustainable Development
Peter Rickaby, Rickaby Thompson Associates 
George Stowell, George Stowell Architects
Bill Taylor, Hopkins Architects
Chris Twinn, Arup
Bill Watts, Max Fordham
Alan Yates, BREEAM

Meetings

The group meets four to five times yearly.

Links and Resources

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