Amidst headlines reporting of backsliding on climate commitments, architects and other building professionals must continue to engage with, encourage and cajole the industry towards better sustainable projects. Communicating the role that construction plays in the climate and biodiversity crises must be done with consistency and authenticity.
Join us for this Sustainability Mastermind session where we’ll hear from four professionals with different approaches and conclude with a panel discussion.
Speakers
Ben Hopkins, Senior Associate at Bennetts Associates.
Launching their Anti-Greenwash charter in 2023. Ben was instrumental in writing the charter and will give an update on its progress 2 years on. Talking about their projects and even how they design them.
Louise Cotti of Adapt Architects and UWE Bristol.
Louise is engaged with retrofit projects large and small. She will talk about Retrofit by Stealth : how to educate clients and bring retrofit measures into projects, whatever the client’s initial brief.
Tom Bray of Durham University and producer of the Low Carbon Lifestyle channel.
Tom is an engineer by training, working on Net Zero strategy for Durham University. Talking through some of the challenges he has seen in turning commitment into action, discussing his efforts outside the workplace in engaging the public through videos on YouTube.
Rob Delius, Associate Director and Head of Sustainability at Stride Treglown
Seeking opportunities to engage others in the climate and biodiversity crises, with some surprising results. His collaborative projects have involved large scale sculpture and civic events and they challenge the public to respond.
