Jasen is an experienced concrete professional with over 30 years experience in the heavy building materials sector. His technical experience comes from working with Aggregates, Asphalt, Cement and Concrete through operational management.A specialist in Ready Mixed Concrete and a Fellow of the Institute of Concrete Technology. Currently works for Aggregate
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On average, a female-founded business receives £644,000 in total funding, compared to a staggering £4.34 million for a solely male-owned organisation. There are plenty of excellent startups and ideas formed by women in the built environment, but ideas without funding don’t go far. The data also tells us that female-lead
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Sam is the Director of Legal Research and Advocacy at The Shift. He’s a human rights researcher with a degree in Law from Manchester Metropolitan University. During his Master’s in International Humanitarian and Security Law from the University of Ottawa, he specialised in human rights within the United Nations framework,
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Deputy Director of The Shift and former Senior Aide to Leilani Farha as the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Housing. A law graduate from the University of Maastricht, with a degree in International and European Law, and a Political Science degree from the University of Ottawa, Julieta is
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Laura Baron, Head of Sustainability, Purcell As Head of Sustainability at the world’s leading heritage architectural firm, Laura is motivated by a desire to improve the world around her, for all who experience it. Her role is to drive positive change, both within her organisation, and the wider industry, championing reuse
Read more »Jo Sharples, Director, Architect, Passive House Designer, Editional Studio Jo set up Editional Studio with Jack Richards in Manchester in 2018, promoting sustainable, considered design to the public in their shop- come-studio space. They won an RIBA research grant resulting in the exhibition and guide for homeowners titled ‘Decarbonise Your
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Rachael Owens, Head of Sustainability, Buckley Gray Yeoman Rachael is Head of Sustainability at Buckley Gray Yeoman and a member of the Architects Climate Action Network, where she coordinates the Climate Literacy group. She is a champion of adaptive reuse and has a wealth of experience working with existing buildings.
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David Pallash, Senior Manager – Responsibility, LEGO GroupDriving social impact through strengthening and development of learning through play experiences, David Pallash is the Senior Manager for responsibility at the LEGO Group. Part of the Build the Change team, inspiring students to come up with ideas for real-life solutions to issues
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Daniel is an energy systems engineer with expertise in developing heating, cooling, and ventilation designs for industrial and commercial buildings. He has been working on the Electrification of Heat Demonstration Project since joining Energy Systems Catapult (ESC) in August 2021. He is now the technical lead on the project supporting
Read more »Find out about the findings emerging from the Electrification of Heat Project which is helping to demonstrate the feasibility of a large-scale roll-out of heat pumps in Great Britain and to identify future innovation requirements to accelerate heat pump uptake. Speaker: Daniel Logue, Energy Systems Catapult
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Rob Mills, Senior Associate, Heyne Tillett Steel Robert Mills is a Senior Associate at Heyne Tillett Steel, with almost 15 years’ experience in structural engineering design. Robert has extensive experience in the sustainable re-use of existing buildings and is passionate about finding ways to reduce the carbon impact of the
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Neil Parry, Global Head of District Energy, Armstrong Fluid Technology Neil Parry is an engineer with over 35 years of experience in the building services arena. He started his career as an applications engineer, progressing through product management, external sales and consultancy. For the last 25 years, Neil has specialised
Read more »Futurebuild is an event which bri Futurebuild is an event which brings together the greatest innovators and innovations. This session will focus on the innovation programmes that are focused on the built environment which will be vital to deliver technology we need to decarbonise by 2050, including an update on
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Thomas Whiffen, Product Manager, Green Energy Options Thomas has spent more than a decade innovating on the cutting edge of the sustainable built environment. His work, at smart energy industry leader’s geo, intersects human interface, the built environment and the energy system at large to deliver equitable sustainable energy solutions.
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Steve is Head of Marketing & Technical for REHAU’s Building Solution division in UK & Ireland and has worked in the renewable heat industry for over 16 years. He represents REHAU Ltd at various industry bodies for district heating and is also the President of the British Plastic Federation’s Pipe
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David is an experienced business leader who has worked across the gas, renewables, and district heating industries. As a time served engineer he has successfully built and run various businesses in the building services industry. This extensive market knowledge has enabled him to see the local opportunities for both established
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Chris Bailey, National Campaigns Manager, Action on Empty HomesChris Bailey is National Campaigns Manager at Action on Empty Homes. Chris currently leads a project looking at housing development in London and how this could deliver better for those in housing need. He also works on the impact of Airbnb and
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Paul Clegg, Chief Executive, HONEXT® Paul Clegg, is the CEO and an investor of Honext Materials, the company behind the HONEXT® carbon-negative and non-toxic boards, he is driving the company’s growth and industrial expansion based on circular economy principles. Since 2008, Paul has been dedicated to environmentally and sustainably sound
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Russell Smith, Managing Director, Parity ProjectsRussell Smith is the Founder and Managing Director of Parity Projects, a company dedicated to transforming the existing housing stock and making greener homes a reality for everyone. Russel is also a Founder and Managing Director of RetrofitWorks, a multi-stakeholder cooperative driving a market for
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After 6 years working in the banking industry, Rory had the opportunity in 2015 to work in the Energy Efficiency sector for ECO Surv. Rory’s experience working within sales and customer services in the banking industry provided him with a good foundation to bring some new ideas in to ECO Surv
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Simon is a seasoned professional in the domestic energy assessment industry with over a decade of experience. He began his career as a Domestic Energy Assessor (DEA) and progressed to an Area Manager, where he recruited and trained a team of DEAs across the Midlands and worked with major energy
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Andrew is a director at Elmhurst Energy and current Chair of the Property Energy Professionals Association (PEPA). He has extensive experience working across the industry to champion the work and value of energy assessment, EPCs and DECs. With a background as an energy assessor, he now works across Government and
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Eloise Francis, Director of Innovation, BREEloise is responsible for driving innovation, research, and technical excellence at BRE. She has extensive experience in leading change in diverse technical teams across engineering, real estate, property management, and construction projects. Alongside her considerable profile within the industry, Eloise has played a key role
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Scott Mason joined Staco UK in 2022 as a Commercial Director. His experience spans multiple sectors, including HVAC, Engineering Design and Sustainable Design consulting. He is also the Chair of the Patrons Society within the Chartered Institute of Building Services Engineers. Scott’s role as Commercial Director includes the general management
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Erin leads the Built Environment Directorate at Connected Places Catapult focusing on housing innovation, urban infrastructure and net zero place-making. Extensive experience working in the private, public, academic and not for profit sectors. Leading project teams across planning, housing, urban regeneration, master planning and construction in UK, India, Ireland and
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Wouter Thijssen, Managing Director, Kensa Utilities Wouter leads Kensa’s offer to fund, own & operate shared ground arrays as a means to rapidly scale GSHP deployment. Previously Wouter was National Grid’s strategy lead, shaping National Grid’s strategy across networks, flexibility, renewables & heat.
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James Poore, Creative Director, JPLD James is the founder and CCO of JPLD having dedicated his career to lighting and he has been working in the field of architectural lighting design for over 20 years. JPLD are an award-winning independent lighting consultancy covering all aspects of lighting and lighting design,
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Dan Capstick, Mortgage Product Manager, Ecology Building SocietyWith over 20 years experience in green and sustainable mortgages, Dan is an expert in his field in both commercial and residential sustainable lending. Starting his career in mortgage operations moving into the Product team has given him a unique insight into meeting the
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Sinclair Young, Senior Project Manager – Development & Regeneration, The City of Edinburgh CouncilSinclair is a Senior Project Manager for the Development and Regeneration team within the City of Edinburgh Council. Sinclair has a background in architecture and specialised in the application of building regulations. He uses his experience to
Read more »The Edinburgh Home Demonstrator programme, backed by Scottish Government, is a unique partnership of research and development experts working together with industry to show how affordable net zero carbon housing can be created at scale across the six local authorities within the Edinburgh and South East Scotland City Deal region.
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Indy Johar, Co-founder Project 00 & Dark Matter labs, Senior Innovation Associate, Young Foundation Indy Johar is focused on the strategic design of new super scale civic assets for transition – specifically at the intersection of financing, contracting and governance for deeply democratic futures. Indy is co-founder of darkmatterlabs.org and of
Read more »The release of PAS 2035 and PAS 2030:2019 has revolutionised the whole-house retrofit industry. Their adoption in projects delivered through the Energy Company Obligation (ECO), Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund (SHDF), and Home Upgrade Grant (HUG) initiatives has led to a surge in demand for retrofit professionals. Our expert panel will
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Cantor Mocke, Head of Market Growth, Cantor Mocke, Head of Market Growth, DESNZ As the Head of Market Growth for Heat Networks Cantor is at the heart of governments work to enable the growth of decarbonised heat networks. Delivering low-carbon heat networks that provide good quality services to consumers as part
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Colin Rose, Strategic Advisor for the Built Environment, ReLondon Dr Colin Rose is an architect, Strategic Advisor for the Built Environment at ReLondon, and Senior Research Fellow at University College London. His research focuses on circular economy in the built environment and at ReLondon he contributes to the Circular Construction
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Øystein Ulvestad, BIM Developer, Sweco, specialises in model-based projecting, drawingless design and parametric design of bridges. In 2017 his team designed the world’s first concrete bridge built without drawings. In 2020 the team started design on Randselva bridge which currently holds the record as the longest bridge in the world
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John Harrison, FAIA, RDI, LEED Fellow is the President of A SustainAble Production (ASAP), a woman owned, full service global sustainability and wellness consulting firm headquartered in Los Angeles. John is an architect and sustainability leader with over 30 years of diverse experience in private practice, and as an owner/owner’s
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Andrew is Content & Editorial Director for Unlock Net Zero the knowledge portal and events programme for the UK housing and built environment sectors and the supply chain that supports them focusing on the practical reality of the net zero transition. He is a communications professional with 25 years’ experience
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Mark is a chartered engineer with 15 years’ experience consulting on building structures and facades in the UK and abroad. Mark joined the board of Thorp Precast in September 2021 as Engineering Director with a passion to develop safe, sustainable and beautiful architectural precast concrete. Previously, Mark was Divisional Director
Read more »Precast concrete is simultaneously at the cutting edge of Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) and utilising the inherent, proven performance benefits of concrete. These benefits can be relied on to deliver safe, sustainable buildings that are resilient to fire, release of water and protect occupants from the impacts of climate
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Kathryn Thomson, Head of Training, CIBSE Kathryn Thomson has been Head of Training at CIBSE since July 2022. She originally studied geography, trained as a teacher and has worked as a teacher trainer and education manager of international training at the University of Cambridge. She has worked across numerous membership
Read more »Say no to endless, directionless growth! Say no to consumerism! These are the systems on which our world spins. We will explore how, as a built environment professional, you can take action within your projects to create systemic change: from a linear & destructive, to a circular & regenerative economy.
Read more »Building materials that are flammable, that encourage black mould growth, that give off carcinogenic particles are killing us. The construction industry has chosen profit and toxicity instead of life and wellbeing. Systems must change and a complete cultural shift is needed in what we prioritise in buildings. Join us to
Read more »Did you know there was a sand crisis? A fundamental building block of glass and concrete is running out, and what is left is being fought over and exploited. Join us in this session as we explore the hidden and extractive nature of the materials we specify, and how natural
Read more »Say no to endless, directionless growth! Say no to consumerism! These are the systems on which our world spins. We will explore how, as a built environment professional, you can take action within your projects to create systemic change: from a linear & destructive, to a circular & regenerative economy.
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