Federico is Head of Content, leading NLA’s research, publications, exhibitions and programme of events, as well as the NLA Expert Panels and the New London Agenda. Federico holds an MA in History and Critical Thinking from the Architectural Association, where he is currently Programme Head of the Unbroadcastable Houses Visiting
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Filipa Oliveira, Architect and Sustainability Consultant, PRPFilipa is a London-based architect and sustainability consultant who advocates for the circularity within the industry and is passionate about mitigating the impacts of construction on the natural environment. She promotes regenerative design and climate justice whilst tackling complex environmental and social issues with
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Fiona Fylan, Head of Sustainable Behaviour, Leeds Beckett University Fiona is a Chartered Health Psychologist and a Professor of the Built Environment in the Leeds Sustainability Institute at Leeds Beckett University where she leads research in Sustainable Behaviour. This is an interdisciplinary unit that undertakes research to tackle problems in
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Fiona Harvey, Environment Correspondent, The Guardian Fiona Harvey is an award-winning journalist who has covered the environment since 2004, at the Financial Times and subsequently for the Guardian newspaper. She has written extensively on every environmental issue, from air pollution and biodiversity to ocean plastic and climate change. Her assignments
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Gareth is a director at the Mineral Products Association and is responsible for the ready-mixed concrete product group. He has over 25 years’ experience in the ready-mixed concrete industry and sits on both British and European standards committees for concrete.
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Gary Wilde, Technical Services Officer, British Pump Manufacturers Association (BPMA) Having held several roles for Xylem in both the UK and Italy, Gary brings over 37 years of pump industry experience to this position, including more than a decade serving on the BPMA’s Circulator Pumps Committee. He combines in-depth knowledge
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Geoff Ellison, Member, GSHPA Geoff is a chartered environmental engineer with over 40 years experience. By the age of 30 he was Technical Director of one of the largest environmental management companies in the UK before becoming a consultant on environmental issues, Health & Safety and environmental investments. He has
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Giovanna Jagger, Senior Director, Global Market Development, EMEA, International WELL Building Institute Giovanna brings over 15 years’ experience working in business development and sustainability to IWBI. Her career started with advising FTSE 500 companies on CSR strategies and reporting before most recently becoming Global Business Development Director of her own
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Giulia is a qualified Engineer and Architect with 10 years’ experience in the AEC industry. Giulia started her career in her native Italy before moving to the UK. In 2014 Giulia undertook a postgraduate program in Digital Architecture – Designer in Sustainability Architecture, with a specific focus on BIM. Giulia
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Graeme Peacock, Marketing Manager – Engineering and Tubes, Tata Steel Graeme has worked for Tata Steel for over 20 years in a number of roles, but predominantly focused on the construction sector and in particular on the sustainability challenges for our steel products in the sector. He is currently Marketing
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Graham Durrant holds an MSc Architecture in Advanced Environmental and Energy Studies and since 2012 he has been working as a hempcrete contractor. With his company, Hemp-Lime Spray Limited, he has installed hundreds of cubic metres of hempcrete into all kinds of new-build projects and renovations across the UK and
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Grant White, Owner, Discovery Homes Started in 1989 converting old jute mills locally in Dundee, and slowly moved forward to building new houses in and around Dundee.We continued developing many sites locally until 2014. At this time we made a fundamental decision to change the way we constructed houses. Like
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Griff is the MD for heatly, a one-stop solution for the survey, design, installation, and commissioning of heat pump systems. Griff has been in the building services industry for over 15 years and has overseen the development of most of the national renewable technology standards. He has spearheaded a number
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Griff Thomas, Managing Director, Thormer Griff Thomas from Thormer Solutions is part of the team behind Heatly, the new app currently under development which is set to make heat pump installation and specification far easier. Griff has been in the industry for over 15 years and has overseen the creation
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Gwilym Still, Director, Passivhaus Leader, Partner, Max Fordham Gwilym leads Max Fordham’s Passivhaus team. His experience includes a variety of Passivhaus projects, from new build to retrofit, in areas such as multi-residential, student accommodation, offices, archives, primary and secondary schools. Notable projects include Agar Grove, a landmark multi-residential Passivhaus development
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Hadeel Saadoon, Principal Consultant, Turner & Townsend Hadeel is a Chartered Architectural Technologist and Award winning BIM specialist promoting the use of Digital Technologies in the AECO industry (Architecture, Engineering, Construction and Operation). Hadeel is a Principal Consultant at Turner & Townsend, Communities Lead for nima and a Women in
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Hagi Sivathasan, ‘Aqua Divina’ nomadic water filtration, Bartlett School of Architecture (UCL) Hagipan Sivathasan and István Herczeg are students at The Bartlett School of Architecture (UCL), undertaking the MEng Engineering and Architectural Design course. With strong values of access and inclusivity, they aim to transcend boundaries in their projects, including
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Hanna Clarke, Digital and Policy Manager, Construction Products Association (CPA) Hanna Clarke is the Digital and Policy Manager at Construction Products Association (CPA), the leading organisation representing construction product manufacturers and suppliers. She works closely with the DLUHC, the new Building Safety Regulator and the new National Regulator for Construction
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Hannah Smith, Sustainability Programme Manager, RBKC Hannah is the Sustainability Programme Manager for the Lancaster West Neighbourhood Team, responsible for co-designing and delivering on commitments for Lancaster West to become a net-zero carbon eco-neighbourhood by 2030.
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Harry Paticas MBE BA BSc AAdipl CEPH RIBA Harry is the founder and managing director of RAFT, an architect-led, multi-disciplinary community interest company with expertise in low carbon, healthy and climate resilient architecture. In parallel with deep retrofit design, RAFT provides community engagement and zero carbon planning. Harry is an
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Hazel Mealy, Principal Strategy Officer, Better Placed Partnership, Lewisham, Lambeth and Southwark Councils Hazel is an ARB registered architect with experience in architecture, humanitarian shelter, urban planning, international development and low carbon design in the UK and Ireland as well as internationally. She has a masters from London Metropolitan University
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Helen Barnard Research and Policy Director, Pro Bono Economics Helen Barnard is Director of Research and Policy at Pro Bono Economics and Associate Director of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF). Helen is a leading national expert on poverty, inequality and social policy. Her extensive body of written work and regular
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Helen Hough, Head of Sustainabilty, Bryden Wood Helen is an experienced Sustainability Designer with a background in architecture and mechanical services. Her specialism of Building Physics brings together her broad experience of building design, energy demands and low carbon and sustainable solutions. Helen leads the Building Physics and Sustainability team
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Helen is a Senior Engineer at Expedition Engineering Ltd. With a focus on concrete construction, she supports teams delivering low carbon innovation consultancy to UK clients and contractors on a portfolio of projects. She co-authored a paper published by the Institute of Concrete Technologists, entitled “Delivering Low Carbon Concrete for
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Helena Rivers, Director, AECOM and Vice President IMechE Helena Rivers leads on Net Zero for AECOM across Europe & India within Buildings and Places. She is a Vice President of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. She started her career in the Nuclear sector but transitioned in to the built environment
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Henry Cleary OBE, Chair, Central Bedfordshire Infrastructure and Development Board Henry Cleary joined the Department of the Environment in 1977 and worked on New Towns in the early 1980s, later the East Thames Corridor, Growth Areas, Growth Points and Eco-towns developing an interest in large scale new settlements and their
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Henry Fenby-Taylor, Chief Executive Officer, Athenophilia Ltd Henry founded Athenophilia (the love of wisdom) in 2019 after a diverse professional career of 19 years writing books, delivering digital twins, information management, innovation, research and providing science communication. As the former Head of Information Management for the Centre for Digital Built
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Hermione is CEO of Purrmetrix, building tools that make it quicker and easier to measure building performance and manage retrofits. Although she originally qualified as a Chartered Surveyor, she has spent the majority of her career commercializing innovative technology and is particularly interested in the relationship between energy and buildings.
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Hope Carpenter, Climate Change Project Support and Communications Officer, London Borough of Lambeth Hope works in climate change communications and engagement for Lambeth Council, collaborating with stakeholders across the borough from community groups to SMEs. She has professional experience in communications, campaigns and research with social impact organisations in the
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Iain Gordon, Managing Director, GES Digital and Chair, KNX UK Iain is a qualified electrician, technician and KNX partner with over 31 years of experience. Iain has been actively involved in the promotion of KNX technologies in the UK since 2007 and is current Chair of KNX UK. Throughout his
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Ian Bogle, Founder and Creative Director, Bogle ArchitectsIan studied architecture and urban design at the Mackintosh School of Architecture, Glasgow School of Art, and has worked as a Project Director at Foster + Partners. He later co-founded Bogle Flanagan Lawrence Silver, which then led to founding his own practice, Bogle
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Ian Goodchild, Director of Sales – Non Domestic, Kensa ContractingIan joined Kensa in early 2021 to head up the commercial arm of Kensa Contracting, Ian and his team now help Kensa’s public and private sector clients, with their commercial decarbonisation projects.
Read more »Ian Hutchcroft, Director, Energiesprong UK Energiesprong is an approach to delivering zero carbon retrofit & new build homes, using offsite approaches, financed by savings and with performance guaranteed. Ian is part of the Energiesprong team adapting the Dutch developed approach for the UK market, working closely with teams in Netherlands,
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Ian Pritchett, Co-Founder, Growth & Innovation Director, Greencore Construction A physics graduate from Durham University with over 30 years’ experience in specialist construction (historic building repair and eco-buildings). Ian was managing director of IJP Building Conservation Ltd from 1987 to 2007. This is where Ian developed his love of lime
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Ian Rippin, Chief Executive Officer, MCS Ian is CEO of MCS, a profit for purpose organisation operating at the heart of the UK’s adoption of renewable energy sources for our homes and small businesses. MCS is responsible for the national Standards that cover low carbon products and their installation, used
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Ian Wilson, Group Chairman, Benx Prior to joining Benx, Ian spent 25 years advising on mergers and acquisitions, including 15 years in New York. He was partner at both Ernst & Young and Grant Thornton and was a managing director at US investment bank, Bear Stearns. He joined Benx Facades
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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
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Isabel Allen, Editor, Architecture Today Isabel Allen is the editor of Architecture Today and Editorial Director of BEAM (Built Environment and Architecture Media) and has won numerous awards for editing and journalism. She co-founded HAB Housing with the broadcaster Kevin McCloud, working with the UK’s best architects to build outstanding
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Isabelle Carter, Head of Landscape Architecture, Stride Treglown Isabelle is Regional Director for the Bath studio and Head of Landscape Architecture for Stride Treglown. She has over 20 years’ experience and has developed her project expertise on a range of diverse schemes throughout the sectors with emphasis on green infrastructure
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Istvan Herczeg, ‘Aqua Divina’ nomadic water filtration, Bartlett School of Architecture (UCL) Hagipan Sivathasan and István Herczeg are students at The Bartlett School of Architecture (UCL), undertaking the MEng Engineering and Architectural Design course. With strong values of access and inclusivity, they aim to transcend boundaries in their projects, including
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Jack Conroy is a Senior Planner working within the Savills London Planning Team. Jack has experience working across Greater London and the wider South East, providing planning services to both public and private sector clients across a varied range of residential, industrial and mixed-use redevelopment projects.
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Jack Sallabank, Founder, Future Places Studio Jack is Founding Director of Future Places Studio a built environment based research and strategy studio. Jack has extensive experience in developing innovation based eco-systems and has authored a number of research reports on the subject. Jack has worked in a consultancy capacity for
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Jackie Maginnis, Chief Executive, Modular & Portable Building Association (MPBA) Jackie Maginnis, Chief Executive of the Modular & Portable Building Association (MPBA) has worked within the volumetric industry for 35 years. Prior to her role with MPBA she worked for a manufacturing and hire company of volumetric buildings, being involved
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As Chief Executive of the Sustainable Energy Association (SEA), Jade engages with the development of a range of energy efficiency policies and is dedicated to the decarbonisation of homes and buildings. She joined the SEA with a wealth of experience within a policy and regulatory affairs capacity after working with
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Jae Cotterell, Director, Passivhaus Homes and PH15 System Jae Cotterell was the architect for one of the first three certified retrofit houses to the full Passivhaus standard in the UK, winning the Passivhaus Trust Award for best private house in 2013. Since 2012, and with a contractor partner, they have
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James Adams, Director, Maconda James has been working as a consultant and project manager within the construction industry for 6 years, including working on the city’s largest and most complex projects. James has always had a keen interest in circularity and the innovation potential that it unlocks. He currently heads
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