2023 Agenda

 

Streaming live online over two long lunches with the first session starting at 11am and ending at 3pm. 

 

All sessions recorded and available on demand 

 

Monday 27 November

 

11:00 - Making choices: Exploring models for reviewing impact of design and investment decisions

What are the models for reviewing impact of design and investment decisions?

 

Samantha Veal, Director and CEO Blueprint JV, igloo will be sharing the Footprint process, which has been described as "the most comprehensive and holistic model for reviewing impacts of design and investment decisions." What are the challenges with implementation and how is it being used to inform decision making on projects?

 

What 3 things you’ll find out:
• How the Footprint process works to support decision making
• How to tackle the challenges of putting impact first
• The importance of using a holistic model to review design and investment decisions

 

12:00 -  Living in a ‘material world’: Making better material choices 

How do we minimise embodied carbon in structures?

 

This session will explore the complexity and challenges, realities and practicalities around the use of materials in construction and more generally ‘place making’. From understanding how we can minimise embodied carbon in structures through to getting ahead when it comes to regulations, the discussion will help to build knowledge and understanding to support decision-making and help us in our journey to net zero with Richard Dowdall, Chartered Engineer and Regional Director, Civic Engineers.

 

What 3 things you’ll find out:
• How structures contribute to embodied carbon
• How to get ahead when it comes to regulations
• Better decision-making when it comes to net zero

 

13:00 - Engaging communities with environmental data

What are the most effective approaches when talking climate change to communities, especially when sharing environmental data?

 

Chloe McFarlane, Engagement Lead, Tranquil City and Grant Waters, Founder and CEO of Tranquil City will share their innovative approach for engaging urban communities, exploring case studies of varying scales in the UK.This presentation will cover Tranquil City’s diverse and evolving community engagement methods, including: our Tranquil Pavement London mapping service.

 

What 3 things you’ll find out:
•  How to engage urban communities with environmental data
• Why finding tranquility in the city matters
• How to support healthier decision-making and positive behaviour change

 

14:00 - Urban Canyons

How does the width of UK streets and the height of buildings impact the liveability of high streets? 

 

Hala Al Haddid, Researcher, Sheffield Hallam University, will explore Urban canyons: Does planning need to go geographic?

 

What 3 things you’ll find out:

• What is an urban canyon and how it affects the local climate
• How orientation, street width and buildings heights impact local weather conditions
• How local plans need to change and consider urban canyons

 

Tuesday 28 November

 

11:00 -  Defining net zero

How do we progress towards accepted metrics and definitions of net zero buildings?

 

David Partridge, chairman of Related Argent and Governance Board Chair, Net Zero Building Standard on defining net zero: An update on progress towards accepted metrics and definitions of net zero buildings.

 

What 3 things you’ll find out:

• Why the industry needs an accepted definition for net zero carbon in buildings?
• How has the industry come together behind the NZCBS in order to achieve this, and what will it look like?
• What progress has been made and when will it be published?

 

12:00 - Overheating: Heat risks is one of the biggest problem facing the UK over the next five years.

How should we assess the risk and prepare for overheating?

 

Hannah Giddings, Head of Resilience & Nature, UKGBC

 

Heat stress has been identified as one of the top risks to the UK in the next five years by the Climate Change Committee (CCC). It can affect human health, wellbeing and productivity; and the built environment can either help or hinder. Without progressive policy in place, adaptation actions such as shutters, shading, and nature-based solutions are few and far between, particularly within our existing building stock.

 

What 3 things you’ll find out:

• Why overheating is a big risk to the UK
• What adaptations are needed to protect citizens
• What policy is needed to tackle overheating

 

13:00 - Overcoming carbon-tunnel vision

How to create a holistic climate action plan beyond net zero, that embeds risk, resilience and nature-based solutions?

 

Amanda Skeldon, Climate and Nature, JLL looks at overcoming carbon-tunnel vision.

 

What 3 things you’ll find out:

• What is a holistic climate action plan
• Why carbon emissions aren’t the only thing that matters
• How to embed nature-based solutions into your plan

 

14:00 - Integrated planning, land use and policy

What are the policy challenges? How can we prepare communities and places for the impacts of climate change?

 

With Katharine Burgess, Vice President, Land Use and Development, Smart Growth America and Susanna Dart, Climate Change Policy Officer, Lancaster City Council in the Planning and Housing
Strategy Team diving into land use policy with the view from America and the UK on city policy for resilience, changing land use.

 

What 3 things you’ll find out:

• What land use and other policies are being used to support climate resilience
• How buildings, cities and communities can be more prepared
• How American and UK approaches compare and what we can learn from each other