Sustainable materials - a pathway to zero carbon

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Thursday 27 May 2021
10:00 - 11:00

What are the most sustainable materials that can be adopted in our buildings to lower carbon emissions? In this webinar we hear from built environment professionals that show best practice in the use of low carbon materials in buildings.

Construction and building materials are a heavy source of carbon emissions. Tackling embodied carbon in the built environment sector has proofed to be one of the biggest challenge, as also outlined in the NLA Report Zero Carbon London.

So what are the most sustainable materials that can be adopted in our buildings to lower carbon emissions? How can we make sure we used more recycled, natural and low-carbon materials in our buildings? What are the barriers and challenges?

In this webinar we hear from built environment professionals that show best practice in the use of low carbon materials in buildings.

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PROGRAMME

10:00 Welcome from Chair

Peter Murray, Curator-in-Chief, New London Architecture

10:05 Material reuse in the built environment

Isobel Vernon-Avery, Consultant, Climate Change and Circular Economy, Arup

10:17 Recycling facades

Graham Hurrell, WICONA UK Sales Director at Hydro Building Systems UK

10:29 Sustainable materials

Yara Machnouk, Environmental Design Engineer, Elementa

10:40 Panel discussion
Speakers above plus:
Juliette Morgan, Head of Sustainable Development, British Land

11:00 End

Speaker biographies

Peter Murray OBE

Co-Founder, NLA

Commercial Strategy Manager, Hydro Building Systems UK

Isobel Vernon-Avery

Consultant, Climate Change and Circular Economy, Arup

Juliette Morgan

ESG Consultancy Director - Global, British Land

Environmental Design Engineer, Introba UK

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