Amy Till, Programme Director at NLA, speaks to Claudine Blamey, Head of Sustainability, Argent about the ambitious net zero 2030 target set for Brent Cross Town, and the strategies being applied to get them there.
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Gabrielle is the founding CEO of Equiem, leading the business from its 2011 inception to become the world’s leading tenant experience platform, used by 165,000+ people across 60 million sq ft of prime commercial real estate worldwide.
Continue reading “Podcast | Gabrielle McMillan”Podcast | Liz Peace CBE
Liz was Chief Executive of the British Property Federation for thirteen years until her retirement in 2014. She was awarded a CBE in 2008 for services to the property industry.
Continue reading “Podcast | Liz Peace CBE”Q&A with London Borough of Ealing
‘We will launch our new climate and ecological emergency strategy in January 2021’ — Climate Action Programme Manager, Jo Mortensen, shares Ealing’s initiatives to become carbon neutral by 2030.
Continue reading “Q&A with London Borough of Ealing”Not just tinkering around the edges
‘Real estate is now realising that net zero carbon requires systemic change, not just tinkering around the edges’ — JLL’s Emma Hoskyn explains why taking bold action is needed.
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Kas Mohammed, VP at Schneider Electric, examines how Internet of Things energy management systems can be used to create sustainable commercial buildings of the future.
Continue reading “The key to hyper-efficient buildings of the future”Delivering real results
How is sustainability rated and evaluated? Derek Wilson, Head of Sustainability at Transport for London, observes the different rating systems at an organisational and development level.
Continue reading “Delivering real results”What if… we took stock of what we have got?
Raheela Khan-Fitzgerald, Hawkins\Brown, sets the scene by asking us to imagine a ‘what if’ scenario where materials have passports, highlighting the value of reusing buildings materials.
Continue reading “What if… we took stock of what we have got?”40 Ideas Revisited – The Green Belt
We revisit ‘40 Ideas for London’, a call out for ideas to shape a better London sketched on napkins. Ben Derbyshire, HTA Design, challenges the primary function of the Green Belt and proposes a pleasurable green lung surrounding London’s GLA boundary.
Continue reading “40 Ideas Revisited – The Green Belt”Roadmap to a sustainable future
2050 is not soon enough. Gary Clark, Chair of RIBA’s Sustainable Futures Group, looks ahead at the long-term structural changes that need to be made to achieve a net zero future by 2030.
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