Prioritising Material Decarbonisation and Product Circularity

Closing the Loop - How Product Circularity Is Reshaping the Building Industry

Synopsis: A discussion on product circularity with our esteemed panelists:

• Sidonie Immler, Partner, Foster and Partners
• Charlie Law, Founder & Managing Director at Sustainable Construction Solutions Ltd, Head of Construction & ESG at The Pallet LOOP, Sustainability Director at Timber Development UK
• Lewis Marshall, UK Area Manager, Abodo Wood
• Charlotte Wark, Architect Liaison, Russwood
• Alice Atiola, Head of Sales, Autex

Learning outcomes:

• Product circularity in the built environment and what that means.
• How important circularity is to the design process.
• What impact you can have when designing with circularity in mind.
• What our panelist companies are doing with product circularity and sustainability.

Will Arnold, Head of Climate Action, The Institution of Structural Engineers

Synopsis: Will Arnold, Head of Climate Action at the Institution of Structural Engineers, explores the changes that the Institution has been championing in the sustainability space over the last three years.

The Institution of Structural Engineers has placed embodied carbon calculation at the heart of its sustainability agenda, expecting its members, totalling more than 30,000, to apply it in their work.

Learning outcomes:

• Identify free sustainability guidance and tools that can be used by architects and engineers to reduce the environmental impact of their work.
• Discover UK cross-industry initiatives that the IStructE has been taking a leading role in to measure, report, reduce and legislate whole-life carbon.
• Learn about the approaches taken by IStructE to create systematic change across its global membership over the last three years.
• Understand how to prioritise material decarbonisation and structural efficiency over the coming decade to tackle emissions on a global scale, not just at a project level.

Speaker BIO: Will Arnold, Head of Climate Action, IStructE

Will Arnold leads the Institution’s response to the climate emergency, bringing this action into all aspects of the organisations work, including the publication of best practice emergency guidance. Prior to his current role, he was a practising structural engineer at Arup for over ten years. He sits on the Structural Awards judging panel and is a member of the Editorial Advisory Group for The Structural Engineer.

About Abodo:

Abodo crafts timbers with lasting beauty that are safe for people and the environment. Many exterior timbers are harvested from unsustainable old growth forests or are treated with harmful chemicals.

Our timbers are harvested from New Zealand’s Forest Stewardship Council® certified rapidly renewable plantation forests.

They are ethically crafted with respect from beginning to end – allowing us to meet today’s increasing needs without disadvantaging future generations.

Designed to age with grace, our timbers have exceptional weatherability and maintain their durability and beauty for a lifetime.

Formed in 2001 by the Gudsell family, Abodo remains a New Zealand-owned, family business with a purpose.