Main Stage Speakers

​​Crawford Wright - Head of Architecture & Design - Department for Education 

10 questions on Climate Change and Net Zero in the Education Estate

​Crawford is Head of Architecture and Design at the Department for Education where he leads a multi-disciplinary team responsible for the design and construction standards for all state schools in England. Crawford has been leading school construction programmes including Academies, UTCs, Studio Schools and Free schools for over 15 years. Previous to this he worked in local authority capital programmes including museums, concert halls and libraries. Crawford is a chartered architect and has a background in social housing design and management. Currently he leads on developing zero carbon new school buildings and developing strategies for retrofitting the school estate.

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Ian Naylor - Lead Design Advisor - Department for Education​​

Financial challenges at a strategic level and impact of local govt reorganisation and impacts for net zero

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Prof. Danielle Densley Tingley - Professor of Circular Construction - School of Mechanical, Aerospace & Civil Engineering - University of Sheffield

Measuring built environment circularity across scales

Danielle serves as Professor of Circular Construction within the School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering at the University of Sheffield. Driven by a mission to decarbonize the built environment, she is the Principal Investigator of BuildZero, a £6.4 million EPSRC-funded initiative. This research programme unites five academic institutions and over 40 industry partners to investigate a radical proposition: whether the UK’s building stock needs can be met with zero raw material extraction, zero carbon, and zero waste.

 

How do we measure the "circularity"; of a building, and does it truly drive down carbon? This talk explores the intersection of circular construction and whole-life carbon minimisation, spanning the micro-scale of individual structures to the macro-scale of the UK’s national
building stock. Drawing on a blend of peer-reviewed evidence and insights from live projects, we will explore the tangible environmental benefits of a circular built environment.

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Expert Panel Debate

Alex Gee - Senior Consultant - CIPFA& SPACES President

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Breakout / Sponsor Sessions

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