The Role of Historic Buildings in Getting to Net Zero 2

Climate change is everyone’s business! Net zero – achieving a balance between carbon emitted into the atmosphere, and carbon being removed from it by 2050 – is a key internationally agreed target adopted by the UK government. This aims to keep temperature rises below 1.5C to avoid the worst impacts of climate change. Every organisation and household should be looking at what can be done to achieve this.

74% or 300 of the UK’s district, county, unitary and metropolitan councils have declared a climate emergency to-date along with 8 combined authorities/city regions. In this webinar, delegates will hear how to move effectively from having declared a climate emergency to practical next steps – with a focus on existing buildings.

Similarly developers, land and building owners are trying to reconcile potential conflicts between the conservation of heritage assets and measures to mitigate climate impacts. Rather than seeing this as a conflict, our speakers will show the opportunities for both of these important aims to be deliverable.

For local planning authority officers and councillors, communities, developers, and conservation and design professionals alike. 

Speakers on Thursday 14th July 2022:

• Welcome and Introduction – Louise Thomas, HTVF Director
• You’ve declared a Climate Emergency… what next? – Chris Pountney, Associate, Arup
• How sustainability benefits can deliver heritage benefits – Emma Sharp, Heritage Planning Associate Director, Barton Willmore, now Stantec
• Lessons Learned from the Retrofitting of Historic Buildings at Trinity Court, Cambridge – Oliver Smith, Director, 5th Studio

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