Most of us working in the construction industry are aware of the negative impact that buildings can have on the eco-system in which we live and there is now wide acceptance of the system principles of energy, materials and water efficiency. 

Construction is the UK’s biggest consumer of natural resources, using 400 million tonnes of material every year and creating 100 million tonnes of waste – a staggering one third of the UK's total yearly waste amount (Waste Resource Action Plan.)

Instead of the business-as-usual ‘take-make-consume-waste’ extractive industrial model where the assumption is that resources are infinite, we need to rapidly move towards treasuring our use and re-use of the earth’s valuable natural materials. 

This concept is often referred to as the circular economy and the concepts and practices for circular construction are gathering pace. 

The three main principles are:

1. saving natural resources by designing out waste and pollution
2. keeping existing products and materials in use, and
3. regenerating natural systems

The circular built environment is the focus of The Green Register’s End of Year conference and features the following speakers: 

•    Katherine Adams, Director of ReUsefully, consultant and researcher in circularity for the built environment: An overview and update from the Innovate UK project on circularity in social housing.
•    Duncan Baker-Brown, architect, academic and author of The Re-Use Atlas, Materials specifications: Design in the age of emergency: a run-through some of the best circular economy practices.
•    Phillip Bate, Regional Manager for the South West and Midlands at Triodos Bank UK: Sustainable banking and how to finance the circular economy.
•    Tim Bevan, Building with Nature: Building With Nature Standard for building professionals who have committed to put nature at the heart of development.
•    Martin Brown, Fairsnape and Living Future Europe: Regenerative Design: pushing further than the balance point of 'sustainability.' 
•   Philip Charles, Aecom: Major Infrastructure Circularity.
•    Richard Halsey, Energy Systems Catapult and John Bullock, JB Lighting Design: Products as Services (to be returned to the manufacture at the end of useful life.)
•    Lilly Ingleby, architect and certified passivhaus designer at Race Cottam architects: Tools to Help you Design out Embodied Carbon.
•    Roddy Langmuir, architect and Green Future Planner at Cullinan Studio: Applying Circularity in Real Life - Marlborough Sports Garden case study, London.
•    James Moxey, Wood Knowledge Wales: Regenerating whole systems within projects.
•    Alastair Ogle, Waugh Thistleton: The Vitsoe factory, Leamington Spa - a case study.
•    Nick White, Natural England: Circularity in Biodiversity Net Gain.

As with TGR’s previous end of year conferences, to add to the fascinating and informative content throughout the day there will be an enjoyable after lunch interactive activity to challenge some of our assumptions about the circular economy.

The conference closes with drinks and nibbles and a chance to meet all those lovely like-minded people we have missed seeing in person over the past two and a half years!

Fees and Special Offers

• Green Register Members £120 / Partner rate for AECB / ASBP / GHA / PHT members £140 / Non-members £160
• Book 3 places for the price of 2. Use this discount code when registering: 342
  The 342 discount can only be used for 3 people from the same organisation booking a place at the same event.

10% of proceeds from the Conference will go to Fareshare.

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