*Please note recent change of date* New date: 23 November 2022

As part of The Green Register’s series in the Circular Economy - culminating in our End of Year Hot Topic conference in Bristol on 8th December - we are delighted to offer this live interactive online session offering a practice perspective on working towards delivering Net Zero Embodied Carbon projects, coupled with some of the environmental impacts of materials to consider beyond carbon.

About the session

We will be joined by architects Race Cottam Associates, with speakers Lilly Ingleby and Chris Halligan who will cover:

What really is Net Zero?

• Definitions and standards: a project case study of what gets measured in a project
• Understanding the embodied carbon of materials

Beyond embodied carbon: How to consider the wider environmental impact of materials

• What are the criteria for a sustainable building material?
• What LCA tools do we have available?
• Examining some commonly used materials to test the effectiveness of these tools such as sheep’s wool, gypsum plaster and recycled aggregates
• A case study to illustrate the challenges of specifying sustainable materials

How to design low embodied carbon buildings

• Measuring and modelling the embodied carbon using BIM : A project case study of understanding accuracy and data assumptions
• Using embodied carbon modelling as a design tool : A project case study of how embodied carbon reduction targets can be achieved
• Getting to grips with low carbon design principles
• Whole lifecycle analysis of embodied carbon

About the speakers

Lilly Ingleby

Lilly is an Architect and certified Passive House designer at Race Cottam associates; a medium sized practice based in Sheffield working predominantly in the public sector. Lilly’s career has seen her work across a broad range of sectors and scales of projects, with notable recent projects including a Wind Turbine production facility and SIPs built primary and secondary schools. 

Lilly is a renewable energy enthusiast; having built and designed a micro-hydro-electric turbine early in her career, which then lead to embarking on a self-build retrofit project addressing issues around UK housing stock energy performance. 

Lilly is the practice lead on Net Zero Carbon, which has seen her lead the implementation of new software and working practices to tackle this within our designs.

She is passionate about creating a culture of peer learning within our profession through allied professional bodies, local organisations and educational institutions to develop and share the skills the industry needs for the future; as facilitated with roles as a past trustee of the RIBA, past chair of the Sheffield Civic Trust, and teaching associate at The University of Sheffield.

Chris Halligan

Chris recently joined RCA, bringing with him a wealth of experience gained from a lengthy career across a wide breadth of construction design.  Holding an MSc with distinction in Sustainable Architecture, Chris has published award winning research and has played a key role in several innovative projects with environmental principles at their heart. 

Chris has a particular interest in sustainable materials and is currently a member of CIAT's Climate Action Group who are progressing and promoting the decarbonisation agenda in respect of architectural technology. 

After recent involvement in large scale social housing projects, Chris has moved to RCA to return to  a wider range of projects, which will hopefully be as equally fulfilling and beneficial to communities.