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The cement industry produces 8% of all human CO2 emissions, that's almost 3 billion tonnes per year. Seratech can reduce this to zero. Listen to this episode to find out how.

Martin and Oliver speak to Dr Mike Cook, Barney Shanks and Sam Draper from Seratech on all things concrete and their passion and love for creating a truly net zero concrete is inspiring. 

Seratech's aim is to ensure we can continue to build new homes, cities and resilient infrastructure so people can flourish but without impacting our environment. They have developed a unique process that delivers efficient, low-cost carbon capture and provides a product that is essential to support future low-carbon construction. This has the potential to reduce carbon emissions into the atmosphere and to support construction to go green. 

Visit Seratech at London Design Festival later this month, you can register here. 

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This week we’re shaking things up with 3 expert guests giving us their views on how data is being used to tackle climate change and accelerate us towards our net zero goal.

Firstly, Martin and Oliver speak to Dr Graham Kelly, Managing Director at BIM Academy. Graham is responsible for leading strategy and implementation of digital transformation strategies specific to clients’ real needs. This goes beyond BIM: it is as much about the people as it is about the technology. He’s an expert within his field with over 10 years’ experience in construction and academia.

Next up, your hosts speak to Giulia Papi, Marketing Manager at innDex and Tasha Greenfield, Design Coordinator, Natural Building Systems. Both Giulia and Tasha are part of the new movement ZERO Next, which focuses on young people, with a fast-growing global network of students and young professionals who are making strong demands on the construction industry. 

The passion and energy from all 3 guests is truly inspiring so we encourage you to listen now and get involved! 

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After such an inspiring discussion in episode #7 all around innovation in the built environment,  Martin and Oliver welcome Mike Pitts, Deputy Challenge Director at Innovate UK back to FutureX!

Listen to hear Mike’s thoughts around the barriers of getting innovation into the built environment and how truly experiencing innovation can demonstrate just how it can add value to our lives. Mike also discusses the need for culture change and telling a better story about how buildings can affect our communities.

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Listen to episode #10 of FutureX now to hear Martin and Oliver in conversation with James Rixon and Sam Turner from the Architects Climate Action Network (ACAN). ACAN is a great example of positive activism, ran by an inspirational community of people that are leading the way in the built environment with their amazing work.

You don't need to be an architect to get involved in the network, just passionate about the future of the built environment! If you want to learn more and get involved, click here.

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In this episode of FutureX, Martin and Oliver speak to the ultimate sustainability pioneer, innovation guru and Futurebuild friend, Bill Dunster OBE.

Listen now to hear Bill's thoughts on many issues such as the current energy crisis, our political leadership, net-zero and education in environmental design.

Hear from the mastermind behind sustainable architectural projects such as BedZED, ZEDlife and the Zero Bills Home. 

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This episode takes FutureX into an entirely new direction!

Martin and Oliver speak to Professor Peter Ralph, Executive Director of the Climate Change Cluster (C3) and Professor of Marine Biology to learn more about the Deep Green Biotech Hub and step into the world of marine biology and micro algae. The subject will blow your mind, really get you thinking about it’s potential use in construction and maybe even change your view on carbon…

 

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Following Futurebuild 2022's huge showcase of innovation, we're carrying on this theme throughout our upcoming FutureX episodes.

In this episode, Martin and Oliver speak to Mike Pitts, Deputy Challenge Director, Innovate UK; Keith Waller, Programme Director, Construction Innovation Hub and Sam Stacey, Challenge Director, UKRI - three of the most influential people in the construction innovation space. They look back at the last four years of the transforming construction challenge and discuss what's coming in the future.

 

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In this episode your hosts Martin Hurn and Dr Oliver Jones speak to Antonia Khayatt, architect with a particular interest in socially and environmentally responsible architecture and urban design; consultant for the UKGBC and contributor of the Climate Emergency Retrofit Guide by LETI.

LETI’s Climate Emergency Retrofit Guide shows how we can retrofit our homes to make them fit for the future and support the UK’s Net Zero targets.  We define energy use targets for existing homes and provide practical guidance on how to achieve them.  

The guide is useful for architects, engineers, Local Authorities, social landlords, energy professionals, contractors and clients looking for guidance about best practice retrofit.

Donate to LETI and help support LETI for 1.5 years. LETI are looking to raise £25k and you can help by donating here.

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In this episode your hosts Martin Hurn and Dr Oliver Jones speak to Hew Edgar, Associate Director of Policy at the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB).

Listen to the conversation based around Policy, Skills and Action and hear thoughts around the Government’s Heat and Buildings Strategy with emphasis on retrofit; as well as the skills shortage, the required skills that the construction industry needs and what we need to do to address this.

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Carrying on the FutureX theme of talking to net-zero pioneers and ahead of COP26, Oliver and Martin spoke to Munish Datta, on his thoughts around the pathway to net zero.

Munish is a fellow at the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership and formerly led Marks & Spencers' globally-renowned sustainability strategy (Plan A) across its extensive property portfolio and is now director of the UK Green Building Council.

Since their conversation, the UKGBC has launched first ever UK Roadmap for achieving Net Zero carbon built environment by 2050 at this week's COP26.

The Roadmap quantifies, for the first time, the specific emission reductions across sub-sectors of the built environment that will need to take place year-on-year to meet the 2050 deadline. The analysis includes not only domestic emissions, but emissions related to the consumption of imported construction products and materials. The Roadmap establishes a net zero emissions budget and trajectory to 2050, consistent with wider UK carbon targets and budgets as set-out by the Climate Change Committee (CCC), enabling government and the UK built environment to benchmark progress over the coming years and decades.

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