LETI (London Energy Transformation Initiative) will be joining us to talk about their latest publication the Climate Emergency Design Guide.
We are in a climate emergency and urgently need to reduce carbon emissions. This guide outlines the requirements of new buildings to ensure our climate change targets are met - setting out a definitive journey, beyond climate emergency declarations, into a net zero carbon future. It is specifically aimed at developers/landowners, designers, policy makers, and the supply chain. It aims to help to define ‘good’ and to set clear and achievable targets.
LETI will also talk about their embodied carbon primer which offers supplementary guidance to those interested in exploring embodied carbon in more detail.
The Climate Emergency Design Guide is a collaborative publication that has been produced by over 100 LETI volunteers. For information on LETI, go to www.leti.london
Speakers:
James Woodall, Sustainability Manager - Allies and Morrison
Kat Scott, Senior Architectural Assistant - dRMM Architects
James Woodall leads Allies and Morrison’s sustainability group, supporting project teams with a range of specialist environmental design analysis and targeted research. He also leads development and application of Allies and Morrison’s sustainability strategy, driving transformational change across the practice. James plays a pivotal role in the practice’s ongoing commitment to both Architects Declare and the RIBA 2030 Challenge.
James works at the intersection of architecture, environmental design and social impact, focusing on the enhancement of design through sustainability and the engagement of creativity using data driven design. He considers sustainability not as an extension of design but integral to good design practice.
Prior to joining Allies and Morrison, James spent five years working in Vancouver, Canada where he had an instrumental role in developing some of the largest community Passivhaus buildings in the world. James contributes to a range of industry associations, including the RIBA and UKGBC and speaks regularly at various international industry events. He co-edited the LETI Climate Emergency Design Guide (2020).
Kat Scott works to limit the impacts of the built environment on wider ecologies and natural systems. She plays an active role in three of the architecture profession’s leading climate advocacy groups – LETI, Architects Declare and ACAN.
Kat has been part of the London Energy Transformation Initiative since Spring 2019 as part of the Embodied and Whole Life Carbon workstream, and was part of the team who produced the recently released LETI Embodied Carbon Primer and LETI Climate Emergency Design Guide. Kat currently leads LETI's sub-workstream on Circular Economy. She also sits on the Architects Declare Steering Group, helping to implement next steps of this inititative. Kat also acts as coordinator for the Where the Wild Things Aren’t thematic group in the Architects Climate Action Network, focusing on the role of architects in mitigating against broader ecological crises.
Kat works as a Senior Architectural Assistant at dRMM. At dRMM she is involved in helping to shape and implement strategy for moving towards regenerative design, particularly in light of the practice’s role as a founding signatory of Architects Declare. Kat still predominantly works on project work, and understands the everyday challenges of implementation of LETI best practice into built projects.
This talk is part of the RIBA's 'People, Place, Planet' series of talks and events.
