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We bring the smartest minds in the property carbon-reduction world to FOOTPRINT, so we think it’s only right for us to disseminate all this experience and knowledge freely. Most of what you hear here won’t have been spoken about before; it’s all hot-off-the-press! If you were at FOOTPRINT 2024, you can hear all the talks you couldn’t get to while you were in another of our 6 theatres; and if you weren’t, now is your chance to learn why you need to be at FOOTPRINT 2025 (and it’s all CPD-approved).
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Closed loop recycling of end-of-life building glass rarely happens, with most glass manufacturers declaring less than 1% post-consumer content in their new glass. Most of this glass follows a linear process: crushed together with other building materials, put into landfills or recovered to low grade fill applications. As we consider strategies for combatting embodied emissions and creating a circular economy, this is the most important challenge for the glass industry,
By dealing directly with clients and upskilling the existing deconstruction supply chain to provide a ‘cost and time’ effective solution, the industry can guarantee that end of life glass is being recovered back into new building glass. With contributions from architects, commercial developers and the public sector, this session will cover:
- An update on Saint Gobain's recycling processes, capabilities, and the lessons that have been learnt
- The importance of closed loop recycling in relation to the decarbonisation of the glass industry and the production of lower-carbon glass
- Stewardship of natural resources, especially sand.
- How to tackle the obstacles to circularity
- Why early engagement and collaboration are vital to successful end of life glass recovery
2 days ago
2 days ago
JLL’s new HQ at 1 Broadgate began with an ambition to radically reduce both embodied and operational carbon, while embedding circularity at the core of a major workplace project. From the outset, the team set out to push whole life thinking across procurement, urban mining, circular design, material passporting, and future reuse potential.
Applying circular principles at scale revealed the scale of the challenge to make circularity the norm in the property sector including misaligned incentives, fragmented data, and complex delivery challenges. 1 Broadgate has been treated as a live testing ground to pioneer new approaches, set benchmarks, and build long-term resilience. This session offers a practical and candid reflection from the occupier client and consultant team: what’s working, what hasn’t, and where the biggest opportunities lie for others.
6 days ago
6 days ago
The heat network sector is undergoing a major transformation. The Government has ambitious plans to grow the sector as a low carbon form of heating and wants to introduce zoning in England where new and existing buildings within zones will be required to connect to heat networks.
Our expert panel will share their experiences of delivering heat networks, and explore the impact of zoning and of new regulations on real estate and what this will mean for developers, investors and the wider property sector.
Thursday Jun 19, 2025
Thursday Jun 19, 2025
Explore how vertical extensions can unlock new potential in existing buildings through real-world case studies such as HYLO, the Mary Ward Centre, and 1 Appold Street. Learn from IStructE's expert panel, who will discuss the benefits and complexities of building upward, including the importance of establishing the right vision for the project brief, assembling the right team, and engaging the engineers at the right time. You will leave with actionable insights and strategies to confidently pursue vertical extensions that maximise asset value and sustainability.
Thursday Jun 05, 2025
Thursday Jun 05, 2025
Indoor air quality has been proven to impact occupant health and well-being in a wide range of settings. In schools there has been increased attendance and achievement and in healthcare patient outcomes are improved. Within office and workplaces air quality monitoring can offer:
- the opportunity to refine building heating strategies and cut energy usage
- feedback on operating practices and how to monitor changes
- reduction in claims from occupiers and reduced insurance premiums
Experts from the International WELL Building Institute and selected clients join Butterfly Air to discuss how monitoring air quality has benefitted asset managers and building users.
Wednesday Apr 30, 2025
Wednesday Apr 30, 2025
Scope 3 emissions reporting can be challenging, but could widespread Whole Life Carbon Assessments (WLCAs) make the process easier? With a range of industry voices including UKGBC, Part Z and IStructE calling for regulations to mandate whole life carbon assessments, this session will explore how the industry can utilise and optimise emissions reporting. In particularly, panellists will discuss:
- How to understand the link between project-level WLCAs and organisation-level emissions reporting
- How using WLCAs within Scope 3 reporting could improve the overall accuracy of emission reporting in accordance with GHG Protocol
- Why widespread WLCAs are necessary to focus industry’s emissions reduction efforts on the critical areas, the construction and operation of built assets
Hear from key stakeholders working to implement these procedures within their businesses and the effects that doing so is having for the wider construction industry.
Chairperson
Simon Joe Portal, Head of Engineering & Sustainability – UK - Drees & Sommer
Wednesday Apr 23, 2025
Wednesday Apr 23, 2025
Social value delivers public benefit while tapping into the skillset of the development industry. What place has social value in property?
With different approaches from three developers, this presentation will discuss both direct and tangential benefits of social value creation. Is social value the new philanthropy and could it signal a change to S106 contributions?
Wednesday Apr 16, 2025
Wednesday Apr 16, 2025
There are growing regulatory and commercial risks associated with older, less energy-efficient buildings. Over 70% of the UK’s commercial stock was built before 2000 so a huge proportion of buildings will require retrofitting to meet Net Zero goals.
Building on the industry-led work by the UKGBC Task Group, the panel will debate the successful delivery of net-zero focussed retrofits. Using analysis from completed projects they demonstrate how significant reductions in operational energy are possible through optimising buildings and light retrofit works, which can be undertaken by either landlord or occupier. The bigger wins come from deep retrofit.
This session will provide clarity on how to implement net zero retrofit, illustrate the opportunities available from transitioning less-efficient assets towards net zero and show both asset owners and occupiers how to benefit from the process in the short, medium and long-term.