Facades and Sustainability Masterclass: Part Two

Facades with a conscience – how to reduce embodied carbon

Building on the first Facades and Sustainability Masterclass on improving the energy efficiency of non-domestic existing buildings, Part Two focuses on embodied carbon associated with facade systems and how to reduce this. As energy efficiency regulations and interventions continue to reduce carbon associated with operational energy, embodied carbon is becoming the more dominant source of carbon emissions over the lifetime of a building.

The climate change and the rising appetite for the deconstruction of modern cities call for a holistic approach to facade design, where each component is relevant to the building design life, from the early design stage to dismantling.

This Masterclass will use circular economy principles to illustrate opportunities to reduce the impact of different typical facade build-ups, from optimising new material requirements at concept design through to designing for deconstruction and material recovery at the end of each technical life of a facade system.

Speakers

Georgina-Chamberlain-Sustainability

Georgina Chamberlain

MEng, MPhil, MICE, MIStructE, BREEAM AP | Associate Sustainability Consultant

Georgina is passionate about integrated sustainable design in the built environment and enjoys the challenges of working across multiple disciplines to achieve this. Since joining Buro Happold in 2012, she has built on her previous industry experience as a Structural Engineer to pursue an interest in developing bespoke sustainability strategies for planning and project delivery, embodied carbon and circular economy.

Having contributed to various UKGBC Circular Economy working groups since 2017, including the development of the Circular Economy Guide for Construction Clients, Georgina is looking forward to getting involved with the next phase of the programme. This will explore circular economy metrics and the link to embodied carbon.