FOOTPRINT+ Special 2 With Interviews From The Event

Pete the Builder and Steve Randall along with this special’s guests are transporting you back to Footprint+! And if you weren’t there, this is a great way to be in the know!Pete the Builder spoke to Wendy Bishop of Architype about retrofitting and the Entopia BuildingWendy Bishop is an associate of Architype and Passivhaus designer. She was a keynote speaker at the event. Her talk was entitled Retrofitting a historic building: CISL’s Entopia Building." What might work for a 1930’s building like the Entopia Building in Cambridge won’t work for a 1980s built school up in Scotland." Read more on our episode page here.Next up Steve Randall spoke to Catherine Dewar and David Tomback from Historic England about the importance of reusing old buildings.".. the three days have really brought into focus the importance of reusing buildings and the carbon that’s embodied in those buildings. Of course, we represent Historic England, so we would say that’s important.But it’s been a joy to hear everybody else saying it. We’ve been talking about this, haven’t we for years? And it’s just a joy to hear everybody else, recognising the importance of doing that, for really important reasons."Our next guests are two young people in the Construction industry, Shane Orme and Serena Gugliotta of WSP. Pete the Builder spoke to both about the goal of net zero and the importance of collaboration in order to achieve it."But I think that the biggest point here is that we as consultants, can do more than just advising. We can really push for a circular economy and all these concepts that we’re discussing today. Because it’s a really collaborative approach, the one we have to push forward. And so we’re doing our best to work together."Steve Randall spoke to Sophie Cole of Mikhail Riches next about retrofitting and achieving zero carbon housing at a scale.Sophie Cole is a senior architect at Mikhail Riches. She specialises in housing design and her priority lies in sustainability. She believes that now clients are demanding a green agenda, and everyone is on the same page to achieve it." Now our clients are asking us to do it, whereas before I think we felt that sometimes you had to push a green agenda."Next Pete the Builder talks to Steve Hearn, the Chief Executive Officer at Mid Group about using timber wood in constructionMid Group is a dynamic Construction, Investment and Development company, focused on providing enhanced value to its clients and partners. "I think the answer is probably not doing enough. There’s more we can do but we are constrained by legislation and the market conditions."Read more on our episode page here.The penultimate interview on this second special episode is Steve Randall speaking to Paul Lincoln, Editor from LandscapeThe Landscape Institute is the body that represents landscape architects in the UK. With over 6000 members consisting of landscape designers, landscape managers and landscape planners or students. "Landscape archiConstructive Voices: Inspiring change within the construction industry and related sectorsFollow Constructive Voices on:LinkedInTwitterFacebookRequest a media p...