BOOK NOW | ESG: The Retrofit Playbook
Keen to move beyond the why of carbon-conscious design and focus on the how? This London-based event will gather speakers from across the property and technology world to share practical advice on how to meet carbon targets in existing buildings.
ESG: The Retrofit Playbook will feature leaders from developers General Projects and Grosvenor, investment companies Fore Partnership and Ashby Capital, law firm Mills & Reeve, architect White Arkitekter, and PR organisation Social.
ESG: The Retrofit Playbook will be held at the Kensington Building in London on 23 February 2023 and is aimed at asset managers, developers, and advisers who are interested in learning practical lessons from real-life retrofit projects. The event is a half-day morning workshop-style practical seminar designed to give you actionable takeaways for your own projects.
Expect to explore topics such as thermal improvements, AI implementation, user experience optimisation, digital monitoring, all-electric systems, predicitve maintenance, and wellbeing innovations.
ESG: The Retrofit Playbook is sponsored by tech public relations company Social and leading law firm Mills & Reeve. The event is being put on by Place North West sister-publication PlaceTech.
Speakers include…
- TOM SMITHERS, ASHBY CAPITAL | Investment portfolio includes the Kensington Building, One Bartholomew, Fitzroy Place, and the JJ Mack building.
- LUKE CROSS, SOCIAL | Leads the group’s London division, which specialises in ESG and impact communications, working primarily with businesses, non-profits, funders and other organisations across housing, placemaking and the built environment.
- LINDA THIEL, WHITE ARKITEKTER | Leads on projects including the redevelopment of Gascoigne Estate in London and Malmo Quay, Newcastle
- LAURA LUDLOW, MILLS & REEVE | Drafts and maintains a suite of green precedent clauses, advising clients on their inclusion and implementation, as well as with other sustainability challenges.
- ANDY CREAMER, GROSVENOR | Responsible for the delivering a retrofit programme, with a £90m commitment to reach net zero across all scopes by 2040. Between 2020 – end 2023, Grosvenor will have retrofitted c1 million sq ft of space.
- BASIL DEMEROUTIS, FORE PARTNERSHIP | Will deliver a practical case study and Q&A session at the event
- BEN CROSS, GENERAL PROJECTS | Leads large-scale workspace projects including the repurposing of the former Woolworths HQ on Marylebone Road, the refurbishment of the Heal’s building in London, and the development of a 200,000 sq ft city centre campus for creative businesses in Manchester.
