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Sustainable Places
In the bi-monthly Sustainable Places online event series, we're hosting conversations to ignite new ideas and explore solutions to construct a sustainable world for everyone.
In each event we'll explore the latest ideas and research from The Bartlett's leading thinkers in the built environment field. We'll explore all aspects of the climate crisis and how it intersects with the built environment: from sustainability and green design to climate-adapted cities and housing.
Past events
- Climate Leadership for COP28
The climate crisis is one of the great challenges facing humanity, but why are leaders are failing to act?
In this Sustainable Places: Climate Leadership for COP28 event we discussed the constraints and barriers that are stopping government, policy and industry leaders from making the changes needed to address this global crisis. How can these constraints and barriers be reduced or removed – and who by?
We examined why we are not seeing the individual climate leadership that we would like to see, and talk about the context that shapes behaviours – and how it can be altered. We discussed sustainability as an ethical imperative, and why understanding it in this way is crucial for the possibility of action to promote sustainability at all levels.
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In this Sustainable Places: Partnerships for Green Design event we explored how architecture and construction companies have used innovative Knowledge Transfer Partnerships to develop new models for sustainable building design and net zero carbon targets. We discussed successful Knowledge Transfer Partnerships in green construction, including a net zero carbon guide and tool created for architects, and design solutions, management strategies, and adaptation plans to explore and test net-zero carbon targets.
We explored the lessons learned from these partnerships, and how they can be applied in the future to cut carbon emissions and make our buildings and cities more sustainable.
YouTube Widget Placeholderhttps://youtu.be/CnGkdgcJsg0?si=mhiGScJGqxme8h8_ - Preparing for the COP28 Climate Summit
In this event our panel of UCL experts explored how the built environment sector can address the climate crisis through cross-sector collaboration, and prepare for COP28, this year’s global United Nations climate summit. Our speakers discussed their experiences of attending COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, last year, and how the loss and damage funds agreed by governments at COP27 have the potential to influence and inspire action in the built environment sector.
YouTube Widget Placeholderhttps://youtu.be/eKOfo8e6fkI - Rejecting Roads, Sustaining Streets
This online panel discussion explored how integrated real estate and urban design approaches can improve health and sustainability. We also discussed the ways in which the built environment can make walking either possible or impossible, and in turn, contribute to long-term health and the climate crisis.
YouTube Widget Placeholderhttps://youtu.be/oTupJrKf1f8 - Environments for Mental Health
This online Inclusive Spaces explored the architecture of psychiatric buildings and the importance of involving end users in the design and planning of mental health care environments.
YouTube Widget Placeholderhttps://youtu.be/q30k-jMZAp4 - Housing for Resilient Ageing Communities
This online event explored how housing can help ageing communities to be more resilient to climate change.
YouTube Widget Placeholderhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Nw-3AwmavI - Place Inspired Architecture
This online panel discussion explored how rural architecture, design and craft can be inspired by their natural environment.
YouTube Widget Placeholderhttps://youtu.be/jd1wN3GrDtw - Climate Adapted Cities
Urban green infrastructure can help cities worldwide to adapt to the growing impacts of climate change. In this event, our panel of experts discussed how biodiverse urban landscapes can be created and managed through new opportunities in employment, financing, communities and radical collaborations.
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