The Entopia Building, 1 Regent St, Cambridge CB2 1GG
Commercial Retrofit and the Circular Economy - Site Tour of the Entopia Building, Cambridge
The built environment is responsible for 25% of total UK emissions, with embodied carbon making up 20% of that, as shown by UKGBC’s Whole Life Net Zero Carbon Roadmap. Transitioning to a circular economy will play a key role in reducing embodied carbon emissions as well as reducing our resource extraction, bringing wider benefits to biodiversity and nature.
Similarly, the operation of existing non-domestic buildings is responsible for 23% of built environment emissions. Retrofitting our existing buildings without adversely increasing embodied carbon emissions is a key challenge we need to address in our transition to net zero. Our How Circular Economy Principles can impact carbon and value report explored the opportunities circular economy design principles can offer to reduce whole life carbon, and how this can be valued in built assets.
To bring to life the opportunities and lessons learned from a recent pilot project that explored this challenge, UKGBC is hosting a site tour of CISL’s Entopia building – a case study featured in our report last year, targeting WELL Gold rating, BREEAM Outstanding, and EnerPHit Classic.
Being joined by ISG and Architype the tour will include presentations from the design and delivery teams outlining the range of sustainability interventions introduced and key lessons learned, followed by post-tour refreshments and networking.
Why attend?
- Deepen understanding of how to retrofit non-residential buildings and minimise embodied carbon impacts
- Raise awareness of the value of circular design principles and whole life carbon reductions
- Explore solutions, challenges and lessons learned first-hand from the design and delivery teams
- Network with fellow built environment professionals
Who should attend?
Built environment professionals focused on the retrofit and/or the fit-out of commercial buildings who are looking to include circular design principles in their work and reduce whole life carbon emissions.
Who is this event for?
Interest in climate change mitigation
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