Collaborative Research Workshop: Environmental Sustainability "Sustainable built environments: how do we get there?"

Workshop
  • Date and time: Thursday 29 May 2025, 9.30am to 4.30pm
  • Location: In-person only
    The Treehouse, Berrick Saul Building, Campus West, University of York (Map)
  • Audience: Open to staff, students (postgraduate researchers only)
  • Admission: Free admission, booking required

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Event details

Coordinated by The Centre for Architecture, Urbanism, and Global Heritage (CAUGH), the event aims to connect the built environment sustainability community (across research and practice) at the University of York with stakeholders within and outside the University, in York and beyond. 

The programme will foster debates and discussions around what sustainable built environments look like, and how we can get there. With participation and support from the York Environmental Sustainability Institute (YESI), the event aims to link our researchers with academic departments, research themes and teams, stakeholders and collaborators in practice, policy and technology to build partnerships, shared interests and innovative projects within Yorkshire and beyond. 

The programme is organised around Thematic Sessions and a Roundtable, with speakers from industry, policy and academia to bring multiple voices, perspectives and history to inform our journey into the future. This theme is related to environmental sustainability.

Event Programme

9:30 - 9:45      Welcome and intro

9:45 - 10:00    Get to know & "speed dating"

10:00 - 10:45   Panel discussion / talk show with local planning authorities - "The role of policies and policymaking"

10:45 - 11:00    Coffee break

11:00 - 11:20    Prof Danielle Densley Tingley, The University of Sheffield

11:20 - 11:40    Martha Dillon, C40 Cities

11:40 - 12:00    Kiru Balson, Max Fordham

12:00 - 12:10    Leg stretch & biobreak

12:10 - 12:30    Adam Ozinsky, 3XN

12:30 - 12:50    Kemi Owoeye, Willmott Dixon

12:50 - 13:50    Lunch break

14:00 - 15:00    Roundtable discussions:

   Roundtable 1: What we already have (existing buildings, infrastructure, materials)

   Roundtable 2: What we don't yet have (new buildings, new infrastructure, new  
           materials, new tech)

   Roundtable 3: The role of policies (local, regional, national, international)

   Roundtable 4: Making it fair (equitable and socially just transitions)

15:00 - 15:30    Roundtable facilitators report back

15:30 - 16:00    Pollination and contamination - brainstorming from roundtables

16:00 - 16:15    Next steps and action points

16:15 - 16:30    Event close