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Introducing FutureX podcast episode #22 with Net Zero Pioneer Hanson. Join hosts Martin Hurn and Oliver Jones engage in a thought-provoking conversation with Concrete Technical Director Daniel Clayton and Concrete Commercial Director Ian Clements. This episode delves into the amazing work Hanson has been doing for the past decade creating low carbon concrete and making some serious progress around the ESG criteria and their commit...

FutureX Net Zero Pioneer special: hub.brussels

Futurebuild 2023 showcased the industry’s Net Zero Pioneers – the most innovative companies that are leading the way at scale, to show the rest of the industry how they are progressing on the path to net zero and how their leadership can inspire and support other organisations in making their own, vital contributions to this global challenge.

In this FutureX podcast Martin and Oliver t...

In this episode of FutureX, Martin and Olli welcome Indy Johar, co-founder of Dark Matter Labs. Brace yourself and be prepared to have your mind blown! They cover a lot of ground in this episode starting with the extinction of the CEO, the importance of learning, a new theory of value and just how critical global interdependence is to planetary civilisation and the future of the human race.

You can also catch Indy at Futurebuild 20...

In this episode of FutureX, we’re joined by yet another long-standing Futurebuild friend, activist and creative director and executive producer for Edible Bus Stop – Mak Gilchrist.

The Edible Bus Stop® is a landscape and spatial design studio founded in London, 2012 that specialises in creating transformative landscape design for exterior and interior environments, in permanent or temporary settings. Their approach is driven by a b...

FutureX: Net Zero Pioneer special: tepeo

Futurebuild 2023 will showcase the industry’s Net Zero Pioneers – the most innovative companies that are leading the way at scale, to show the rest of the industry how they are progressing on the path to net zero and how their leadership can inspire and support other organisations in making their own, vital contributions to this global challenge. You can find each Net Zero Pioneer at Futureb...

In this episode of FutureX, Martin and Oliver speak to architect, academic, environmental activist and author of ‘The Re-Use Atlas: a designer’s guide towards a circular economy’; Duncan Baker-Brown.

Duncan has been a huge supporter of Ecobuild/ Futurebuild for many years. He built the Waste Totem back in 2013 and has curated several Waste Zones there too.

Duncan has practised, researched, and taught around issues of sustainable de...

In this episode of FutureX, Martin and Oliver speak to sustainable pioneer Professor Tom Woolley. Tom has always had a passion for tackling environmental issues after doing a lot of work with community groups. 

In the 90’s he produced the “Green Building Handbook” which originally had funding from the Department of the Environment. Feeling later that the Green Building Handbook was a little negative in terms of its critique of conv...

In this episode of FutureX, Martin Hurn and Oliver Jones speak to Joe Giddings from Built by Nature, a true pioneer in the nature-based solutions space. 

Built by Nature is a network and grant-making fund dedicated to accelerating the timber building transformation in Europe: radically reducing embodied carbon; safely storing carbon in our buildings for generations; and sequestering carbon by championing forest stewardship and rege...

This week your hosts Martin Hurn and Oliver Jones speak to Sam Cryer from Thermulon, finalist of Futurebuild’s Big Innovation Pitch and developers of the game-changing aerogel for building insulation.   40% of UK's emissions come from buildings and their operation. Thermulon's materials can help minimize the carbon footprint of our built environment. Aerogels are the most insulating materials known to man, Thermulon's aerogels are ...

The cement industry produces 8% of all human CO2 emissions, that's almost 3 billion tonnes per year. Seratech can reduce this to zero. Listen to this episode to find out how.

Martin and Oliver speak to Dr Mike Cook, Barney Shanks and Sam Draper from Seratech on all things concrete and their passion and love for creating a truly net zero concrete is inspiring. 

Seratech's aim is to ensure we can continue to build new homes, cities a...

This week we’re shaking things up with 3 expert guests giving us their views on how data is being used to tackle climate change and accelerate us towards our net zero goal.

Firstly, Martin and Oliver speak to Dr Graham Kelly, Managing Director at BIM Academy. Graham is responsible for leading strategy and implementation of digital transformation strategies specific to clients’ real needs. This goes beyond BIM: it is as much about t...

After such an inspiring discussion in episode #7 all around innovation in the built environment,  Martin and Oliver welcome Mike Pitts, Deputy Challenge Director at Innovate UK back to FutureX!

Listen to hear Mike’s thoughts around the barriers of getting innovation into the built environment and how truly experiencing innovation can demonstrate just how it can add value to our lives. Mike also discusses the need for culture change...

Listen to episode #10 of FutureX now to hear Martin and Oliver in conversation with James Rixon and Sam Turner from the Architects Climate Action Network (ACAN). ACAN is a great example of positive activism, ran by an inspirational community of people that are leading the way in the built environment with their amazing work.

You don't need to be an architect to get involved in the network, just passionate about the future of the bu...

In this episode of FutureX, Martin and Oliver speak to the ultimate sustainability pioneer, innovation guru and Futurebuild friend, Bill Dunster OBE.

Listen now to hear Bill's thoughts on many issues such as the current energy crisis, our political leadership, net-zero and education in environmental design.

Hear from the mastermind behind sustainable architectural projects such as BedZED, ZEDlife and the Zero Bills Home. 

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This episode takes FutureX into an entirely new direction!

Martin and Oliver speak to Professor Peter Ralph, Executive Director of the Climate Change Cluster (C3) and Professor of Marine Biology to learn more about the Deep Green Biotech Hub and step into the world of marine biology and micro algae. The subject will blow your mind, really get you thinking about it’s potential use in construction and maybe even change your view on c...

Following Futurebuild 2022's huge showcase of innovation, we're carrying on this theme throughout our upcoming FutureX episodes.

In this episode, Martin and Oliver speak to Mike Pitts, Deputy Challenge Director, Innovate UK; Keith Waller, Programme Director, Construction Innovation Hub and Sam Stacey, Challenge Director, UKRI - three of the most influential people in the construction innovation space. They look back at the last fou...

In this episode your hosts Martin Hurn and Dr Oliver Jones speak to Antonia Khayatt, architect with a particular interest in socially and environmentally responsible architecture and urban design; consultant for the UKGBC and contributor of the Climate Emergency Retrofit Guide by LETI.

LETI’s Climate Emergency Retrofit Guide shows how we can retrofit our homes to make them fit for the future and support the UK’s Net Zero targets.  ...

In this episode your hosts Martin Hurn and Dr Oliver Jones speak to Hew Edgar, Associate Director of Policy at the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB).

Listen to the conversation based around Policy, Skills and Action and hear thoughts around the Government’s Heat and Buildings Strategy with emphasis on retrofit; as well as the skills shortage, the required skills that the construction industry needs and what we need to do to ad...

Carrying on the FutureX theme of talking to net-zero pioneers and ahead of COP26, Oliver and Martin spoke to Munish Datta, on his thoughts around the pathway to net zero.

Munish is a fellow at the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership and formerly led Marks & Spencers' globally-renowned sustainability strategy (Plan A) across its extensive property portfolio and is now director of the UK Green Building Cou...