April 1st 2025 - Shade the UK - Climate Adaptation Local Government Breakfast (NO FOOLING! ) Shade the UK are all about adapting the built environment and public spaces to protect the vulnerable against a changing climate. Their work is being exhibited at the Building Centre along with Melting Metropolis and the BBSA. They are opening up the exhibition privately to ACAN members and local leaders on the morning of 1st April where Shade the UK founder Andy Love and Grantham Institute's London School of Economics will briefly introduce why climate adaptation is so important in a changing world. It is an intimate morning with limited tickets so do please get in there quick to avoid missing out and feel free to share among colleagues and peers: https://lnkd.in/eb_GGSmu #ClimateChange #Networking #ClimateAction #BuiltEnvironment
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A network of architects and built environment professionals taking action in the climate and biodiversity crises.
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Architects CAN (ACAN!) is a network of individuals within architecture and related built environment professions taking action to address the twin crises of climate and ecological breakdown. We are in a state of climate and ecological emergency. There is a compelling body of scientific work indicating our present trajectory will lead to catastrophe if we do not make ambitious and radical changes as a matter of urgency. We also acknowledge that the construction industry and the existing built environment are major contributing factors to the crises and as such both require complete and rapid transformation. In the UK, the built environment as a whole is responsible for 42% of national emissions. The manner in which we produce, operate and renew our built environment continues to curtail biodiversity, pollute ecosystems and encourage unsustainable lifestyles. This state of emergency calls for a new kind of professionalism. We can no longer remain secluded within our personal and professional silos. Instead we are harnessing our collective agency; as citizens with a shared professional background and a common goal, mobilising to bring about necessary changes to our industry. We welcome anyone that shares in this vision for change.
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Edward C.
RIBA Architect | Digital Construction (BIM) Expert | Climate Adaptation Strategist
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Aurore Baulier
Architect RIBA at ATELIER BAULIER
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Iva Stanisheva
Architect | Urban Designer | Associated Lecturer (BA & MA) | Coordinator at Institute Circular Economy and Architects Climate Action Network (ACAN)
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Matteo Sarno
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Architects Climate Action Network (ACAN) reposted this
Really excited to host the launch of ACAN's Demolition Map, an important initiative highlighting the social and environmental harm of demolition. Tickets going fast, be quick to grab yours!
LAUNCH EVENT: Hug the Building - Support ACAN's campaign against demolition 💣 Join ACAN's Existing Buildings Group and a fantastic panel as we launch an interactive website for mapping the value of historic buildings threatened with 21st century demolition across the UK. The Demolition Map aims to gather information on threatened, demolished, or saved buildings, across the UK, helping our campaign to stop demolition, as a critical step towards Net Zero! You can find more details here: https://lnkd.in/epnfeZvb Join and support our campaign against demolition by attending this launch event: 📍 Venue: Haworth Tompkins office in Old Street, London. 📆 Date: 8th May 2025 ⏰ Time: 6.00pm BST 🎟️ Tickets via Eventbrite: https://lnkd.in/eRNUvrFe 🗣️ Panelists: - Sara Edmonds, National Retrofit Hub - Simon Sturgis, Targeting Zero - John Christophers, Zero Carbon House - Leanne Tritton / Will Hurst, Don't Waste Buildings - Alice Brown, ACAN UK Demolition We look forward to seeing you all - register now! #Demolition #Buildings #Construction #Retrofit #ACAN #Architects #ClimateAction #Carbon Cc. Deepthi Ravi
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♻️ The future is CIRCULAR ♻️ Shape the future of Sustainable Design: 2 opportunities to engage with ACAN's Circular Economy Group! ✨ NEW: Circular Economy Features Series ✨ Discover innovative circular economy initiatives transforming the building industry! Our CE Features bi-monthly showcase introduces start-ups and organisations making circularity a reality. Next up: Circuland - a holistic platform for Life Cycle Data Management in construction. Hear from co-founders Anastasia Stella and Angelo M. about the power of turning data into intelligence through Materials Passports, Pre-Deconstruction Audits, and marketplace connections. 🗓 Event Details: 📅 Date: Friday March 28th, 2025 ⏰ Time: 13:00 pm - 14:00 pm BST 📍 Online via Zoom - join our ACAN Circular Economy WhatsApp group to stay connected and access event details. 🌍 Join ACAN’s Circular Economy Task Group! ♲ 🌍 Are you passionate about circular design and sustainability in the built environment? ACAN’s Circular Economy Group is forming a Task Group, and we need your expertise! 🔎 What’s the mission? The Task Group will build on the work of our Circular Economy Design Guide, addressing barriers to implementation (pages 48-49), and investigating current challenges in embedding circular strategies. By gathering knowledge from events held in 2024-2025, the Task Group will help create an updated version of the design guide to shape the future of sustainable practices. 🌱 Why join? Collaborate with like-minded professionals, make a real impact, and contribute to a more circular, sustainable future for the built environment! 📅 Application deadline: 22:00 GMT, Monday, 14th April 2025 🔗 Apply via the link on our website (in comment below). Let’s shape a circular future together! #CircularEconomy #Sustainability #ACAN #CEFeatures #Circular Cc. Dr. Michelle Sánchez Brajkovic Laura Mohirta
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We're delighted to be involved with this excellent initiative 🙏
Assistant Principal of Curriculum - Automotive, Construction, Engineering, Industry Pathways & Green Technologies
I am excited to share that Waltham Forest College is hosting the "Build Tomorrow: Construction Sustainability and Innovators Youth Summit" on Wednesday, 30th April 2025, from 10:00am to 2:00pm at our campus (E17 4JB). Sponsored by U-Build This free event is a unique opportunity to deepen your knowledge and enhance sustainability practices within your home or organisation. The summit will feature: Panel Discussions: with industry experts from Chloe Donovan from Natural Building Systems, Ellora Coupe founder of Her Retrofit Space, Saul Humphrey 🌍 Humphrey (Vice President of CIOB) & Professor - Anglia Ruskin University Live Demonstrations: on topics such as Airtightness testing, retrofitting products, different heating systems, different green tech technology and passive homes techniques from Adam White-CPHC from Intelligent Membranes, NorDan UK Ltd, Tom Barbour and Rod Davies Employer Experts from leading local and national companies sharing their sustainability agendas including U-Build, Architects Climate Action Network (ACAN), Energy Efficiency Association CIC , Keltbray, White Haus Bespoke Timber Frame, Anzen Climate Wall systems, Retrotec, GUNT Technology Limited, Coltraco Ultrasonics, Natural Building Systems, East London Waterworks Park, This is a fantastic chance to gain practical insights, engage with professionals, and take actionable steps towards a sustainable future. If you’re interested in attending or bringing a small group of students, or an employer/supplier looking to be part of this event, please follow the link below #retrofit #passivehaus #greenskills #futurebuild Green Energy Skills Training Alliance (GESTA) Carol Minto
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Dr. Michelle Sánchez Brajkovic is an ACAN coordinator in our Circular Economy Thematic Group - a fount of knowledge on the subject and a great speaker, ths worth a look if you can attend ↓
KEYNOTE ANNOUNCEMENT We are delighted to welcome Dr. Michelle Sánchez Brajkovic, Sustainability Lead at RSHP, as a keynote speaker for the Plenary Session at the SPACE International Conference on Sustainable Architecture Planning and Urban Design (5–6 June). Michelle holds a PhD in Whole Life Carbon Assessment (WLCA) and Social Responsibility and leads sustainability strategy across RSHP’s multidisciplinary projects. Her work spans thermal modelling, embodied carbon, WLCA calculations, and reviewing certifications to support low-carbon architecture. She has contributed to leading industry publications such as: • Architects Climate Action Network (ACAN) Circular Economy Design Guide • CIBSE TM65 • LETI’s Climate Emergency Design Guide, Embodied Carbon Primer, and more Michelle’s plenary talk, Overcoming Barriers to Circularity in the Construction Industry, will explore: 🔹 Regulatory and ownership challenges 🔹 The need for material tracking databases 🔹 Material passports and reuse reports 🔹 Infrastructure for circularity We look forward to her insights on shaping a more responsible and regenerative built environment. Conference Date: 5–6 June 2025 Register now: https://lnkd.in/eAzGyM9m #SustainabilityConference #Architecture #CircularDesign #NetZero #WholeLifeCarbon #SPACEStudies #RSHP #LETI #ACAN #urbandesign
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Architects Climate Action Network (ACAN) reposted this
This is an important campaign! Please register and also consider joining Architects Climate Action Network (ACAN) https://lnkd.in/eFr49PE9
LAUNCH EVENT: Hug the Building - Support ACAN's campaign against demolition 💣 Join ACAN's Existing Buildings Group and a fantastic panel as we launch an interactive website for mapping the value of historic buildings threatened with 21st century demolition across the UK. The Demolition Map aims to gather information on threatened, demolished, or saved buildings, across the UK, helping our campaign to stop demolition, as a critical step towards Net Zero! You can find more details here: https://lnkd.in/epnfeZvb Join and support our campaign against demolition by attending this launch event: 📍 Venue: Haworth Tompkins office in Old Street, London. 📆 Date: 8th May 2025 ⏰ Time: 6.00pm BST 🎟️ Tickets via Eventbrite: https://lnkd.in/eRNUvrFe 🗣️ Panelists: - Sara Edmonds, National Retrofit Hub - Simon Sturgis, Targeting Zero - John Christophers, Zero Carbon House - Leanne Tritton / Will Hurst, Don't Waste Buildings - Alice Brown, ACAN UK Demolition We look forward to seeing you all - register now! #Demolition #Buildings #Construction #Retrofit #ACAN #Architects #ClimateAction #Carbon Cc. Deepthi Ravi
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LAUNCH EVENT: Hug the Building - Support ACAN's campaign against demolition 💣 Join ACAN's Existing Buildings Group and a fantastic panel as we launch an interactive website for mapping the value of historic buildings threatened with 21st century demolition across the UK. The Demolition Map aims to gather information on threatened, demolished, or saved buildings, across the UK, helping our campaign to stop demolition, as a critical step towards Net Zero! You can find more details here: https://lnkd.in/epnfeZvb Join and support our campaign against demolition by attending this launch event: 📍 Venue: Haworth Tompkins office in Old Street, London. 📆 Date: 8th May 2025 ⏰ Time: 6.00pm BST 🎟️ Tickets via Eventbrite: https://lnkd.in/eRNUvrFe 🗣️ Panelists: - Sara Edmonds, National Retrofit Hub - Simon Sturgis, Targeting Zero - John Christophers, Zero Carbon House - Leanne Tritton / Will Hurst, Don't Waste Buildings - Alice Brown, ACAN UK Demolition We look forward to seeing you all - register now! #Demolition #Buildings #Construction #Retrofit #ACAN #Architects #ClimateAction #Carbon Cc. Deepthi Ravi
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Expect a great discussion at ACAN’s Circular Economy Features event this Friday ♻️ The ACAN Circular Economy Group plus speakers Anastasia Stella and Angelo M., co-founders of Circuland, will be walking through the core benefits of Digital Material Passports, explaining in simple terms what they are and how they can be a practical tool to more efficiently deliver on current industry requirements – from circularity, carbon to health & safety and compliance. 📅 Friday 28th March 🕐 13:00–14:00 BST 📍 Online via Zoom Interested? Read more + how to join on our website - link in comment below ⬇️ #CircularEconomy #Sustainability #ACAN #CEFeatures #Circular
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Architects Climate Action Network (ACAN) reposted this
Over the past year, Kirsten and a group of steel and sustainability specialists have been exploring and debating the critical role of scrap steel in reducing carbon emissions in steel production. Join Kirsten and the authors on Wednesday, April 30th, for the launch event, where the key findings and recommendations will be presented. Attendees will have the opportunity to engage with the authors and discuss how to apply these insights to the design of steel structures. 🗓️ Wednesday 30th April 🕙 10:00 - 11:30 BST 📍 IStructE HQ, 47-58 Bastwick St, London, EC1V 3PS and Online Speakers: Will Arnold, Head of Climate Action, IStructE Sameen Khan, Senior Manager, Steel, Climate Group Michael Sansom, Sustainability Director, British Constructional Steelwork Association (BCSA) 🎟️ Get your (free) ticket here: https://lnkd.in/emPHhCyd Architects Climate Action Network (ACAN) Alliance for Sustainable Building Products #steel #decarbonisation #scrapsteel #sustainableconstruction
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Architects Climate Action Network (ACAN) reposted this
Co-founder & CEO at Circuland | Driving Circularity in Construction | Materials Passports & Digitalisation | WG Contributor to EU Circularity Standards
Looking forward to a great discussion at Architects Climate Action Network (ACAN)’s Circular Economy Features this Friday. We’ll be walking through the core benefits of Digital Material Passports, explaining in simple terms what they are and how they can be a practical tool to more efficiently deliver on current industry requirements – from circularity, carbon to health & safety and compliance. 📅 Friday 28th March 🕐 13:00–14:00 BST 📍 Online via Zoom Excited to be joining the conversation alongside Angelo Mermiklis and the ACAN CE team. #CircularEconomy #DigitalPassports #ConstructionInnovation #ACAN #MaterialPassports
✨ NEW: Circular Economy Features ✨ Interested in finding out more about current initiatives making circular economy a reality in the building industry? 🌍 The ACAN Circular Economy group is inviting you to join ✨ CE Features ✨, a bi-monthly showcase of start-ups, organisations and people in the industry which promote circularity. This series will be facilitated through our WhatsApp members group, where we hold monthly meetings to connect people in the industry, highlight initiatives, knowledge share and aid circularity in our local areas. The next meeting will be Friday 28th March from 13:00-14:00PM BST. Our guests this month are Circuland, which provides a holistic platform for Life Cycle Data Management in construction, supporting both new and existing buildings. It enables the creation and management of Digital Passports, Pre-Deconstruction Audits, and marketplace connections, helping architects and developers maximise asset value while reducing carbon through circular strategies. You will be hearing from Anastasia Stella and Angelo M., co-founders of Circuland. They will be talking about turning data into intelligence. They will introduce their platform and talk about Materials Passports and their benefits, with a focus on practical applications across different project stages. The presentation will be followed by an open discussion and opportunity for questions. 🗓 Event Details: CE Features: Circuland. Turning data into intelligence 📅 Date: March 28th, 2025 ⏰ Time: 13:00 pm - 14:00 pm BST 📍 Online via Zoom Interested? Join our ACAN Circular Economy WhatsApp group and monthly events through, where further details will be shared. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/eGUAy9he #CircularEconomy #Sustainability #ACAN #CEFeatures #Circular Laura Mohirta Dr. Michelle Sánchez Brajkovic
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