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Alison Caldwell
CEng, MICE, MEng (hons)
Phil Jones Associates
Alison is a champion of integration of water within new development, passionately advocating for acceptance of water as an asset, and striving to ensure new development is climate resilient. She has extensive experience in flood risk and water management (surface, foul and supply), green/blue infrastructure, climate analysis and resilience and hydraulic modelling; working on all elements of project delivery, from feasibility to construction, in both private and public sectors at strategic, regional and local scales.
Peter Clegg
MA (Cantab) MEnvD RIBA RDI RWA (Hons)
Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios
Peter Clegg established Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios with Richard Feilden in 1978. Regarded as a pioneer in environmental design, he has 45 years' experience in low energy architecture and is active in research, design and education. Peter works primarily in the education and cultural sectors. He has chaired the RIBA National, International and Research Awards and the Design West Review Panel, holds a professorship at Bath University, and in 2010 was made a Royal Designer for Industry (RDI). He has been responsible for a wide range of projects at variety of scales from schools and theatres to university masterplans and large scale urban design projects including a new site in North Bristol for 6000 homes, schools and workplaces , and an urban extension to the city of Kigali.
Alan Corner
MICE, B.Eng, C.Eng
Corner Water Consulting
Alan is a chartered civil engineer with over 40 years’ infrastructure, flood risk, hydrology plus foul & surface water drainage experience in the UK, middle and far east. Working for a UK Water Authority plus international multi-disciplinary consultancies where he has been a technical lead in drainage and flood risk design, delivering solutions for hundreds of residential, commercial and industrial development sites in all flood zones. Also experienced in drainage and flood protection for highways, nuclear facilities, ports and airports. He was Global SuDS Knowledge Leader at Halcrow plus assisted in drafting the National SuDS Standards and The SuDS Manual 2015. More recently undertaking lots of Nutrient Neutral designs – particularly around mitigating or absorbing phosphates from new housing. Alan has been a design review panel member in the Midlands and the Southwest for over 8 years.
Frances Crow
BA(Hons), DipArch(UCL), RIBA, ARB
Crow Architecture
Frances Crow is a chartered architect and Director of Crow Architecture. The practice specialises in retrofit, conservation and regenerative development in a rural context. Her experience in practice, teaching, research and engaged-arts projects, combines to define her approach to development. She champions projects that consider demolition as a last resort, use a ‘fabric first’ approach, privilege bio-based materials and use principles of the circular economy to reduce the embodied and in use carbon.
Rob Delius
BA Hons Dip Arch MA RIBA
Stride Treglown
Rob is an architect and is Head of Sustainability at Stride Treglown. He is passionate about climate-sensitive regenerative design, biodiversity and creating healthy and distinctive places. His key specialisms are masterplanning, mixed-use and residential design. He has been sustainability advisor to the RIBA Southwest awards, is an external Examiner at UWE and has been the winner of several RIBA design competitions.
Nathan Drover
CEng, MSc
Gloucestershire County Council
A Chartered engineer with 30 years’ experience in transport planning and delivery of infrastructure for new developments. Nathan is passionate about urban design, promoting walkable neighbourhood, good cycling infrastructure and approaches to parking that support those objectives. Nathan has a strong interest in spatial planning and urban design approaches that contribute towards tackling climate change; his recent work includes the carbon modelling of spatial options for strategic housing growth and decarbonising road construction specifications.
Charlotte Dutton
BSc(Hons), MSc, MEI, CEnv, OCDEA, BREEAM AP
Hoare Lea
Charlotte has over 7 years experience within Sustainability Consulting across various sectors, with a focus on residential developments of all scales. She was a BCO NextGen Rising Star finalist and has worked with organisations including the UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) and Low Energy Transformation Initiative (LETI) developing industry leading guidance within the field of Whole Life Carbon. Her focus is on delivering low carbon, climate resilient development across London and the South West.
Elspeth Faulkner
BSc, MSc, MArch, DipArch, ARB, RIBA, CAABC
Historic England
Elspeth has been a chartered architect for over a decade and has enjoyed a varied career thus far. Over time, she has developed a particular interest and significant experience in the specialism of sustainable building conservation, honed through full-time employment at Historic England and the completion of an MSc (with distinction). Elspeth also enjoys occasional teaching at Cardiff University and the University of Bath.
Charlotte Garven
MEng, IStructE
Price & Myers
Charlotte is an engineer with a keen interest for efficient and structurally elegant designs. Her broad portfolio spans across sectors including sculptural, heritage, performing arts and cultural, student residential, educational and office developments. She champions sustainability and has developed a particular focus on building re-use and low carbon design; and heritage buildings and the challenges in balancing both. Charlotte is keen to encourage the industry to tackle the housing and climate crises with pragmatism.