Low carbon materials in social infrastructure

09 September 2025 , Webinar Add to calendar

Join this webinar series, developed in collaboration with BUILDOFFSITE and CIRIA’s Driving Net Zero Carbon Community of Practice, to discover how the increased adoption of low carbon materials could support greener practices by the construction sector and help the UK to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050.

Low carbon materials in social infrastructure

This webinar will explore how specifying timber, steel, and low carbon concrete could reduce the embedded carbon prisons, schools, and healthcare buildings and facilities.

Sponsorship opportunities
For information about sponsorship opportunities, please contact Tam Simmons.

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Why attend

  • Discover how low carbon materials can deliver the required performance and significant reduction in carbon.
  • Hear practical case studies from those delivering cost-effective, ultra-low carbon social infrastructure at scale.

Who should attend

  • Clients, contractors, manufacturers, and architects.
  • Anyone with an interest in net zero carbon including companies’ and supply chains’ footprints, embodied and operational carbon.

Agenda

10:00 Welcome and introduction
Dr Kat Ibbotson, Director Strategic Advisory, WSP and Chair, Driving Net Zero Carbon Community of Practice

10:10 Scene setter and introduce the speakers

10:25 New prisons go green
A senior representative from Kier (Invited)

10:40 Reducing emissions from hospital estates using innovative, low carbon materials
Mohammed Irfan Ul-Haq, Associate, HLM Architects (Invited)

10:55 Low carbon materials in schools
Paul Inch, Director, Strata Consultancy

11:10 Single Living Accommodation (SLA) for the Armed Forces
Paul Ruddick, Chairman, Reds10 (Invited)

11:25 Interactive discussion and Q&A with the audience, speakers, and panellists

11:55 Closing remarks

Additional Information

Fees and booking
BOS members – Free to attend – Register here or complete and return the booking form to Charlotte Draper.
Non-members – Free to attend – Register here or complete and return the booking form to Charlotte Draper.

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