Strategies for inclusive, equitable and sustainable places
The Global Centre for Healthcare and Urbanisation at Kellogg College, University of Oxford held a public seminar on healthy cities. I spoke about reframing our understanding of healthy urban environments, focusing on the need to improve the design quality of new development in England.
I looked into the history of how standards can push innovation in the construction sector when I worked at the BRE. The Building Research Establishment is a not-for-profit organisation in the UK that created the BREEAM standard (BRE Environmental Assessment Method). This video from the Construction Climate Challenge conference in 2015 tells the story of BREEAM standards in particular.