From left to right, Golnaz Ighany, BDP; Elias Anka, Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF); Marta Bouchard, Autodesk; Denise Chevin, writer; Smith Mordak, UK Green Building Council; Claire Brady, Useful Projects. Credit: Alexia Glasgow-Alexander.
Roundtable Panellists. Credit Alexia Glasgow-Alexander.
The Lead Environmental Specialist joined a roundtable hosted by the RIBA Journal and Autodesk.
The application of evidence-based solutions is core to KPF’s mission to create impactful designs that elevate cities. “Technology and simulation are the way forward to make better-informed decisions about decarbonisation,” Elias explained. Roundtable participants agreed on the benefits of software tools to guide more sustainable decision-making early in the design process. “We have to try to tap into engines and platforms that produce outputs quickly,” Elias said, highlighting that the lag between sending designs to consultants to be modelled and receiving results can delay the design process.
For KPF, it is the large scale and impact of our work that shape our approach to sustainability. We leverage the expertise of our in-house Environmental Performance team and external consultants to design sustainable, resilient, and healthy structures and spaces.
Elias was joined by Golnaz Ighany from BDP, Marta Bouchard from Autodesk, Smith Mordak from the UK Green Building Council, Claire Brady from Useful Projects, Jan-Carlos Kucharek from RIBA Journal, Simon Sturgis from Targeting Zero, Tomas Miller from Miller Howard Workshop, and writer Denise Chevin. The event was chaired by RIBA Journal deputy editor Jan-Carlos Kucharek.
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