Whole Life Carbon Roadmap Steering Group and Task Groups

The Project
The Whole Life Carbon Roadmap project is a multi-stakeholder initiative that aims to build a pathway to the decarbonisation of the built environment in the UK. As part of the WorldGBC #BuildingLife project, UKGBC and 9 other European GBCs are leading the development of national roadmaps that will build a common vision and agreed actions for achieving net zero carbon in the construction, operation and demolition of buildings and infrastructure.
The UK Roadmap will consist of two key components:
- Carbon trajectory: A 1.5° aligned science-based trajectory for reducing built environment emissions that includes targets for relevant sub-sectors.
- Report: A comprehensive report setting out the actions, policies and processes needed to manage the net zero transition in the built environment and achieve the trajectory targets, designed to complement the sector-specific roadmaps already in progress and ensure consistency between them.
Timeline
The WLC Roadmap is an ongoing project in 2021, with an expected launch date at COP26. The draft Roadmap proposals will be developed from March to June with an industry consultation period held in June to July. The formal industry endorsement period will take place August to October.
The Project Teams
The development of the Roadmap is a co-owned process bringing together stakeholders from across the built environment industry. The project is overseen by a cross-sector Steering Group providing industry review and strategic oversight, while four Task Groups made up of cross disciplinary experts are developing the Roadmap content. The carbon modelling exercise will be undertaken by external consultants with Steering Group and Task Group input. The industry consultation period will seek to engage a wide variety of industry professionals to ensure the final Roadmap is as comprehensive as possible.
Each Task Group will be supported by an individual in our Next Generation cohort. These are early career professionals who will be helping deliver a net zero built environment now and in the future.
Steering Group:
Robert Spencer, Director, Sustainable Development at AECOM | Ashley Bateson, Head of Sustainability at Hoare Lea |
Hannah Vickers, CEO at Association for Consultancy and Engineering (ACE) & Construction Leadership Council’s (CLC) representative | John Slaughter, Director of External Affairs at Home Builders Federation |
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy | Alexandra Ingram, Director, EMEA Office Investment & Sustainability Lead at JLL |
Sarah Ratcliffe, CEO at Better Buildings Partnership (BBP) | David Willock, Managing Director, Structuring & Sustainability, Real Estate & Housing, Commercial Banking at Lloyds Banking Group |
Alex Pitman, British Retail Consortium (BRC) | Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government |
Maria Smith, Director Sustainability & Physics at Buro Happold | Charlie Foster, MD of Large Corporate Commercial Real Estate at NatWest |
Julie Godefroy, Technical Manager at CIBSE | Fiona Daly, National Sustainability & Workforce Lead, Estates & Facilities at NHS Improvements |
Richard Bayliss, Sustainability & Innovation Lead at Construction Industry Training Board (CiTB) | Christos Vidalakis, Head of Property Sustainability at the Office of Government Property (OGP) |
Ron Lang, Impact Director for Value at Construction Innovation Hub (CIH) | David Pierpoint, CEO at RetrofitAcademy |
Construction Scotland Innovation Centre (CSIC) Richard Twinn, Principal Consultant at Cundall | Craig Robertson, Head of Sustainability at AHMM & RIBA Sustainable Futures Group Representative |
John French, Deputy Chair at the Environmental Association For Universities And Colleges (EAUC) | Adam Crossley, Director of Environment at Skanska & Green Construction Board representative |
Department for Education (DfE) | Fabrizio Varriale, Thought Leadership Coordinator at RICS |
Ross Holleron, Project Manager at Future Homes Task Force | William Arnold, Head of Climate Action at The Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE) |
Maria Manidaki, Net Zero Technical Lead at Mott MacDonald & Green Construction Board representative | Helen Drury, Sustainability Lead at Tritax Big Box |
Lynne Sullivan, Green Construction Board & Good Homes Alliance |
New Build – Residential Task Group:
Heidi Collocott, Sustainability Principal at AECOM | Nick Hey, Project Director at Peel L&P |
Daniel Doran, Principal Consultant - Resource Sustainability at BRE | Tom Dollard, Head of Sustainable Design at Pollard Thomas Edwards |
Sarah Linnell, Graduate Engineer at Cundall (Next Generation Support) | Matthew Mapp, Principal Life Cycle Analyst & Embodied Carbon Technical Lead (Buildings) at Sweco UK |
Andy Macintosh, Architect & Associate at Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios | Anthony Barron, Sustainability Manager at Thakeham Group |
Peter Conboy, Project Director at igloo Regeneration | James Blake, Director, Sustainability at Turley |
Monica Donaldson-Balan, Senior Sustainability Consultant at Mott MacDonald | Doug Drewniak, Building Performance Manager at Willmott Dixon |
New Build – Commerical Task Group:
Orlando Gibbons, Structural Engineer at Arup | Mirko Farnetani, Embodied Carbon & Circular Economy Lead at Hilson Moran & LETI representative |
Meredith Davey, Director at Atelier Ten | Wei Wen Low, Graduate Engineer at Mott Macdonald (Next Generation Support) |
Ben Hopkins, Associate at Bennetts Associates & LETI representative | Pavan Patel, Senior Sustainability Manager at |
Ross Polkinghorne, Partner, Real Estate at | Asif Din, Sustainability Director at Perkins+Will |
Robert Buckley, Design Director at Buro Happold | Ben Brakes, Head of Sustainability at SEGRO plc |
Susan Hone-Brookes, Director of Sustainability | Elaine Toogood, Head of Architecture at The Concrete Centre & LETI representative |
Retrofit – Residential Task Group:
Jo Atkinson, Building Projects Manager at Active Building Centre | Andrea Carvajal , Energy & Carbon Lead at Greengage Environmental |
Katherine Adams, Technical & Research Associate at Alliance for Sustainable Building Products (ASBP) | Michelle Wang, Sustainability Consultant at Hoare Lea (Next Generation Support) |
Andy Sheppard, Sustainable Buildings Associate at Arup | Christopher Price, Technical Development Manager at Knauf Insulation |
Julia Webb, Head of Building Surveying at Dorrington PLC | Joe Taylor, Research Analyst at Pivot Energy Services |
Energy Systems Catapult | Rosemary Coyne, SHAP Co-ordinator & Technical Panel Member at SHAP (Sustainable Housing Action Partnership) |
Thomas Day, Head of Energy & Low Carbon Programme at Essex County Council | Gordon Watts, Sustainability Manager at South Yorkshire Housing Association |
Lulu Shooter, Head of Policy & Public Affairs at Federation Of Master Builders | Chris Twinn at Twinn Sustainability Innovation & LETI Representative |
Chris Hesbrook, Senior Building Surveyor at Grainger PLC |
Retrofit – Commerical Task Group:
Jo Burton, Principal Sustainability Consultant at Acclaro Advisory | Joe Croft, Head of Sustainability at Overbury and Morgan Lovell |
Philip Gray, Head of Sustainability at BDP | Mina Hasman, Associate Director, Sustainability Lead at SOM |
Jennifer Elias, Senior Sustainability & Building Physics Engineer at Cundall | Nektarios Gkanis, Manager & Commercial Real Estate Lead at The Carbon Trust |
Samantha Carlsson, Sustainability Manager at Derwent London | Jane Wakiwaka, Head of Sustainability – Real Estate at The Crown Estate |
Ronan Pigott, Associate Principal at Elementa Consulting | Oliver Morris, Senior Associate at Tuffin Ferraby Taylor |
Louisa Bowles, Partner, Sustainability Lead at HawkinsBrown & LETI Representative | Dave Worthington, Managing Director at Verco |
Rowan Packer, Executive Director - Head of Sustainability & Social Value at MAPP | David Leversha, Director & Net Zero Lead for Property & Buildings at WSP |
Clare Davey at Property Manager - Renewable Energy at Morrisons Plc | Shane Orme, Senior Engineer at WSP (Next Generation Support) |
Infrastructure Task Group
Sarah Joliffe, Carbon Reduction Lead at BAM Nuttall | Mark Edwards, Technical Director - Climate Change & Sustainability at Arcadis |
Martha Dillon at Sustainability Consultant at Buro Happold (Next Generation Support) | Niki Kesharaju, PMO Lead for Net Zero Construction at National Grid |
Stephen Kelso, Group Design Manager at CALA Group (CALA Homes) | Peter Selway, Segment Marketing Manager at Schneider Electric |
Elisabeth McLaughlin, Sustainability Lead at Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors (CICES) | Christopher Hayes at Sustainability Operations Director at Skanska UK PLC |
Kat Scott, Sustainability & Regenerative Design Manager at dRMM | Emma Hines, Senior Manager - Sustainable at Construction at Tarmac |
Mark Fenton, Carbon Manager at High Speed Two (HS2) | Barry Rust, Marketing Manager – Energy & Sustainability at Tata Steel |
Get Involved
Email Alexandra.Jonca@UKGBC.org to sign up for the Roadmap mailing list and be the first to hear about project updates and opportunities to get involved.