Shaping a Greener Tomorrow
Podcast Description
Shaping a Greener Tomorrow, the podcast that dives into the challenges and opportunities shaping the future of the built environment. Hosted by UPOWA Managing Director, Paul Terry, this series brings together industry-leading voices – from sustainability consultants, housebuilders and developers to product and technology manufacturers. Together, we’ll be tackling the biggest topics and trends shaping the industry, from the transition to net-zero and implications of new legislation and standards, to the challenges of skills shortages and the integration of smart tech and sustainable innovation.
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The podcast covers a range of critical topics within the built environment, including the transition to net-zero, implications of the Future Homes Standard, strategies for skills shortage challenges, and the integration of smart technologies. For instance, the inaugural episode examines sustainable home design and construction practices, highlighting case studies such as Barratt Redrow’s innovative approaches to housing challenges like decarbonization and affordability.
Shaping a Greener Tomorrow, the podcast that dives into the challenges and opportunities shaping the future of the built environment. Hosted by UPOWA Managing Director, Paul Terry, this series brings together industry-leading voices – from sustainability consultants, housebuilders and developers to product and technology manufacturers. Together, we’ll be tackling the biggest topics and trends shaping the industry, from the transition to net-zero and implications of new legislation and standards, to the challenges of skills shortages and the integration of smart tech and sustainable innovation.
Building homes that simply achieve net zero is one thing. Building homes that go beyond it is another.
In this episode of Shaping a Greener Tomorrow, Oliver Luard, Partnerships and Investment Director at Greencore Homes, joins host and UPOWA Managing Director Paul Terry to discuss how Greencore is delivering Better Than Net Zero homes through Modern Methods of Construction, fabric-first design and integrated clean energy systems.
The conversation explores how timber-frame construction, low-carbon materials and off-site manufacturing are reducing embodied carbon while creating homes that are healthier, more comfortable and cheaper to run.
Oliver also shares Greencore's vision for scaling climate-positive housing, the role of SME housebuilders in driving innovation, and why collaboration across the supply chain will be essential as the Future Homes Standard reshapes UK housebuilding.
Tune in for insights on:
- What Better Than Net Zero means in practice
- Why fabric-first design remains fundamental to sustainable housing
- How Modern Methods of Construction reduce embodied carbon
- The role of solar PV, battery storage and integrated energy systems
- Why SMEs continue to drive innovation across housebuilding
- How partnerships help deliver higher-performing homes
- What the Future Homes Standard means for developers and the wider supply chain
- Why raising standards across the whole industry is the real measure of success
Resources & mentions:
• UPOWA
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