4 episodes
Woodbuild Autumn Series David Hedges Woodknowledge Wales
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- Society & Culture
Woodknowledge Wales has published these four podcasts along with a series of webinars which replace the annual WoodBUILD conference this year. For details see WoodBUILD 2020 Autumn Series on the Woodknowledge Wales website – https://woodknowledge.wales/events/woodbuild-autumn-series-webinars and on twitter @WKWales
Each podcast is about an hour in length and features a conversation with two people with a particular interest in the theme. The themes are drawn from the Home-Grown Homes Project - a research study into the timber construction supply chain in Wales - which is being run by Woodknowledge Wales.
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The Foundational Economy
Two Housing Association professionals in conversation: Debbie Green, Chief Executive with Coastal Housing and Steve Cranston, Foundational Economy Lead at United Welsh. They talk about what the foundational economy is, the pandemic, risk aversion, communities of practice, decarbonisation, listening to people, paradigm shifts and a green recovery.
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Better Performing Homes
Two architects in conversation: Fionn Stevenson is Professor of Sustainable Design in Sheffield University’s School of Architecture and Rob Wheaton is Senior Associate Architect at Stride Treglown. They talk about how different the homes of the future will be from the homes we live in now, sustainability, standards, building performance, architecture education and more.
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Future Homes and how we build (or make) them
Two timber housing manufacturers in conversation: Jasper Meade, Director of PYC Group in Welshpool and Neil Sutherland, Director of MAKAR in Inverness in the Scottish Highlands. They talk about natural materials, high performing homes, change and the barriers to it, specifications, legislation and regulations, energy and carbon, Passivhaus, collaboration, culture, behaviours and more.
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Our Future Forests
Two chartered foresters in conversation: John Healey, Professor of Forest Sciences in Bangor University’s School of Natural Sciences and Jo O’Hara, Managing Director at FutureArk Ltd in Edinburgh. They discuss our forests, what they look like now, how and why they have changed over time and what the future holds. Plus, forest use, growth and management, culture and history, land use policy, governance and forestry as a career.