You are cordially invited to join the Water Conservators’ January Webinar ' Preparing For A Drier Future '. Wednesday 18th January 2023 5.30pm to 6.45pm Presented by Jim Hall, Professor of Climate and Environmental Risks at the University of Oxford, and Jon Chappell, Senior Policy Adviser at the National Infrastructure Commission. About this Webinar The […]
The City of London Corporation and Purcell Architects are hosting a breakfast briefing on Historic Buildings Carbon Reduction & Climate Resilience Challenge. They want to hear about your experiences and challenges you are facing with your historic listed buildings. They would like your feedback to help identify and share the most time and cost-effective solutions […]
Virtual workshop for historic building owners, managers and occupiers within the Square Mile This Historic Building Challenge, as part of the City Corporation's wider Climate Action Strategy, is a research and collaborative knowledge sharing project to create a one-stop resource that recognises and shares best practice advice and case studies. The historic environment expert team […]
Join the Furniture Makers Company for a day of knowledge sharing on what the furnishing sector can do to reduce climate change. Click here to register for free. Thursday 16 February, 11.00am – 5.00pm, Furniture Makers’ Hall, London Programme: 11.00am - Welcome – Tony Attard OBE DL, Master of The Furniture Makers’ Company 11.10am - […]
Deputy Master, Kenneth Cupitt in his responsibility as a member of the Education Committee has organised an all-day seminar on the topic “The Future of Energy” at Glaziers’ Hall, with six speakers comprising business owners and decision makers will share their views on both the provision of energy for the country and what alternative choices […]
Preparing for Combustion Transition: A framework for accelerating our transition to Net Zero Webinar Presented by Professor Simon Spooner, Principal Scientist, Atkins Infrastructure. About this Webinar We have grown prosperous and numerous by burning and consuming the products of biological systems of the past and present. We have now learnt how to get what we […]
A series of presentations to discuss the heritage issues in upgrading and modernising these building types to achieve net zero. Event Programme: 10.00-10.10 Chairman’s introduction - Alderman Alison Gowman, Chair of the Livery Climate Action Group and Chris Dyson, Master of the Chartered Architects' Livery Company Fixing the past 10.10-10.30 Refurbishing the 18th-century almshouses, Museum of the […]
Thames Water are developing a Water Resources Management Plan (WRMP) to find ways to adapt to our changing climate, supply water to more people as our population grows and reduce the amount of water we take from our rivers to protect the environment. Further to the launch of the plan in December 2022, there will […]
This year’s event is being opened up to a wider audience in the Livery and to those in the industry. It will be held in the SIM Hall otherwise known as Glaziers’ Hall. Buy a ticket here : SIMposium tickets link Prospectus Power from nuclear fusion has begun to attract the attention of investors across the […]
Gresham College has been providing free public lectures since 1597 when Sir Thomas Gresham's vision of a college to bring the ‘new learning’ to Londoners was realised. Today we carry on Sir Thomas's vision, bringing some of the world's most brilliant minds to speak in fields ranging across the arts and sciences. Gresham College has […]
A presentation and discussion with Climate VC, hosted by the WCIT Entrepreneurs Panel and ‘IT and Climate Change’ working group host. Climate VC fund early-stage start-ups to drive material decarbonisation of the economy and day-to-day life though their fund and syndicate. They see climate change as the biggest opportunity the world has ever seen to […]
An introduction to the concept of power purchase agreements, differing models and their related benefits and risks. A case study of the City of London Corporations Power Purchase Agreement, including: An overview of the business case; forming the scope of the project; construction and delivery of the Solar Farm; Lessons learned; future development opportunities at […]
