Quadrant Group: Recent Episodes
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In this episode, Housing Industry Leaders welcomes Greg Grace, Chief Growth Officer at Roofit.Solar, for a discussion about the company’s approach to solar PV and its specific use case in heritage buildings.
In this episode, Will Heinzelmann and Ian Rose of Passiv UK explore the challenges the housing sector faces at present and where innovation and political change fits into the jigsaw to transform the landscape going forwards.
In this episode, Anthony Coates-Smith, MD of Insite Energy, joins the podcast for a discussion that delves into the specifics around heat networks, including the impact of data and recent regulation changes.
Housing Industry Leaders is joined by Steff Wright, Chairman of Gusto Group, to get his insights into the routes to decarbonisation, and the value that partnerships can have in a climate-focussed housing sector.
In this episode, Housing Industry Leaders sits down with Stephen Repton, Founder and CEO of Flowlio, to explore the current landscape of social housing in the UK and how recent changes have been navigated, as well as challenges around project delivery and the routes to overcoming these.
In this episode, we welcome brothers Michael and Damien Wynn of Q New Homes, whose luxury housing development on the site of a former dairy in Kent has been built to RIBA climate challenge specifications, and makes use of practices that could one day be utilised in social housing throughout the UK.
In this episode, Housing Industry Leaders welcomes Tom Robinson, founder of Adaptavate, to discuss how their worlds-first plasterboard technology which stores carbon permanently presents an opportunity for the housing sector to build carbon-negative housing, simultaneously addressing the housing crisis whilst building sustainably.
This episode welcomes Liz Harper of Smart Energy GB and Laura Atkinson of Energy Saving Trust, as they share experiences and best practice on ways to communicate with residents about the benefits of low carbon and energy efficiency projects and outline the benefits of smart meters for residents.
In this episode, we welcome Tom Addiscott, MSc, PcET, Project Manager of Down to Zero at Cynon Taf Community Housing Group, to highlight how the National Lottery funded Down to Zero programme is helping to tackle climate change, and how the scheme will benefit the local community.
Housing Industry Leaders welcomes Joanna Seymour, Director of Partnerships and Development at Warm Wales, to offer her insights into the role of cloud-based technology in heating, and the broader impacts adequate heating has on health and healthcare services.
Housing Industry Leaders is joined by Lisa Gibson of Eco Heatwave to discuss how infra-red heating could revolutionise the way we heat our homes, from alleged health benefits, to interior design.
In this episode, Housing Industry Leaders sits down with Andrew Hunt, Green Energy and Sustainability Manager at Oldham Council, to discuss the innovative RED WoLF project and its future finance prospects.
In this episode, Housing Industry Leaders speaks to ABB Smart Buildings about the role of successful digital integration across the housing sector
Housing Industry Leaders explores utilising our empty buildings, retrofitting, tackling our current housing crisis, and planning processes with Carl Yale from Lovell.
In this episode, Housing Industry Leaders zooms in on retrofit. We welcome Anthony Boden, Principal at Charles River Associates, to explore how he has made it his mission to improve the energy efficiency of his own home.
In this episode, Housing Industry Leaders dives into why the discourse should move away from technology vs fabric first to focus efforts on a faster retrofit rollout across England.
Smarter, Healthy, Safer Homes- Joining up Technology With Innovation by Quadrant Podcast
As technology advances new and innovative ways of storing energy are invented. In this episode, we speak with David Borlace about liquid air batteries.
Ashden's Head of Cities, Simon Brammer, joins Catherine to discuss how the organisation are boosting sustainable towns and cities and utilising technology to help them get there.
After Hastoe launched their New-Build Standard, setting minimum build requirements for new homes, Floyd speaks to Ulrike Maccariello about how the road to net-zero takes Hastoe closer to meeting 2050 targets.
We're kicking off the second series of our Quadrant Podcast with Karen Mitchell, CEO of Cumbria Action for Sustainability (Cafs), to discuss the company's vision, the prospect of a zero-carbon Cumbria and how technology will get them there!
Our FINAL episode of the series is with Project Manager, David Holden from Highlands and Islands Airports Ltd. Catherine and David discuss the Sustainable Aviation Test Environment based at Kirkwall Airport in Orkney. Tune in to learn about the different technologies HIAL are testing in order to decarbonise the aviation industry!
Join us for the third instalment of our inaugural podcast series. This week we are joined by Andrew Jarvis from First Bus to discuss the launch of the UK's first hydrogen-powered bus and what it means for the future of public transport
Our second episode is with Cllr Jim O'Boyle from Coventry City Council. Catherine and Jim discuss the potential Very Light Rail has in Coventry, how it will boost the area and what people can expect from this public transport option.
This is the first-ever Quadrant Podcast and we are joined by Councillor Steve Evans from Wolverhampton Council to discuss why people should get involved with active travel, and what the Council are doing to improve safety for cyclists in the area.