Smart Design, Better Living: Reducing Carbon and Elevating Wellbeing

This webinar will explore how specialist design in acoustics, lighting, and indoor air quality can play a vital role in enhancing wellbeing while also presenting opportunities to reduce whole life carbon.

Thoughtfully designed acoustic environments reduce stress and improve concentration. Similarly, optimised lighting can boost mood, support circadian rhythms, and reduce energy consumption. Meanwhile, maintaining high indoor air quality not only promotes occupant health, but also contributes to long-term sustainability. As part of this webinar we will provide case studies of how specialist design strategies create spaces that are both environmentally responsible and deeply supportive of human health and comfort.

Speakers

Colin O'Connor 

Colin O'Connor joined Cundall in 2021 and leads the London acoustics team, with a focus on how acoustics can complement sustainability, health and wellbeing, and NZC pathways. Colin has 15+ years’ experience primarily focused on environmental acoustics, and provides consultancy on a range of sectors including workplaces, energy, data centres, life sciences, and infrastructure. He previously held advisory roles to the Thames Tideway Tunnel and Heathrow Expansion projects. Colin is a full member of the Institute of Acoustics and the Institution of Environmental Sciences, an Incorporated Engineer and a Chartered Environmentalist, and graduated in 2006 with a Bachelors degree in Acoustical Engineering from the Institute of Sound and Vibration Research, University of Southampton.

Jenny Carrington

Jenny Carrington works as Associate Air Quality Consultant and has been co-leading the Cundall Air Quality team since 2020.  She is a Chartered Scientist (CSci) and has eighteen years’ experience working in the environmental sector in all areas of air quality and odour assessments. She also spent several years working as a contaminated land specialist, including considering potential for vapour intrusion as part of detailed quantitative risk assessments.

She is a Member of the Institute of Air Quality Management (IAQM) and the Institution of Environmental Sciences (IES) and an Affiliate member of the Chartered Institution of Building Services (CIBSE) and has an MSc in Environmental Monitoring and Assessment.

Jenny gets involved in a diverse range of projects, across numerous sectors. She is also active in supporting academic research and is currently on the research board for CDT Aerosols as an industry partner and previously for WM-Air project. Through links with academia, Jenny has helped facilitate Cundall support of research projects including the setting up of pilot studies in the Cundall office.

Natalia Duffy

Natalia is a lighting designer with extensive experience in delivering design for a wide range of exterior and interior projects in the field of masterplanning and public realm, commercial and residential developments, education, transport and industry, sports & leisure across MENA, UK, Europe and Asia. 

Natalia believes that effective lighting plays a vital role in user experience, positively impacts on human’s wellbeing, and transforms a space into a better place to be in. Having background of both engineering and architecture, Natalia combines architectural lighting concepts with engineering aspects in design solutions. She has in-depth and highly relevant technical skills and knowledge of lighting software, technologies and lighting industry’s policies, which adds considerable value on technical aspects of projects.

Who can attend?
This event is open and free for all to attend.

The event is hosted by the Environmental Policy Implementation Community (EPIC) at the IES. You can join EPIC here. Please note that all environmental professionals working in local authorities can join EPIC for free.

Any other questions?
If you have any other questions about this webinar, please get in contact with the EPIC Officer Ellie Savage (ellie@the-ies.org).