EP42 Futures Thinking for Precincts Design

Anne Kovachevich, Sustainable buildings and precincts leader: Anne Kovachevich is a Foresight Practitioner and seasoned Sustainability Practitioner and leads the sustainable development of buildings and precincts at Mott MacDonald. Combining an engineering background with 25 years in sustainable building design, Anne is passionate about Futures Thinking which has evolved past setting a Vision for sustainability to guiding the process of navigating strategically towards that vision through all possible uncertainties.  Anne discusses a Futures Thinking framework for how the various systems can strategically evolve together in the built environment at precinct scale.  The Futures Thinking framework integrates design for efficiency in the built environment of energy, water, food, and transport to suit different community needs in precincts.  To hear more about how the application of the framework can accelerate sustainable design into the future,  click here to listen now.