Think Future

EP23 Innovating the Built Environment from the Ground Up

Abhimanyu Singh, founder and CEO for Hexpressions &  Kunjpreet Arora, Co founder and CEO of Angirus: In this special episode of the VinZero Think Future Podcast we turn to India where two Entrepreneurial companies are revolutionizing our Built Environment from the ground up. Abhimanyu Singh, the founder and CEO for Hexpressions, shares how they are changing the game for affordable housing using their patented honeycomb panels and Kunjpreet Arora, Co founder and CEO of Angirus, joins the conversation shining the light on their Wricks innovation.  An environmentally friendly, climate resistant alternative brick that has the potential to reinvent an entire industry.

EP22 Radical Collaboration and Decarbonization

Monica Richter, Project Director at Materials & Embodied Carbon Leaders’ Alliance: Join in the conversation as we explore how a systems thinking approach can support the radical collaboration required to drive decarbonization in the material supply chain for our Built Environment. And the vital role of policy and regulation needed demand side to drive the changes required.
 

EP21 Shaping a better world

Tristram Carfrae, Deputy Chairman: After 41 years as Arup and as an Arup fellow Tristram Carfrae has devoted his life to the built environment. Join in the conversation as we talk through the criticality of whole life carbon assessment in understanding the consequences of our design and construct for buildings and infrastructure. The role of optimization and the circular economy in extending the lifecycle of assets to maximize the use of embodied carbon. The fundamental requirement to design for survival of inevitable climate change, and the absolute need to embrace technology if we are to shape a better world and  thrive in the future.  

EP20 A sustainable framework for the future

Matt De Jongh, Sustainability Manager at Responsible Wood: Matt De Jongh demystifies deforestation and regeneration proving the value of timber for the built environment as the most sustainable, circular building material for the future. From the history of indigenous forestry management, the scientific based research demonstrating the positive response for Australia’s much-loved wildlife to the health benefits for people and communities Matts compelling conversation bodes well to an exciting future for wood and wood products for the built environment.  

EP19 Building Resilience for Business

Peter Wilkinson, Founder & Director at SamWilko Advisory: The engineering and construction industry is at a tipping point: How can we foster long-term growth in uncertain times? How do we navigate technology-driven disruption and meet the challenge of net zero emissions? Peter Wilkinson author of The Steel Ceiling: Achieving Sustainable Growth in Engineering and Construction, highlights current issues facing businesses in the engineering and construction sector in Australia and outlines what it takes for business to withstand the economic test of time with a goal to transform business capability in the engineering and construction industry.

EP18 Designing for Sustainability and Resilience

Jason Howden, Principal & Digital Innovation Leader: Jason Howden shares how Warren and Mahoney's approach to collaborative digital design principles for a sustainable built environment. Carbon Neutral for over a decade, Warren and Mahoney take their responsibility for influencing our built environment of the future seriously, and their results speak for themselves. With a view that the biggest opportunity lies in their work produced through collaboration, sharing knowledge, and leveraging the digital environment to empower and enable sustainable buildings and infrastructure with the future in mind.  

EP 17 Decarbonizing heavy industry

Jen Carson, Head of Industry at Climate Group: Join Jen Carson, as she takes us through Climate Groups Zero Steel and Zero Concrete initiatives to demonstrate how they are working with ambitious and progressive businesses and partners from around the world to drive decarbonization for these critical building materials. 
 

EP16 Rethinking the foundations of our Built Environment

Clare Tubolets, CEO of SmartCrete CRC: As a critical building material for our Built Environment concrete makes up for some 8% of global emissions. Clare Tubolets, CEO of SmartCrete CRC, provides insights into the innovations now reshaping our approach to this age-old material, and the role of CRC in enabling the collaboration of an entire ecosystem to drive and deliver the changes needed. 
 

EP15 Combining beautiful aesthetics with thermal comfort

Nitin Govila, Senior VP at Serge Ferrari: Serge Ferrari has a mission to act now to build a better tomorrow. For nearly 50 years, they have been designing, developing, and manufacturing innovative composite fabrics for light architectural and exterior landscaping applications. Join the conversation as Nitin Govila, Senior Vice President Asia Pacific +MEA, shares how they are providing sustainable solutions for architecture, combining beautiful aesthetics with thermal comfort.

EP14 Achieving efficiencies through technology and changing the way we see paint

Lisa Stine, Marketing manager at Autodesk: In this 2 part episode we hear first from Lisa Stine. Leveraging a degree in Civil Engineering and a love of technology to improve the sustainability of construction, Lisa Stine leads the marketing efforts for Autodesk and its partners. Lisa's background, and work with Autodesk, allows her to explore the landscape of the built environment through the lens of technology, and to deliver some unique insights into the efficiencies it can deliver.
Then NTD Paints join us for part 2
Based in the United Arab Emirates, NTD Paints has innovated the paint industry by introducing the world’s only safe substitute for titanium dioxide . In doing so, they are changing the global paint industry with a sustainable, high-performance,  toxic-free solution, to change the way we see paint.