Beyond the Buzzword: Putting Sustainability into Practice on Real Projects

Sustainability in the built environment has moved beyond ambition and into expectation. However, turning that ambition into something tangible, deliverable and commercially viable remains a consistent challenge across projects.
All too often, sustainability intentions are bold at the outset but become diluted as projects progress, lost between initial concept, design development, procurement and final delivery.
Join us at CDW26 for a practical and insightful breakfast session exploring how sustainability can be effectively applied across real projects. Hosted by Davison Highley, this session will focus on the realities of implementation, drawing on industry experience to highlight both common challenges and proven approaches.
Through a short, focused talk followed by an open Q&A, we will explore how designers, specifiers and project teams can better navigate the balance between sustainability ambitions and commercial constraints, ensuring more consistent and meaningful outcomes.
This session is ideal for those looking to move beyond theory and apply sustainability in a way that is both practical and impactful, with discussion focused around:

• Translating sustainability ambitions into clear, actionable project briefs
• Material selection and supplier engagement in practice
• Balancing cost, compliance and environmental performance
• Avoiding common pitfalls that derail sustainability on live projects
• Guiding with applicable / practical advice gained from real world projects

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