After graduating he joined Arup in 1981 and there gained 30 years of experience. In 2011 he joined Foster + Partners’ engineering team which brings integrated engineering design to projects across the practice. He is now Head of Sustainability and leading the sustainability team which guides all projects in aspects of social, environmental and economic sustainability. Additionally, his role includes running a sustainability network throughout the practice to ensure that all staff have an increasing practical understanding.

In his work Haas focuses on the development of innovative sustainable architecture. In April 2012, after a six-year partnership, Haas, together with David Cook and Stephan Zemmrich, opened his own architectural firm ‘haascookzemmrich STUDIO2050’, implementing projects at home and abroad. As co-founder of the DGNB (German Sustainable Building Council), Martin Haas is a member of the executive board and has been its vice president since 2013. Since 2008 he has held a visiting professorship at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia as well as the Universita di Sassari in Italy.
Since 2017 Martin Haas has been a member of the architectural committee in Karlsruhe in Germany.

Markus has been working together with his partners since 2010. He also worked as an external lecturer at the building teaching institute of the Vienna University of Technology and at the Institute for Contemporary Art at the Graz University of Technology. He studied architecture at TU Graz and in Valencia/ ES

They provide solutions and services within the built environment and the natural systems that sustain us. At the Build for Life Conference 2021, Kasper will be presenting the VELUX Living Places – a vision of healthy homes for people and the planet.

She has been working with Jarmund Vigsnaes Arkitekter in Oslo, Stephen Taylor Architects in London or KCA in Amsterdam. Susanne has been teaching in various institutions; from 2019 – 2021 she was visiting professor at Wismar University of Technology and is currently a guest professor at RISEBA FAD University of Riga. For her research ‘Climate as a design factor – a typological research on vernacular farmsteads and settlements in the Baltic Sea region’ she has received a scholarship from the Professorship Programme of Germany. Susanne is a director at STUDIO SUSANNE BRORSON based on the Island of Rügen, recent projects have been awarded with the BDA Preis and German Design Award in 2021.

She studied at the Architectural Association in London, graduating in 1995 and spent several years working in France, the UK and the United States before starting her own practice. She has been awarded several distinctions, such as the NAJA Young Architects’ award in France; the Award for Women Architects in France, and the AJ 40 under 40 Award in the UK. She is a regular lecturer and visiting critic at universities in the UK and throughout Europe, and has taught at the Architectural Association where she is currently an external examiner. She is also a member of the Southwark Design Review Panel.

He joined the practice in 1995, after completing his studies at the Bristol and Edinburgh Universities, and initially worked on the Al Faisaliah project in Saudi Arabia and the LIFFE project in the City of London.
At the Build for Life Conference 2021, Hugh will be presenting the Narbo Via museum in Narbonne, southern France. The building incorporates galleries for permanent and temporary exhibitions, a multimedia education centre and library, as well as restoration and storage facilities.

Since EFFEKT was founded in 2007, Sinus has led national and international projects within urban planning, architecture, urban spaces, and innovative, sustainable strategies and concepts for future living.
The firm’s work has been recognized by numerous national and international design awards and has been published widely in books, magazines, and digital media around the world. As a partner at EFFEKT, Sinus has received Nykredits Motivation Award for EFFEKT’s focus on social inclusion in urban planning and architecture.
Currently, EFFEKT is exhibiting the installation ‘Ego to Ego’ at the Venice Biennale of Architecture themed ‘How will we live together’.

Camilla was previously a partner at Gehl Architects, external lecturer at the University of Copenhagen and vice-chairman and board member of the Danish Architects' Association.

Her role oversees C40’s support to cities on reducing energy consumed by existing buildings; ensuring new buildings are efficient from the start and cleaning up the energy supply to buildings and beyond. Cassie brings over 10 years of experience in climate change and energy. Prior to joining C40, she worked at the Greater London Authority where she was the project manager for the London Environment Strategy. Launched in 2018 it is a world leading strategy for environment ambition at a city level. She was also leading the climate adaptation and sustainable development team, working to manage London’s climate risks and impacts and improve quality of life. Cassie has a wide range of technical experience in buildings and energy including developing new carbon scoring tools for national energy efficiency schemes and assessing new energy efficiency measures while working at the UK energy regulator Ofgem. She has also developed national government policy on smart energy systems.