Listen to EG's latest podcast, where Gordon Affleck, Design Partner at 10 Design delves into the UK's drive to become net zero by 2050. 

Speaking to Samantha McClary, Editor at EG; Colin Hutchison, Managing Director of Elioth by Egis; Claudine Blamey, Head of Sustainability & Digital Strategy at Argent; and Aref Lahham Managing Director, of Orion Capital Managers, Gordon engaged in a conversation that touches on critical topics such as the need for regulation, the main challenges and opportunities of the carbon-neutral city and how people’s behaviour will need to change to achieve these goals.

Gordon Affleck adds: "it's a systematic mindset change...in terms of buildings, we need to think of buildings as part of a bigger puzzle. They're part of a wider social network... buildings need to become part of energy production as well as reduction... it's a complex multi-layered challenge which needs a complete mind shift from the populous" 

He goes on to say "renovation and restoration are something people are much more willing to invest in today” and that "densification of urban centres is essential"