About this Event
We invite you to join Curtins and Capital&Centric at Manchester’s vibrant HOME Theatre to learn how to deliver lower embodied carbon projects, whilst harnessing the UKs extraordinary existing buildings.
Curtins have been measuring the embodied carbon impact of our projects since 2021 to boldly inform design decisions and set targets for reduction. With examples under our belt of exceptional new builds that have achieved LETI industry targets, our carbon database demonstrates one thing clearly: there is no structural solution that delivers lower embodied carbon than one that already exists.
Hosted by Curtins with invited guests from Capital&Centric, this event will illustrate the steps that can be taken to achieve carbon reduction and highlight how retrofitting our existing buildings not only delivers economic carbon outcomes, but conserves our heritage, protects core skills and provides the architectural and design variety that makes our jobs as engineers, designers and developers filled with exciting challenges and dynamism.
Capital&Centric take the lead in the North West as developers renowned for transforming the mundane and creating beautifully striking retrofits. They will join the event as key speakers and share their approach to reusing existing buildings, including the iconic Littlewoods building in Liverpool and a MSCP in Newcastle – proving that clever design and collaboration can achieve the unimaginable.
Lessons learnt, carbon data and project examples will be shared through the session, before wrapping up with questions from the floor to our three speakers: Jon Moister (Board Director, Curtins), Niamh McCloskey (Sustainability Manager, Curtins) and Martin Crews (Development Director, Capital&Centric).
Breakfast will be served from 9am in the ground floor bistro at HOME, before we join the presentations at 9.30am in Cinema 2.
Why HOME?
Finding a venue for our events is more than just the best coffee and meeting space - although HOME delivers on this! We assess our venues against our checklist for inclusivity, which considers aspects including accessibility, provision of sustainable transport links, locally sourced food, single-use plastic use and National Living Wage employers. HOME was a great fit for us. If you’d like to know more, please get in contact with the Curtins team at [email protected].
Access
The breakfast is served in the ground floor bar, which is on street level with wide entrance doors and accessible toilets.
The presentations will take place in Cinema 2 on the second floor, via a staircase or lifts. The large auditorium includes a cinema screen, audio amplification and Hearing Induction Loops. There are two wheelchair spaces available in the cinema. You can visit HOME’s website for more information on accessibility (https://homemcr.org/facilities-and-access/) or please get in touch with the Curtins team.
Getting There
Home Theatre Manchester, 2 Tony Wilson Pl, Manchester M15 4FN
- By Train: 5 minute walk / wheel from either Deansgate or Oxford Road stations
- By Tram: 5 minutes from the Deansgate-Castlefield stop
- By Bike: There are bike parking rings under the nearby viaducts
- By Car: HOME is adjacent to the Q Park on First Street. Electric car charge points and disabled parking are available.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
HOME Theatre Manchester, 2 Tony Wilson Place, Manchester, United Kingdom
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