Simon Sturgis AADip RIBA is an environmental specialist focusing on embodied carbon in the built environment. He has written official Policy on Embodied and Whole Life Carbon for the RICS, the RIBA and the GLA’s new London Plan. He is an advisor to government departments, UKGBC, EU Commission, the CIC, and the RIBA Stirling Prize. His book ‘Targeting Zero – Embodied and Whole Life carbon explained” is a standard work on the subject. He advises commercial and residential clients eg: British Land, Schroders, and Google. He has spoken at many international conferences, including COP 24, and is currently fighting several new build schemes by promoting retrofit alternatives. Simon was recently appointed Special Advisor to the Environmental Audit Select Committee.