SDF Regenerative Buildings events at Futurebuild 2026
Across the three days, the SDF’s Sustainable Building Alliance will curate a programme of seminars on the Buildings and Materials Stage.
On day one, SDF and its partners will lead sessions exploring the regenerative built environment and healthy buildings.
All sessions form part of Futurebuild’s Knowledge Programme and sit within the overarching theme of Regenerative, Re-use, Resilience. The focus is clear: move beyond net zero towards approaches that restore ecosystems, strengthen communities and create long-term value. While united by this ambition, each session is designed to stand alone, offering practical, actionable insight.
Programme Highlights
1. Regenerative Places
Curated by SDF
Tuesday 12 May | 10:15–11:00
How can the built environment move beyond minimising harm to actively restoring nature and community? This session explores regenerative outcomes at both building and neighbourhood scale, drawing on insights from the Regenerative by Design handbook and live projects.
Speakers:
Chair: Jon Bootland, SDF Director & Passivhaus Trust CEO
Regenerative by Design – David Cheshire, Director, AECOM
A regenerative approach – Charlie Luxton, Director, Charlie Luxton Design
The Phoenix project in Lewes – Joanna Yarrow, Chief Impact Officer, Human Nature
2. Regenerative Practice & Processes
Curated by Architects Declare
Tuesday 12 May | 11:15–12:00
This session shifts the lens from regenerative design to regenerative practice. Using the emerging Regenerative Architecture Index and case studies, speakers will explore key principles, being a good ancestor, creating a just space for people and co-evolving with nature, and how to embed them in everyday workflows.
Speakers:
Chair: Regenerative design principles – Anna Pamphilon, Trustee, Architects Declare
Human‑centred regenerative design – Sarah Castle, Director, IF_DO
Nature‑based solutions – Benjamin Webb, Regenerative Practice lead, Planit
Regenerative design training & workshops – Oliver Broadbent, Director, Constructivist Ltd.
3. Regenerative Supply Chains
Curated by Woodknowledge Wales
Tuesday 12 May | 12:15–13:00
Procurement has power. This session examines how market access, biogenic materials and closed-loop systems – particularly in timber – can accelerate the shift from extractive to regenerative value chains.
Speakers:
Chair Regenerative products and supply chains – Jamie Roberts, Division Director, Reconomy
How we can shift from extractive to regenerative products – Orla Whelan, Portfolio development Director, Saint-Gobain
How we are creating the momentum and procurement platform to accelerate change – Louise Townsend, Specialist advisor, WKW
Dynamic Marketplace – enabling the procurement of regenerative practice and circular economy – David Shields, CEO, Value Match (and ex Cabinet Office)
Register for futurebuild 2026
Join the SDF Alliance and thousands of built environment professionals from 12–14 May 2026 at Excel London.
Registration is now open. Secure your place and be part of the conversation shaping a regenerative future for our sector, and the society it serves.