What are the impacts that the built environment has on the environment? Our panel of experts will discuss sustainable strategies that revolutionise the built industry.
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Tap into the latest thinking on sustainable development, decarbonisation and net zero building design in our second session of Design Conversations on Thursday, 16 March. Here’s a synopsis of our topic, who’s on the panel and details of the talk.
What are the impacts that the built environment has on the environment and what can be done to mitigate them and possibly heal the Earth? In this session, we discuss innovative solutions and strategies with those who want to revolutionise the built industry.
Hosted by Louis Poulsen
Date: 16 March
Time: 11.30am
Location: Louis Poulsen, 5 Purvis Street #01-02, Singapore 188584
On the panel:




Emir Nurov
Co-Founder & CEO, Resync
Emir Nurov leads Resync, an AI-driven Intelligent Energy Cloud Solutions provider. He previously worked as New Product Development Manager at REC Solar and holds a bachelor’s degree in electronic engineering from Nanyang Technological University. Skilled in business strategy, market analysis and product commercialization, he delivers improvement projects to successfully achieve company targets in a fast-paced business environment.
Farizan d’Avezac de Moran
Senior Partner, GreenA Consultants
Farizan d’Avezac de Moran is a Senior Partner at GreenA Consultants, a sustainability building consultancy firm based in Singapore and Africa. She was conferred the Green Advocate of the Year for BCA-SGBC Green Building Individual Awards in 2015, a Sustainability Leadership Award launched to recognise industry leaders for outstanding contribution in the industry. She is also a Board Member of Singapore Green Building Council and Vice President for Singapore Institute Of Building Limited.
Kevin Lim
Principal, Studio SKLIM
Kevin Lim is the founding principal of Studio SKLIM, a design practice based in Singapore, with built works in Singapore, Japan, China and India. His current obsessions include re-engineering educational spaces for greater agility in less developed economies and the future-proofing of ‘primitive materials’. The Architectural Association (London) and National University of Singapore architecture alumnus is also an accredited professional of the India Green Building Council.
Yann Follain
Managing Director & Head of Design, WY-TO Group
Yann Follain’s formative years in Indonesia, France, and Singapore has established his diverse expertise in sustainable design through community programming, cultural curation and experiential exhibitions. Follain is a frequent speaker on tropical sustainability and museum curation in the region and has been appointed Festival Director of Archifest in 2018. He is the current Co-Chair of the Society for Experiential Graphic Design.
Moderator:
Vanitha Pavapathi
Editor, CUBES and IndesignliveAsia
Vanitha Pavapathi is Editor of IndesignliveAsia and CUBES magazine in Singapore. She has over 10 years’ experience in the media industry, beginning her career as an emcee, radio presenter and broadcast journalist, before moving into design journalism. She is passionate about design and how it engineers the way people live, work and play.
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