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Emily Day - Footprint+ organiser

Emily Day - Footprint+ organiser

6/14/2022

Footprint+ organiser Emily Day talks to Peter ‘Pete the Builder’ Finn about the success of the inaugural UK property event for a carbon zero future.

This first FOOTPRINT+ Special kicks off with an insightful catch-up interview with Emily Day, the Co-Founder of Footprint+. Speaking to Pete, Emily, who believes that through connections people can learn from each other and come up with new ideas, talks about how she feels about the first ever FOOTPRINT+

Emily Day Footprint Brighton March 2021Emily Day is co-founder and director at Footprint+, she is an award-winning architect and urban designer with a particular focus on global development and social responsibility. As founder of Footprint+, she has taken the opportunity to redeploy her knowledge to make a positive social contribution, helping all parties make progress towards a Carbon Zero future.

Qualified as a chartered architect , Emily has over 20 years of experience working on large-scale projects. She has worked with many key players within the industry; local authorities, developers, and financial institutions which have given her a unique insight into the needs of the different parties

Here are some of the questions Pete asked Emily:

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“The event itself is intended to bring people together, to share knowledge and through this knowledge sharing able to approach projects with new initiatives”

“It’s a slow changing industry, it’s not going to change overnight but I can really see the opportunities are there”

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