Jun 2018 Prof John French - Sustainability in the University Sector

Mon, Jun 25th 2018 at 5:45 pm - 8:00 pm

Meal & Talk at the Arundel. Speaker Host - Nick, General Host - Trevor, Cashier - Sian.


Today we were pleased to welcome Professor John French to visit the club and speak about a particular interest of his.

His work on developing new buildings on the University of East Anglia site using innovative sustainable materials and methods including a new twist on thatching !

He is , amongst other things, CEO of the Adapt Low Carbon Group and does everything he can to reduce the Carbon Footprintt of his work.

We were very interested in his talk and had many questions for him.

more details on Prof French...

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