What is the relationship between building 'form' and climate change? Is there any specific form of City Building which will help us meet our 2030 carbon emission targets? Do municipal "built form regulations" help or hinder?

SvN’s Managing Partner Drew Sinclair, speaks with Toronto-based award-winning author and journalist John Lorinc, and influential real estate developer Brandon Donnelly about how to design and build a low carbon future in Toronto.

Citing leading examples from major metropolitan cities around the world, Drew, John and Brandon will discuss how does Toronto’s architecture and built form measure up? From government incentives to low carbon infrastructure, what type of policies and technologies are needed to accelerate a low carbon city? How is Toronto’s love of low-rise housing and investor driven real estate market impacting this transition?

As a regular urban affairs contributor to Corporate Knights, The Globe and Mail and Spacing Magazine John Lorinc provides thought-provoking commentary that focuses on the intersection of architecture, city planning, politics, and the environment. In this conversation he will share research and insights into how cities are shifting to be more climate friendly, what are the latest infrastructure technologies and how we need to rethink how we design our neighbourhoods.

Brandon Donnelly is a real estate developer and city building blogger based in Toronto. Rated by the Guardian Cities UK as one of the best city blogs in the world, Brandon’s personal and influential blog promotes the building of beautiful, sustainable, and globally competitive cities, by providing weekly commentary emerging ideas in architecture, planning, real estate, art and technology. Brandon is also the Managing Director of Development at Slate Asset Management and founder of the Globizen Group. In this discussion, he will provide insights about the planning policies and economic forces that currently shape our city's development, pinpointing where there are real opportunities for change.

About SvN Speaks:
SvN Speaks, a new LinkedIn Live Series produced by SvN, features solution-oriented conversations about the most pressing issues in architecture, planning and urban design. Hosted by various leaders at SvN, each episode will feature expert urbanists and industry professionals from across North America in conversations themed around the urgent need for cities to take bolder action to fight climate change and meet net-zero deadlines.

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