Jess Hrivnak, RIBA Technical Advisor Sustainability at RIBA
Jess Hrivnak is the RIBA’s sustainability specialist, and member of the UK Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard’s Technical Steering Group.
She leads the Institute’s work on the UKNZCBS Standard and is responsible for the RIBA’s 2030 Climate Challenge guidance. She is the author of the RIBA’s Chartered Practice Sustainable Development Toolkit (published to enable Practices to measure and improve their environmental, social, and ethical business impacts). She works collaboratively within RIBA and with partner organisations to improve climate literacy, align design targets, strategies and processes. She is passionate about bridging gaps between sectors and disciplines to enable better guidance and action to improve planetary and human health outcomes. Time permitting, she guest tutors and lectures at Universities in the UK on environmental design and sustainability policy.