Speakers

Dr Katherine Adams has over 25 years’ experience in sustainability, mostly in the built environment. She set up Reusefully in 2021. She has a PhD from Loughborough University, looking at how a circular economy can be embedded in the building sector and prior to that she led resource efficiency at BRE. Katherine is considered to be an expert in the area of construction resource efficiency and circularity, having been instrumental in shaping practice and policy. She works with all parts of the supply chain and Government on topics such as embodied carbon, waste management, circular economy, measurement and reporting. She has been involved in a number of European projects, including BAMB (Building as Material Banks) and CIRCUIT. She supports the Alliance for Sustainable Buildings Products (ASBP) as the Technical Director. She is also working with Defra, DESNZ, DBT and the Green Construction Board Circular Economy, Resources and Waste Group on ‘zero avoidable waste’ in the construction sector. She sits on many groups and committees including European Standardisation to progress circularity in the built environment.