Dave Farebrother, Environmental Director for Land Securities to give a talk on Trees for Cities at the Creating Landscapes trade show.


o Landscaping

o Trees in planters

o Green roofs

o Green walls

o BREEAM credits

o planning requirements

o Clean air

o bees

About Dave Farebrother CEnv CEng FRSA FEI MIEMA MCIBSE

Dave leads the highly-regarded environmental team at Land Securities, responsible for pioneering many techniques now becoming common-place within the sector. However, Land Securities remains the only UK property company certified to ISO:14001 for all of its development and property management activities. In post for 14 years, Dave was previously the group’s Energy Manager, and was named the 2007 IEMA Environment Manager of the Year.

Dave originally studied for a degree in Astrophysics, spending a short time in the higher education sector before joining Land Securities in their energy team, studying for a Masters degree in Environmental Engineering. Dave then developed Land Securities’ approach to the growing environmental agenda, putting in place its environmental management system, and received a Post-Graduate Diploma in Environmental Management.

A Fellow of the RSA, Dave is also a Fellow of the Energy Institute and a Member of both CIBSE and IEMA. He is a Chartered Engineer and a Charted Environmentalist and is a current member of the BPF sustainability panel, having previously sat on the equivalent BCO group.

Dave is a past-Chairman of the Central London Energy Management Group and a member of the UK Green Buildings Council’s “rapid response team”, as well as being a member of the editorial board for Sustain magazine. Dave is also a licensed BREEAM and DEC assessor.

Land Securities is the UK’s largest property company, with assets valued in excess of £10 billion and over £1.5 billion of developments currently being built out. It specialises in the London office and national retail markets. In 2007 Land Securities was the only UK company ranked as one of the World’s Twenty Most Sustainable Stocks.

Please note: timing of this talk may change so please check website for details.