Whole Life Carbon Assessment (WLCA) Practitioner Training

Architect and lead author for the RICS WLCA methodology in both 2017, V1,  and 2023, V2. Contributor to EN15978 2025 update. Advisor to Environmental Audit Select Committee in WLCA, Author of RIBA Publication 'Targeting Zero - Embodied and whole life carbon explained'. Author of numerous articles on WLCA. Advisor to developers such as British Land, Landsec, Quintain, Grosvenor, Crown Estate, Gatwick, Heathrow etc. Advisor to RIBA Stirling Prize on WLCA 2017/18.

Jane has been working on EPD and embodied carbon assessment since the 1990s.  She has co-authored the BRE Environmental Profiles Methodology, several editions of the Green Guide to Specification, and the 2nd edition of the RICS Professional Standard on whole life carbon in the built environment and sits on the TSG for the UK Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard, and represents the UK in CEN and ISO Standards committees looking at LCA for buildings, EPD for construction products and other relevant issues such as EPD digitisation and the use of mass balance approaches.    

Qian is highly regarded for his expertise in whole-life carbon assessments and sustainability and has significantly contributed to the creation of the Whole Life-Cycle Carbon Assessment guidance for the New London Plan and has been a key author for the updated Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Whole-Life Carbon Assessment Standard. 

Leo is a Life Cycle Assessment expert currently consulting for One Click LCA. A passionate advocate of sustainability, Leo has a deep understanding of whole life and embodied carbon having worked for eTool Global and Introba (formerly known as Elementa), where he gained invaluable experience in the practice of Whole Life Carbon, development and delivery of training material. As an LCA Consultant, Leo is responsible for conducting and certifying whole building LCAs. He also conducts research and development in the field of LCA. 

Additionally, Leo is actively involved in standardizing the industry's approach to carbon assessment on both regional and European scales. This includes his participation in the UKGBC and WGBC task group

Pat is a sustainability consultant with over 10 years’ experience specialising in LCA, EPD, materials efficiency, circular economy, sustainable construction methods and environmental assessment.

Louisa is Partner and Head of Sustainability at Hawkins\Brown. She is an award-winning industry leader and combines her experience delivering multi-stakeholder projects across numerous sectors with passion and expert knowledge across sustainable design. She is a leading UK practitioner in the field of embodied and Whole Life Carbon, having been a co-author for the RICS Whole Life Carbon Assessment for the Built Environment Professional Standard version 2, 2023. She contributes across the industry including delivering Core CPD content for RIBA and undertaking taskforce actions with UKGBC, LETI, NLA and acting as a Mayor’s Design Advocate with the GLA.

Julia is an architect with a Master of Science in Environmental Design. Her background enables her to apply an holistic approach to design, integrating
expertise in passive design, human comfort, and embodied carbon analysis. This ensures optimal design solutions that combine functionality and sustainability.

Dewi is an architect and sustainability designer specialising in Whole Life Carbon. At Hawkins\Brown, he leads sustainability initiatives, embedding embodied carbon strategies into architectural practice. With over 20 years of experience and a master’s in Environmental Design Engineering, he bridges the gap between practice and innovation.
For the past two years, he has played a key role in developing VERT, a pioneering web-based WLCA tool that specialises in both retrofit and new buildings. Designed to empower non-LCA specialists, VERT enables data-driven, low-carbon design decisions.
Dewi lectures on Whole Life Carbon at various universities, equipping students with the knowledge to drive meaningful carbon reduction. He has also contributed to key industry initiatives, including the UKGBC Embodied Carbon Task Force and RICS WLCA Professional Standard V2.

Laura Mansel-Thomas began her career in engineering as a Design Engineer at WRc plc in 1993. After completing a PhD in Chemical Engineering at Imperial College, London, specializing in the treatment of toxic industrial wastewaters, she joined Max Fordham and Partners in 1996. Early projects included a number of schemes for Churchill College, Cambridge, designing warm air and district heating systems from first principles.

In 1999 Laura moved to Atelier Ten as a Senior Mechanical Engineer, where she stayed until 2010. She spent many years as project engineer for the low energy Sloane Robinson Building at Keble College and the refurbishment of the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, and became an Associate Director in 2007. She joined Ingleton Wood LLP in 2010 as an Associate, becoming Director of Engineering in 2011 and a Partner in 2014. Laura oversaw the growth of the M&E discipline from around 20 to over 40 people and in April 2021 she became Senior Partner. Laura is also HR Partner and oversees training and apprenticeships across the practice. 

Laura has always been interested in the communication of engineering ideas, particularly around low energy building design and sustainability. She was a Member of Council for the University of Essex from 2010 to 2015, also becoming a member of the Audit and Risk Committee and helping to recruit their first Sustainability Champion. Since 2016 she has been a Colchester Ambassador, working with other businesses and the Local Authority to drive inward investment into the Colchester area. In 2020 she was appointed as a Commissioner for the Essex Climate Action Commission and is particularly involved in the Built Environment Special Interest Group.

Laura is a keen cyclist, married with two teenage children, two dogs and a cat.

I have worked for 17 years in the industry starting on the architectural side and specialising in sustainability including energy calculations, sustainability assessments, carbon analysis, and research based projects. 
I work at all stages of projects to provide energy and carbon calculations including embodied carbon analysis front end through to post occupational analysis once a building is occupied. I have spoken at international conferences as well as leading research in international consortia of professionals. I regularly give seminars and write informative articles for both our internal teams and external clients in the form of blog items with the personal aim of keeping the industry up to date with proposed and implemented legislative changes.

As a peer reviewer for this WLCA training course, I offer specialist knowledge in Whole Life Carbon assessments, with a strong emphasis on the embodied carbon of MEP and TM65. My expertise is evidenced by my lead authorship of TM65.3 and the upcoming TM65.4. I have also contributed to the RICS Whole life carbon assessment for the built environment second edition.