Speaker
Professor Jim Glockling, Consultant and Visiting Professor at UCLan
Overview
Green or living walls are becoming a familiar feature of the built environment and are often incorporated as components of newer and more sustainable construction projects. They provide a visible statement of green intent and benefit city biodiversity, air purity, thermal environment, noise abatement, and no doubt mental health.
In this webinar, Professor Jim Glockling will consider the implications that the provision of living walls may have for the resilience of a building, and the continuity of a business and its services. The webinar will introduce new guidance: Control of Living Wall Fire Risks which is due to be published this spring, having been collaboratively produced by the living wall industry and insurers with the aim of ensuring the benefits are recognised without compromising building safety and resilience.
CPD
Delegates who attend for the duration can claim up to 1 CPD hour towards the IFE and CII/Personal Finance Society member CPD schemes.
About Professor Jim Glockling
James Glockling is an independent consultant and Principal Fire Protection Engineer within the Naval Engineering Team of BMT. He is the current Chair of BSI FSH/16 'Hazards to life from fire', and has a degree in Chemical Engineering and PhD in nuclear engineering.
Following post-doctorate study, Jim worked as a lecturer in Chemical Engineering and Fire Safety Engineering, a forensic fire investigator, and ran research laboratories at the Loss Prevention Council (LPC), Building Research Establishment (BRE), and the Fire Protection Association (FPA) where he was also Director of the UK insurance research scheme, RISCAuthority.
Jim’s principal areas of expertise are in suppression and detection technologies and complex risk mitigation scenarios. Jim is now visiting Professor at the University of Central Lancashire and continues to work promoting resilience with the commercial built environment and maritime sectors.