Roundtable: Whole Life Carbon Assessment – Birmingham

Date
12 November 2026
Time
12:00 - 14:00
Location
22 Waterfront Walk, Birmingham, England, B1 1SN
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This event will be a small, interactive roundtable bringing together senior decision-makers and industry experts to explore the key themes emerging from CCBP’s ongoing Whole Life Carbon Assessment (WLCA) research.

The discussion will provide an opportunity to share knowledge, exchange practical experiences, and gather industry perspectives that will help shape the direction of CCBP’s future work. Attendees will receive the latest findings in advance to support informed and meaningful discussion.

Our speakers

Ellie Horwitch-Smith

Assistant Director, Birmingham City Council

Ellie Horwitch-Smith

Assistant Director, Birmingham City Council

Ellie is Assistant Director and strategic lead for net zero for Birmingham City Council.

She leads the Route to Zero Carbon team, setting strategic direction on corporate and city decarbonisation and coordinating a wide portfolio of activity in support of the city’s economic growth, just transition and sustainability ambitions. This includes organisational greenhouse gas accounting and the council’s environmental governance processes, alongside city heat network strategy, building retrofit initiatives, new policy development and facilitating investment in energy projects.

Ellie has over 20 years of experience in global and startup consultancy businesses and has developed and delivered many environmental sustainability projects and programmes for the public and private sectors, with a specific expertise in the built environment and heat networks.

In complement to her role at Birmingham City Council, Ellie is Chair of the Sustainable Housing Action Partnership (SHAP), a not-for-profit company that works across the housing system to connect organisations, share learning and support the scaling up of sustainable housing delivery.

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