Director of Sustainable Places
As Director of Bioregional’s Sustainable Places team, I provide expertise on how to use our One Planet Living framework across masterplan and design briefs, construction and operation of new homes, communities and businesses.
After joining Bioregional in 2013 I worked on the UK's first eco-town development, NW Bicester, helping to deliver its sustainability aspirations using the One Planet Living Framework. I have helped to deliver a range of environmental projects across the wider town of Bicester and I’m currently a long-standing director of Bicester Green, a thriving reuse and sustainability centre.
I have helped to lead the delivery of One Planet Oxfordshire, a county-wide vision for a truly sustainable future and Oxfordshire Greentech, a business network for the low carbon future.
I worked in the planning department of a local authority as Sustainable Growth Officer and for Building Research Establishment (BRE) where I worked on large scale masterplans nationally and internationally and engaged with local authorities on sustainable planning and renewable energy.
I love spending time with my young family, watching almost any sport (especially my beloved Watford FC), attempting to still play football, getting out into the wild, pretending to bird watch and growing my own fruit and vegetables!
Government planning reforms mean councils may be forced to accept a new generation of substandard homes, with energy bill payers – and the planet – picking up the cost
Oxfordshire Greentech has gone from strength to strength since Bioregional helped to launch the initiative. As the low-carbon business network appoints its first CEO Hannah Scott, Lewis Knight looks back on some of its greatest achievements so far
In his guest article for Summix’s spotlight on the future of work, our Head of Sustainable Places Lewis Knight explores what impact changing working patterns could have on places, people and the planet
