FOREWORD
INTERIOR DESIGNY E A R B O O K
Foreword: Diana Yakeley President, British Institute of Interior Design
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n a year of swinging cuts in budgets for both public and private sectors, those of us
whose livelihood has not been too badly affected must count our blessings. With interior designed apartments in London selling for £135 million whilst at the same time school building projects are culled, it is necessary to examine our priorities and take stock of where interior designers can make a meaningful difference to our society. The need to reduce carbon,
and reduce it fast, has been a steep learning curve for all of us who work in the built environment. Finding our way around the science involved in some of the new technology and being able to advise our clients on the appropriate solution, has become a whole new area of expertise, and one which is quite difficult to analyse. A new word has entered my vocabulary this year – greenwash – a word describing the spin put on advertising products and services to promote their ‘green’
credentials that may or may not be entirely scientifically proven. Certainly visits to trade exhibitions have left me reeling with information on so called environmentally friendly products, much of which was PR spin, some not.
“The need to reduce carbon, and reduce it fast, has been a steep learning curve for all of us who work in the built environment.”
My professional body, The
British Institute of Interior Design, organised a highly successful BIID Retrofit conference in March to help designers understand how the interior designers can work with clients to understand and use new technology to add value to projects. The calibre of speakers was extremely high, ranging from the Government’s Chief Construction Advisor, Paul Morrell, to Lucy Pedlar, Architect
& Founder of the Green Register and Katy Lithgow, Head Conservator, National Trust amongst others from BRE and the WWF. This was Continuing Professional Practice (CPD) at its best and I was certainly excited by the possibilities of actually influencing change in a low carbon economy and offering a more informed service to my clients. Whilst the useful life of a
building may last for hundreds of years, the interiors will change frequently and the material contents discarded and thrown in the skip. Our choices must be more carefully considered to at least try to achieve a reduction in carbon emissions. The science may not be perfect but I would hate to think our grandchildren learned that we ignored the problem when faced with some sound scientific evidence. Diana Yakeley is President
elect of the British Institute of Interior Design and co-author of the BIID Interior Design Job Book.
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