About this event
Hilti and Arup are collaborating to bring industry insights on the embodied carbon challenges within data centres. The session will explore practical approaches to addressing these challenges, along with actionable recommendations for key stakeholders across the value chain.
Joining us for the webinar are David Davies and Martin Crook from ARUP. We also have Alaa Farahat, E1 segment manager along with Johanna Häyrinen E1 Head of sustainability for Northern Europe and Vijayashree Ballari our GB Head of sustainability .
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Martin is an Associate in Arup’s Circular Economy and Sustainability Strategy team in Germany. With over 12 years’ experience in the AEC sector, he focuses on creating more sustainable and liveable cities. He has developed tools like the Circular Buildings Toolkit to help drive circular economy practices and innovation in the built environment.
Vijayashree Ballari is the GB Head of Sustainability at Hilti Great Britain, with a strong focus on driving low-carbon solutions across the built environment. She works closely with customers and internal teams to embed sustainability into strategy, operations, and projects, with expertise in reducing embodied carbon and advancing circular economy practices.
David is an Associate Director in the Data Centre team at Arup, leading coordination with climate services team. He has over 15 years’ experience across engineering, design, and project leadership, working on data centre projects across EMEA for hyperscalers, colocation providers, and financial institutions. David is particularly focused on improving sustainability, especially reducing embodied carbon in data centre design.
Alaa is a Segment Manager in Hilti Northern Europe specialising in Data Centres and mission-critical networks. He focuses on driving growth, building client relationships, and supporting the expansion of data centre solutions across international markets. With a strong engineering background and experience in complex infrastructure projects, Alaa brings a practical, commercial approach to advancing data centre development and innovation.
Hilti engineering offers a range of technical solutions, services and software to help take you control of your project from the initial design brief, through conceptual detailing, to final product selection and installation.