Gilli Hobbs

Gilli Hobbs has provided technical and expert input to sustainability related projects in the built environment for 30 years. She was a director in the strategic advisory team at BRE until 2021, working across low carbon buildings and building products, circular & lean construction, renewable energy technologies and sustainable communities.

Gilli is experienced in the delivery of complex and multi-disciplinary programmes of work, such as Home of 2030, EU BAMB (Buildings as Material Banks), and EC studies on Circular Economy Principles & Measuring Circularity; alongside targeted technical input, such as Circular Economy implementation on development projects. She co-developed the widely used environmental reporting software SMARTWaste and has created bespoke sustainability standards internationally.

She is currently Chair of B558/1 Circular Economy in Construction and project co-lead for the European Task Group considering standards for pre-deconstruction & pre-redevelopment audits and evaluation.