Emma Fletcher is Low-Carbon Housing Director at Octopus Energy and the current Chair of the RICS Residential Professional Group Panel. After qualifying in rural surveying, she moved into housing and regeneration, focusing on affordable housing and sustainability. She is passionate about community resilience and has established a district heat network in her village.

In this podcast, we talk about Emma's varied career in surveying, but also what it means to take the opportunity to do the hard work and ultimately turn your passions into a career. We discuss her role as a Low-Carbon Director and what decarbonising means on the housing level, how she set up a community land trust in her village, her experience in rural surveying and her involvement with Residential PGP at RICS. 

What is Covered: 

• (00:00) Introduction to Emma and her Low Carbon Housing Role at Octopus
• (04:39) What decarbonising in housing means 
• (10:12) Zero bills and why you need a funeral plan for your boiler
• (14:18) Maintaining curiosity and networking with surveyors
• (16:38) Why Emma set up a community land trust in her village
• (24:06) The challenges of the rural path in surveying 
• (31:35) Emma’s experience with housing associations
• (43:35) Chairing Residential PGP at RICS
• (56:29) How to adapt to all the changes, innovations and new technology

Resources: 

• Octopus Energy https://octopus.energy/ 
• Connect with Emma Fletcher on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/emmafletchercambridge/ 
• Book: Map of a Nation: A Biography of the Ordnance Survey https://www.amazon.com/Map-Nation-Biography-Ordnance-Survey/dp/1847082548 
• Learn more about RICS Residential Professional Group Panel https://www.rics.org/about-rics/corporate-governance/professional-group-panels/residential-property 
• Buy me a Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/thesurveyorhub 

• The Surveyor Hub Community - Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/the.surveyor.hub.love.surveying/