The Living Building Challenge – ‘the built environment’s most rigorous performance standard’ – is once again offering the Living Building Challenge 3.0 workshop – but this time, with Australian case studies. This all-day course provides an in-depth look at the Living Building Challenge, from high-level philosophy to the detail of the certification process. This course would be…
EARLY BIRD TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE UNTIL FRIDAY 19 FEBRUARY! A four-day conference in Melbourne with a focus on Adaptation, Resilience & Renewables, Energy Efficient Lighting & Infrastructure. From the website: “Local councils are increasingly under pressure in the face of constraints on rate income to maintain existing service commitments. Councils need to be more strategic in…
When it comes to sustainable architecture, the focus has historically been on designing buildings to reduce emissions. In recent years though, this focus has expanded to take into account the full life-cycle impact of a building and its components. But is this enough? In this article from ArchitectureBoston’s Fall 2015 Issue, originally titled “Old is the…
Meeting – Energy and Sustainability NSC Adelaide, Thursday 5 November 2015. We will start with a short NSCES meeting discussing our activities over the past year, including a report from Peter Cox, President of the ICOMOS International Scientific Committee of Energy and Sustainability (ISCES) on events arising from his recent visit to the USA and ADCOM in Japan. We will then have a…
This interesting project proposal in Portugal by Nelson Brito, Sergio Brito and Rute Oliveira Castela, won first prize of the “Urban Services and Connected City” in the VINCI “2020 Global Climate Challenge”. It provides a good model to follow elsewhere. The project addresses energy efficiency in historic centres by involving urban stakeholders – local community and local policy players – working…
Meeting – Energy and Sustainability NSC Adelaide, Thursday 5 November 2015. We would like to welcome all those with an interest in energy and sustainability in heritage. We encourage young members, students and young graduates to come along and join us. We invite you to actively participate in the committee and our projects. WHERE: the Meeting Hall…
Energy and Sustainability Session at Fabric Conference The Australia ICOMOS Conference, Fabric: The Threads of Conservation, in Adelaide, 5-8 November 2015, has a special Energy and Sustainability session, which will be opened by invited expert Peter Cox who will give an opening address, followed by three conference papers considering issues around energy and sustainability in relation…
