Jennifer Faddy, September 2016 The focus of the conference was on building reuse and retrofit because this is one of the major challenges to achieve carbon reduction targets in Europe. One of the keynote speakers, Raymond Cole from Canada, called for recognition that buildings in their context needed to “do more good” and called for more…
Noni Boyd, August 2016 Having recently been to Vietnam via Hong Kong to stay with a friend who has been working in Hoi An, I was once again struck by the range of uses to which bamboo can be put and at the other end of the sustainability scale, the Asian obsession with air…
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…
Energy and Sustainability in Heritage 