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Responding to Garnaut - the challenge is here!
Speaker: Nigel Bell |
About the Speaker:
Nigel Bell works with passion and commitment as Allen
Jack+Cottier Architect's Sustainability Coordinator.
Having worked for decades in his own leading small practice
(ECOdesign Architects), his role has expanded as projects
have grown and become international through his work
with AJ+C. He sees that the same principles of good
design and appropriate sustainability apply, no matter
what the scale or project. Past involvements have included
bringing sustainability into national curriculumns at
TAFE ('Sustainable Building Principles') and Universities
(University of Western Sydney, Uni. of Canberra); reseaching,
writing and presenting on waste minimisation, resource
efficiency, bushfires and buildings, architecture, social
ecology; plus designing buildings that have won national
Banksia Environment and Timber Design Awards. In his
'spare' time, Nigel has run Blue Mountains ECOhomes
tours for the last eight years, introducing people and
projects to the magic of sustainable bioclimatic design.
Nigel sits on the Australian Institute of Architects
sustainability committee and has been a contributer
to sustainability events over several decades. |
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Topic Overview:
Professor Ross Garnaut has recently set out his
suggested greenhouse gas emission trajectory for Australia.
He's done his homework on all the issues, consulted all the
right people, but ultimately taken a most pragamatic and conservative
line. We're yet to know exactly what the response
from government will be - and how it will play out
into the future. But what could this all mean for
sustainable architecture and building, for our everyday
homes?
In this talk Nigel will simply outline what the main
change projections are - and compare our conservatism with
various countries overseas. Individual states of America and
the Architecture 2030 movement is well ahead; the UK has committed
to zero-carbon homes by 2016; Spain is requiring green
roofs, whilst Germany already has one-third of the
world's roof-mounted photo-voltaic panels (solar cells).
And whilst Australia has slowly achieved 2% renewables,
China has commited to 20% renewables by 2010! Come
along for an over-view and update.
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