The RMIT Centre for Design is again hosting the Green Building and Design Conference, with this year's theme being: Greening the Existing Building Stock.
While new buildings are becoming increasingly energy and water efficient, the overwhelming majority of existing buildings in Australia were built without any consideration for sustainability.
The transformation of the existing building stock is regarded as the biggest challenge facing owners, government and the building industry today.
The conference is being held at the State Library of Victoria, September 3-4, 2010. Attendance can be in person or online.
Topics include:
- key strategic issues and trends in the refurbishments of residential and commercial buildings
- successful mitigation and adaptation strategies
- mandatory disclosure of building performance»retrofitting heritage listed buildings
- post occupancy studies
- economic strategies in improving building performance
- life cycle analysis in the decision making process
- non-technical factors influencing successful retrofits
Speakers include:
- Chris Bosse: director, Laboratory for Visionary Architecture (LAVA)
- Tone Wheeler: principal architect, environa studio
- Bruce Prescious: sustainability manager — office/industrial, The GPT Group
- Gavin Jennings MLC: minister for the Environment and Climate Change, Minister for Innovation
Site visits, presentations and discussions will illustrate how theory has been put into practice and how practice can be used to refine theory.
