Green Building and Design Conference
What does it take to make old buildings green? How can we encourage innovative renovations and retrofits to improve the nation’s environmental footprint?
The challenge of transforming existing buildings for a sustainable Australia will be explored next week at the 8th annual Green Building and Design Conference (Friday, 3 September - Saturday, 4 September).
RMIT University Vice-Chancellor and President, Professor Margaret Gardner AO, will introduce the Victorian Minister for the Environment and Climate Change and Minister for Innovation, Gavin Jennings MLC, to give a welcoming address.
Lord Mayor Robert Doyle will welcome delegates and speak about the City of Melbourne’s 1200 Buildings initiative – a program that places the city at the cutting edge of the global green building movement.
Keynote speaker, RMIT Adjunct Professor Alan Pears AM, will examine ways for renovators and project teams to ensure that renovated buildings become assets for the future, rather than liabilities.
The conference aims to bring together architects and designers, policy makers, energy consultants, building owners and the building industry to explore innovative trends and practices in building retrofits.
An outstanding line-up of speakers from the residential and commercial sectors, as well as private and public institutions, will detail case studies of building adaptation and elaborate on closing the gap in energy and water efficiencies between old and new buildings. Site visits on Saturday, 4 September, will complement the program.
The Green Building and Design Conference is presented by RMIT’s Centre for Design and School of Property Construction and Project Management, and is sponsored by Sustainability Victoria.
For more information visit www.rmit.edu.au/cfd/gbd2010
The challenge of transforming existing buildings for a sustainable Australia will be explored next week at the 8th annual Green Building and Design Conference (Friday, 3 September - Saturday, 4 September).
RMIT University Vice-Chancellor and President, Professor Margaret Gardner AO, will introduce the Victorian Minister for the Environment and Climate Change and Minister for Innovation, Gavin Jennings MLC, to give a welcoming address.
Lord Mayor Robert Doyle will welcome delegates and speak about the City of Melbourne’s 1200 Buildings initiative – a program that places the city at the cutting edge of the global green building movement.
Keynote speaker, RMIT Adjunct Professor Alan Pears AM, will examine ways for renovators and project teams to ensure that renovated buildings become assets for the future, rather than liabilities.
The conference aims to bring together architects and designers, policy makers, energy consultants, building owners and the building industry to explore innovative trends and practices in building retrofits.
An outstanding line-up of speakers from the residential and commercial sectors, as well as private and public institutions, will detail case studies of building adaptation and elaborate on closing the gap in energy and water efficiencies between old and new buildings. Site visits on Saturday, 4 September, will complement the program.
The Green Building and Design Conference is presented by RMIT’s Centre for Design and School of Property Construction and Project Management, and is sponsored by Sustainability Victoria.
For more information visit www.rmit.edu.au/cfd/gbd2010