SFU Carbon Talks Dialogue – 2 Degrees: The Built Environment and Our Changing Climate
Simon Fraser University Carbon Talks was hosting a dialogue with Cole Roberts, acclaimed author of “2 Degrees: The Built Environment and our Changing Climate” last month. Here is the video: Cole Roberts leads the energy and resource sustainability business in Arup’s San Francisco office. Cole’s experience ranges from climate positive engineering and sustainability consulting to...
Living Proof
A video story of the Bullitt Center, which is designed to be the “greenest commercial building in the world”. Comment on Vimeo: Impressive that the City of Seattle created a demonstration code to allow this innovative project to blaze trails! “The Bullitt Center, previously the Cascadia Center, is a commercial office building under development in...
NSCU Environmental Learning Centre – A Natural Approach to Learning
Architect: McFarland Marceau Architects Ltd. Engineer: Equilibrium Consulting Inc. Budget: $5.8 million Size: 850-square-metre (9,149-square-feet) building The North Shore Credit Union Environmental Learning Centre (ELC) is an addition to the North Vancouver Outdoor School (NVOS) located in Brackendale near Squamish, British Columbia. The ELC is constructed with cross-laminated timber (CLT), which is a large multi-layer...
TEDxVancouver – Michael Green – Love, Laughter, Sushi: World Housing and Climate Change
Michael Green is a founding principal at Vancouver’s McFarlane Green Biggar Architecture + Design (mgb). Recognized for his award winning buildings, public art, interiors, landscapes and urban environments, Michael’s reputation has led him to develop a wide range of projects from international airports and skyscrapers to Vancouver’s Ronald McDonald House and modest but unique retail...
Webinar: Passive Houses in Canada and Around the World
Guido Wimmers discusses the experience of Passive House in Canada and shows the fundamental components of Passive House design, with examples and potential contradictions in the current building industry and policy. The Passive House approach to construction is a highly ambitious response to global climate change and energy security issues. Guido Wimmers is one of...
CornellCast: Biology, Biomimetics, and Buildings
Richard Bonser of the School of Engineering and Design at Brunel University gives a presentation at the 2012 Hans and Roger Strauch Symposium on Sustainable Design, “Sustaining Sustainability: Alternative Approaches in Urban Ecology and Architecture,” February 4, 2012. The symposium was organized jointly by the Cornell University Department of Architecture and the Oslo School of...
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