Building a Sustainable Future

Progress & Trends Toward Improving the Environmental Footprint of Commercial Buildings

November 5, 2009 at 12:30 PM EST

Free

Join this fast paced live 60 minute free webinar to hear a first-hand presentation and analysis of the second edition of the Green Building Market & Impact Report by the report’s author Robert Watson, GreenerBuildings.com Editor, industry leader and LEED “founding father.” This report is an integrated assessment of the land, water, energy, material and indoor environmental impacts of the LEED for New Construction (LEED NC), Core & Shell (LEED CS) and Existing Building (LEED EB) standards.

Architecture and Climate Change The Sustainable City - Jaime Lerner

Tuesday, November 03, 2009

RIBA, 66 Portland Place, London W1B 1AD info

Acclaimed architect, planner and former Mayor of Curitiba, Jaime Lerner, discusses his visionary ideas concerning cities and their future.

Lerner’s talk focuses on the role they play in contemporary society and the importance of design, both in structuring urban growth and in the development of a city, state or country. He also addresses the key issue of mobility – stressing the importance of public transportation.

Tickets £8, £5 concession to book please visit http://www.architecture.com/programmes

International Dialogues: Architecture and Climate Change

Sponsored by Gleeds

A series of talks that brings together visionary thinkers and innovative practitioners from a range of disciplines to provide a forum for engaging with some of the key issues affecting the built and natural environment now and in the future.

Cities and Climate Change Symposium

SYMPOSIUM I
Cities and Buildings: Architecture for the Green City
Marzo 28, 2008

SYMPOSIUM II
Cities and Systems: Strategies for the Future
Junio 9, 2008
The Boston Society of Architects and MIT's School of Architecture and Planning are initiating two open symposia starting in March 2008, gathering leading urbanists from the United States and overseas to frame the issues and opportunities facing the modern city in a period of global climate change and resource depletion. The goal is to establish a design and policy agenda for Boston and the New England region that benefits from best practices elsewhere and sets new standards for ensuring the environmental, economic and social sustainability of the city in a global economy. Speakers include architects, engineers, urban and regional planners, political leaders and specialists in urban policy, public health, new technologies and transportation. The expected audience reflects an equally wide range of interests whose common point of enquiry is the future design and development of the 'green city'. More information.