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Green architecture day: illustrated talks

CPD Certified

Talks by designers, practitioners and professionals run in partnership with Low Carbon Trust and in association with RESET

March 2013 (provisional)

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Previous speakers/topics

An overview of green architecture, issues and approaches
Duncan Baker-Brown, BBM Sustainable Design

The Ashley Vale Project, Bristol
Jackson Moulding, National Self Build Association

Ben Law's timber framed house
As featured on Channel 4's 'Grand Designs'.

Building with rammed earth
Rowland Keable, In Situ Rammed Earth Company

Earthship Brighton
Frances Hunt and Taus Larsen. Built by Low Carbon Network

Eco-Renovation to Minimise Energy and Water Consumption
Russell Smith, Parity Projects

Elim Farm, Crowborough – a case study in eco-renovation
Paul Mustardé, GreenerLiving Homes Ltd

Future adapted cities
Blanche Cameron, RESET Development and the Centre for Alternative Technology

Grow your own building – making best use of local timber in construction
David Saunders, Weald Woodnet, The Woodland Enterprise Centre and TimberBuild Network SE

Harvesting and recycling rainwater
Mischa Hewitt, project manager of Low Carbon Trust’s Earthship Brighton

Introduction to Eco-renovation
Maddy Harland, editor of Permaculture Magazine

It's Easy Being Green!
Duncan Baker-Brown, BBM Sustainable Design

Lammas eco village, Wales
Jude Dunn, Lammas

Laughton Lodge Co-housing
Melanie Nock

LILAC project, Leeds
Joe Atkinson, Low Impact Living Affordable Communities

Livingroofs - How green is your roof?
Dusty Gedge, Livingroofs.org and The Green Roof Consultancy

Local Progress Towards Greener Buildings
Francesca Iliffe, Sustainability Officer, Brighton and Hove City Council

The 'Localism' agenda: opportunities for building resilient and sustainable communities
Nick Gant, Community21

Low-carbon lifestyles and behaviours in Sustainable Communities
Greg Searle, One Planet Communities

Low Impact Communities in Britain
Jenny Pickerill, Reader in Environmental Geography, Leicester University

Microgeneration
Howard Johns, Southern Solar

One Planet Living / BedZED
Pooran Desai, BioRegional

One Brighton: One Planet, One Address
Amanda Whittington, Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios

One Planet Living and One Brighton
Daniel Viliesid, BioRegional Quintain Ltd

Passivhaus case studies in the UK, saving energy and improving comfort
Justin Bere, Bere Architects

The Pines Calyx - How it was built and its role as a 'Sustainability Hub'
Alistair Gould, Helionix Designs

Renewable energy and sustainability in construction
Andy Smith, Westergate Business Centre

Self-build the Walter Segal Way
Geoff Stow, Walter Segal Self Build Trust

Strawbale houses – sustainable urban choices
Barbara Jones, Amazon Nails - Strawbale futures

Why architecture matters
Nicolas Pople, Nicolas Pople Architect

ZEDFactory
Taus Larsen and Bill Dunster, Bill Dunster Architects, ZEDfactory

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