Topic: 2014 AND BEYOND PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE “A WA PERSPECTIVE"
Theme: Design & Construction (light weight construction and energy efficiency) Solutions.
TOPIC 1
Pilbara Vernacular Demonstration Home: Meeting the Challenge of Creating Sustainable Communities as a Legacy of the Resources Boom
Speaker:JulioNavarrette (Design Sustainabilityand Innovation Manager)–Landcorp
Brief: LandCorp developed The Pilbara Vernacular a guide for engineers, architects, urban designers, builders and local government to challenge the way development in the Pilbara’s unique conditions is considered. It also guides the overall Pilbara Cities vision fora sustainable future.
The guide does not impose statutory assessments or administrative strictures. It aims for practical solutions within a framework of key design values:
•Responding to climate
•Incorporating natural landscape
•Building on cultural and historical identity
•Mobilising for change and innovation
LandCorp will showcase the implementation of the Pilbara Vernacular principles at Madigan Estate Karratha by presenting the winning design of the Pilbara Vernacular Demonstration Home competition.
TOPIC 2
Housing, Transport & Energy
The nexus between transport and energy Local and Global Trends in Relation to transport, energy & housing, and how these trends may develop in 2014 and beyond.
Speaker: Jemma Green Senior Research Fellow Curtin University Sustainability Policy (CUSP) Institute
TOPIC 3
Materials Impacts in Construction”
- Embodied impacts compared to operational
- The role of life cycle analysis (LCA)
- LCA and green building rating tools
- Produc t metrics
Shade: A Hot Climate Design Challenge for the 21st Century
- Glass: the unshaded facts
- The new revolution in shading devices
- Case study designs
- Importance of shade in the public realm
Speaker: David Baggs - CEO - Global Green Tag Pty Ltd GreenTag Program & Technical Director
TOPIC 4
Sustainable Timber Framed Construction
Brief: The 30 minute presentation will cover design , construction, energy ratings, embodied energy in timber framed buildings, and their sustainability
Speaker: Geoff Boughton – Structural Engineer – WoodSolutions
EVENT DETAILS
Venue: HYATT REGENCY PERTH 99 Adelaide Tce Perth
Time: 7am to 10.30 am / 11am
RSVP: 6TH JULY 2014 – please register early as spaces are limited
More information:
1300 667 709 or email: info@jazcorpaustralia.com.au