Photo of the Amsterdam canals taken by Monica Earl.

Caroline Pidcock; The Architecture of Zero Emission Housing

About the talk

Caroline will talk about the issues that are emerging from her Byera Hadley Travelling Scholarship research, which is looking at "The Architecture of Zero Emissions Housing". She has recently completed the first stage of her travels and will talk about what she has found so far. In particular, she has been looking at the regulatory environment that is supporting this in the UK and Europe, as well as the technical and design issues being encountered. Is such an approach to housing relevant to Australia? And if so, what should we be thinking about.

About the speaker
Caroline Pidcock is an architect who is interested in how our profession can take a more proactive and positive part in developing a sustainable future for us all to live in. After spending many years working in her practice as well as contributing to the wider profession and academia, she is making time in 2010 to research areas of related interest. Importantly, Caroline is focusing on how her practice should evolve to showcase such ideals.

Lecture by Caroline Pidcock from Pidcock Architecture + Sustainability describing where she's up to in her Byera Hadley travelling scholarship submission.

• Uk is planning for zero emission housing by 2016
• London Olympics will have 70% of their embodied energy in new buildings
• Sustainable approaches may include;
• Getting builder involved in the building process earlier, creating less division between the different fields of the built environment
• Community consultation, eg. principals involved in school design
• Governing bodies need to stop hypothesising about sustainability and enforce regulations, if we are to move forward.