Since buildings are responsible for approximately 40% of carbon dioxide
emissions each year, considerable focus has been placed on the construction of
new green buildings. Discussion about the importance of improving and re-using
our existing building stock – and especially our historic buildings – is largely absent from the conversations about climate change.

Green Rehabilitation and Sustainability Forum
Participants will attend a two-day workshop in Vancouver where they will examine the current state of the province for existing buildings, heritage buildings (designated or not), and green buildings and sustainable communities in British Columbia in an effort to contribute to the green building and heritage/existing building initiatives. 
Vancouver. January 19-20. (14 AIBC LUs CORE)
Segal Graduate School of Business Rooms 1300 - 1500 500 Granville Street

Transformational Lecture Series - Noel Harding
Art has a crucial role to play in raising public awareness on such
timely issues as the pervasive degradation of natural systems. Few
artists have so effectively or boldly inserted their work in building and infrastructure projects as Harding.  Focusing on environmental concerns, this internationally acclaimed artist will explore the ways art can instruct, challenge, and inspire
both the aware as well as the unsuspecting public.

Integrated Design Process: How to Facilitate an IDP

The workshop takes an in-depth look at the art and practice of facilitating the integrated design process.  It will focus on IDP through the lens of facilitation in order to better understand the purpose of this role, how the integrated design process itself is designed, the skills required for effective facilitation of IDP, and tools and strategies to use in the facilitation of integrated design.
Vancouver.  18-Nov, 8:00am-4:30pm (7.5 AIBC LUs CORE)
Granville Island Hotel, 1253 Johnston Street

Greening the Ivory Tower
A panel will explore what current sustainable initiatives there are in schools and universities, what the obstacles and barriers are and what actions need to be taken on an individual and institutional level. 
Panelists include Candace Bon­eld of SFU, Susan Nesbit of UBC, and Donald Yen
of BCIT.
Vancouver.  13-Nov, 6:00pm, Granville Island Hotel.  This event is free, but RSVP is required.  
More info: http://www.cascadiagbc.org

BC is the
province with the highest number of LEED certified buildings per capita (34 at

Vancouver
25-Sep: 7pm-8pm doors @ 6:30pm (1AIBC LU CORE)
Creating Sustainable and Inspiring Places to Work, Learn and Live
FEATURING Dennis Wilde, Principal, Gerding Edlen development

Dennis Wilde is a Principal at Gerding Edlen, a progressive commercial real estate development services firm. Gerding Edlen in 2007 became the first development company to aim for the Living Building level in several of its new developments. Gerding Edlen has further committed to having all of it's projects produce more energy than they consume and consume more waste than they produce by 2012.