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Planning, building and climate change
What are the latest trends in low-energy housing construction? How is drought
affecting engineering and building practises? What are the planning implications
of climate change for Melbourne and Victoria?
Researchers and industry experts will explore these questions next month at
Planning and Building in a Changing Climate, a conference organised by RMIT
University in conjunction with the Foundation and Footings Society of Australia.
Registrations are closing soon for the conference at RMIT’s Storey Hall on 12
and 13 September, which will examine the implications of climate change for
land use and structures.
Planners, engineers, building professionals, environmental scientists and policy-
makers in local and state government are invited to register and attend the
conference, which will include site visits to the “Good, the Bad and the Ugly” in
Melbourne developments.
Presenters include:
Dr Barrie Pittock, CSIRO Honorary Fellow and climate science expert on
“Climate implications for emission reduction, engineering and planning”;
Alan Pears, Adjunct Professor at RMIT University, on “Climate change
challenges for construction and energy use”;
Dr Michael Buxton, Associate Professor at RMIT University, on “Urban
planning implications of climate change”;
Dr Peter Fisher, Central Queensland University, on “The Impact of
development and climate on urban tree cover”; and
Dominic Lopes, Swinburne University of Technology, on “Effects of soil
moisture changes on engineering and land use”.
Registrations for Planning and Building in a Changing Climate (12-13
September) close on Monday, 8 September.
To register, email: m.levy1@optusnet.com.au
For more information: RMIT University Associate Professor Michael
Buxton, (03) 9925 3039 or 0417 153 872.
For general media enquiries: RMIT University Media and Communications,
Gosia Kaszubska, (03) 9925 3176 or 0417 510 735.
27 August, 2008
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