Green Cafe-Sustainable Architecture: Photos and Impressions

December 15, 2008 at 3:30 pm | Posted in Events | 1 Comment
Tags: climate change, eco homes, Energy Efficiency, Green Building, green buildings, green cafe, green construction, green design, passive house, renewable energy, sustainable architecture, Sustainable Development, sustainable_development

Last Thursday we hosted the first RoGBC Green Cafe, on the topic of Sustainable Architecture, with all seats filled by enthusiastic professionals exploring ways to change the construction industry towards a greener profile.

As previously announced, the Cafe started with the movie “Last Call for Planet Earth” – which presented interviews with 12 leading architects across the world, who share their vision on architecture that respects nature, give examples of successful green projects, technologies used, challenges and solutions. Afterwards, Florin Dobrescu (Stardome) gave a presentation on sustainable architecture and introduced the concept of passive, modular homes and geodesic domes.

Brandon Weidenfeller (Epstein Architecture & Engineering) moderated the discussions that followed. The attendees expressed their opinion on how to present the concept of green buildings in order to make it more “catchy” to the public. Another discussion point was the challenges the architects face in promoting green buildings/ green building concepts to the other parties (RE developer, beneficiary, etc.). Everybody agreed that this slowdown period caused by the global crisis is a good opportunity to study green construction principles and techniques, as the future of the construction industry will rely more on the quality of the buildings, rather than on the quantity of units produced.

As they say, “Let’s not waste a perfectly good crisis!“.

We were very glad to see your interest in the topic and your involvement in the discussions. We also hope that you enjoyed the movie, the popcorn, the wine and the networking opportunities, .

Photos from the event are available here. Or, you can view them as slideshow here.

Please feel free to send us your feedback, as well as suggestions for improving future events.

Laura