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Quercus organizes 'Sustainable Architecture Conferences' |
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Monday, 24 March 2008 |
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The Oporto Chapter of the Portuguese National Nature Conservation
Association (Quercus) organizes the “Sustainable Architecture
Conferences”, which are taking place from February till May 2008
at Soares dos Reis National Museum,
at Oporto. The conferences are divided in four panels which aim
at covering all existing approaches to sustainable architecture.
On February 23rd there was a first panel on “Water Conservation And Rational
Use”, which featured a presentation by Elisabete Bertolo, P.E., Hidroprojecto,
on a heating and refrigeration system for buildings that uses sewage, among
others. On the 29th of March there will be another panel on “Innovative
Materials And Technologies For Sustainable Construction”, which in turn will
focus on comprehensive solutions for sustainability requirements that can be
used by the construction industry such as roof garden systems and ecological
materials.
In April
these conferences will focus on “Buildings’ Sustainability Assessment And
Certification Systems”. Therefore, on the 19th presentations will focus on
systems being implemented in different countries, such as the UK’s BREEAM
(Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method) systems, the
USA’s LEED (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design) system and
Portugal’s recently introduced LiderA (Líder pelo Ambiente) systems. Finally, on May 24th there will be a Round Table on “Sustainable Cities”
that shall include all experts from all the previous panels, reveals the
association’s press release.
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