AIRAH is calling for abstracts for its second Achieving the Green Dream conference to be held in Melbourne from September 16-17.

Conference chair Bryon Price, M.AIRAH, says there is a formidable array of new building technology that is designed to improve sustainability and energy efficiency in buildings but which is stretching the skills and understanding of those who implement it. “The idea behind the Achieving the Green Dream conference is to identify the new technologies confronting those who work in our industry, and to better prepare them for the challenges they face,” Price says. “Achieving the Green Dream, tagged Tomorrow’s technology today, will focus on the need to gain practical knowledge about implementing new technologies for sustainable design and delivering energy-efficient buildings for the future.”

AIRAH is calling for 200-300 word abstracts about delivering new technologies. Topics may include, but are not limited to: thermal storage, active facades, heat recovery systems, absorption chillers, solar cooling, photovoltaics, wind generation, bio mass boilers, geothermal, grey/black-water systems and cogeneration/trigeneration.

Abstracts could cover the technologies as they relate to buildings, the economics, design, implementation, integration and operational aspects of the technologies, and outcomes and lessons from the application of these technologies. Case studies, particularly relating to built and operational projects, are encouraged.

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