University of Tasmania, Australia

An introduction to LFIA, the Living Building Challenge, the Passive House Standard, One Planet Living and Biomimicry.

The Living Future Institute of Australia is a hub for visionary programs. We support the built environment's most rigorous and ambitious performance standards including the Living Building Challenge^TM, the Passive House Standard, One Planet Living and Biomimicry.

The Institute offers green building and infrastructure approaches that move across scales from single room renovations to neighborhoods or whole cities. We offer global strategies for lasting sustainability, partnering with local communities to create grounded and relevant solutions, and reaching out to individuals to unleash their imagination and innovation. We seek partnerships with leaders in the public, private and not-for-profit sectors in pursuit of a future that is socially just, culturally rich and ecologically restorative.

Speaker: Suzette Jackson, Director Innate Ecology & Executive Director Living Future Institute Australia

Biomimicry – Conscious Emulation of Nature’s Genius (1:30 pm)

Biomimicry is innovation inspired by Nature’s 3.8 billion years of Research and Development into sustainable strategies adapted to living on earth; strategies that create conditions conducive to life. The life around us that is flourishing today represents Nature’s best ideas that perform well in context while using minimal energy and resources. T

his Biomimicry forum will introduce the key concepts of Biomimicry and ‘Life Principles’ to engender an understanding of how Biomimicry can be applied to design challenges. Participants of the workshop will learn how to ask the right questions of Nature for the design challenges they face and how to integrate Life’s Principles into projects to create holistic and resilient design solutions.

Presenter: Jane Toner, Biomimicry Swarm Australia.
CPD 2 points from participating associations.

Creating Environments That Operate As Beautifully & Efficiently As Nature (4:00 pm)

‘Living Buildings’ looks at creating projects that operate as an ecosystem, without waste and using local resources at hand. The Living Building Challenge calls for the creation of building projects at all scales that operate as cleanly, beautifully and efficiently as nature’s architecture. To be certified under the Challenge, projects must meet a series of ambitious performance requirements, including net zero energy, waste and water, over a minimum of 12 months of continuous occupancy.

The Living Building forum will provide an overview of the Living Building Challenge vision, typologies and petals for application, examples of completed living Building certified projects, and workshop some of the challenges within the petals. The registration process and red list materials will also be covered.

Presenter: Suzette Jackson Director, Innate Ecology Director, Living Future Institute Australia.
CPD 2 points from participating associations.

Forum Cost  General Public $50   AIA members $40   UTAS students free

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