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This presentation will discuss combinations that best achieve the desired outcome in each project. It is true that some high-tech solutions require additional investments, but there are many common-tech solutions (some centuries old) that can make buildings more energy efficient without any extra cost, and can even cut back in construction costs.

As seen in case studies, strategies for natural ventilation and daylighting, for example, are combined to create a positive net balance for cities. Buildings may be designed to operate like a small natural power generator, enabling an entire city to produce its own energy from clean and renewable resources.

This would potentially be of interest to all who are concerned with project impacts on the natural environment, climate change, as well as in the economy of designing sustainable buildings.  Engineering disciplines that are most likely to have direct involvement in a building design are structural, mechanical, electrical, envelope systems, quantity surveyors, land surveyors, transportation, urban planning, indoor air, acoustics, soil and geotechnical, environmental remediation and toxic removal, recycling and waste management.  Renewable energy engineering may include power generation from solar, wind, wave, geothermal and biomass.

Instructor

Loghman Azar, B.Arch., M.Arch.UD. NCARB. OAA. MAIBC., LINE Architect Inc.

Loghman is a partner at LINE Architect Inc. based in Vancouver. LINE is for Living In Natural
Environments. Loghman is an award winning architect recognized for his expertise in sustainable design, and co-authored a research book on sustainable architecture in 1998. His work was published and exhibited widely and he has been a speaker in conferences and schools in Canada and abroad. He graduated from Harvard University, served on professional committees at the OAA and AIBC, and is the founder of the Friends of Sustainable Architecture organizing public lectures and exhibitions. This presentation was first presented at the Architectural Institute of British Columbia 2008 Conference.

Dr. Nima Atabaki, Ph.D., P.Eng., University of British Columbia

Nima is a Faculty Member in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at UBC. After obtaining the B.Sc. degree in mechanical engineering from Sharif University of Technology (Tehran) and before entering graduate school, Nima worked as an HVAC engineer for about six years. He obtained the M.A.Sc. degree from École Polytechnique de Montréal on thermal sciences followed by his Ph.D. at McGill University on Loop Heat Pipes. He joined the Department of Mechanical Engineering at UBC in 2006 where he is teaching Thermofluid courses such as HVAC, Heat Transfer, and Experimental Thermofluids. Nima is a member of ASME and an Associate Member of ASHRAE.

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