Doug has been invited to give the annual Lignacite Lecture at the Royal Society on the evening of 26th September. ‘Building on Evolution’ will explore the tacit knowledge of historic builders and examine how we could apply it to developing the sustainable buildings of the future. Limited tickets are available from Lignacite, but its first come first served: http://www.lignacite.co.uk/News/lecture.html
Doug will be speaking at the Renewables Event in Birmingham’s NEC on 11th September. His talk will be entitled “Retrofitting renewables – avoiding Eco-bling in low carbon retrofit”
This week’s AJ focusses on architectural education. In a Footprint special feature, five diverse views are presented on how sustainable design should be treated in university education. Doug spelled out his views on the need for interdisciplinary teaching. (no online link yet)
Doug was caught actually defending the Green Deal (kind of) in the Daily Mail today! Someone conflated the issue of overheating in recently insulated properties with the Green Deal and heatwave deaths to create a scandal. Doug had to try and provide some balance (within the limits of selective quoting).
Doug’s Inauguration as a Visiting Professor at Chongqing University in China has made it into the local media. He just wishes he knew what it said!
