Resilience in the Built Environment
Speakers will present a variety of perspectives on resilience of our built environment, and present relevant strategies and tools that support decisions that consider the future of our world.
Wed
21
Wed 21 May 12:00 PM
Online via Zoom
General Admission
120 Mins
May
Resilience
/rɪˈzɪlɪəns/
1 the capacity to withstand or to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness.
2 the ability of a substance or object to spring back into shape; elasticity.
We design in a world that is ever changing, a world which faces known and unknown disruptions. As a key element of sustainable development, planning, designing and engineering buildings for resilience aims to minimize the impact of adverse events, reduce the risk of system or spatial failure, present protection opportunities for occupants and users in times of climatic extremes or unrest, and optimise recovery after disruption.
This webinar explores these challenges in the context of the built environment.
Speakers will present a variety of perspectives on resilience of our built environment, and present relevant strategies and tools that support decisions that consider the future of our world.
Presenters:
Gregory Rice - Inhabit, a part of Egis
Gregory leads Inhabit’s Sustainability and Building Physics team across Australia and New Zealand, delivering responsible and high performance advice, and analysis expertise for the built environment. Gregory’s education in architecture has informed his passion in environmental, and human centric design, and has delivered projects in several geographies and across many sectors. Greg believes that designing buildings and spaces that respond to current, and future bioclimatic scenarios create resilient, adaptable outcomes that are better suited to our changing environmental and social world.
Carol Marra - Marra + Yeh Architects
Carol is an award-winning architect and Churchill Fellow specialising in sustainable and climate-resilient design. For over 25 years, her architecture, advocacy and research have guided the success of city-based and regional projects in Australia, Asia, and the United States.
Krista Milne/Tiffany Crawford - City of Melbourne (Climate Change and City Resilience Branch)
Krista and Tiffany are team members of the City of Melbourne's Climate Change and City Resilience Branch. Both are experts on how extreme weather affects the local populations. Krista and Tiffany's work focuses on creating zero carbon buildings, increasing access to renewable energy and adapting the city to climate change.
Dr Tom Mortlock - Climate Analytics - AON
Tom is Head of APAC Climate Analytics at Aon. He has worked for over 15 years in climate science, catastrophe risk modelling and insurance, resilience, and flood and coastal risk management.
During this time, he has supported corporates and government in understanding the materiality of physical climate risk to their business. He has a strong interest in science-based climate analytics, water modelling, resilience and nature-based solutions.
Image credit: Marra + Yeh Architects and Brett Boardman Photographer
/rɪˈzɪlɪəns/
1 the capacity to withstand or to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness.
2 the ability of a substance or object to spring back into shape; elasticity.
We design in a world that is ever changing, a world which faces known and unknown disruptions. As a key element of sustainable development, planning, designing and engineering buildings for resilience aims to minimize the impact of adverse events, reduce the risk of system or spatial failure, present protection opportunities for occupants and users in times of climatic extremes or unrest, and optimise recovery after disruption.
This webinar explores these challenges in the context of the built environment.
Speakers will present a variety of perspectives on resilience of our built environment, and present relevant strategies and tools that support decisions that consider the future of our world.
Presenters:
Gregory Rice - Inhabit, a part of Egis
Gregory leads Inhabit’s Sustainability and Building Physics team across Australia and New Zealand, delivering responsible and high performance advice, and analysis expertise for the built environment. Gregory’s education in architecture has informed his passion in environmental, and human centric design, and has delivered projects in several geographies and across many sectors. Greg believes that designing buildings and spaces that respond to current, and future bioclimatic scenarios create resilient, adaptable outcomes that are better suited to our changing environmental and social world.
Carol Marra - Marra + Yeh Architects
Carol is an award-winning architect and Churchill Fellow specialising in sustainable and climate-resilient design. For over 25 years, her architecture, advocacy and research have guided the success of city-based and regional projects in Australia, Asia, and the United States.
Krista Milne/Tiffany Crawford - City of Melbourne (Climate Change and City Resilience Branch)
Krista and Tiffany are team members of the City of Melbourne's Climate Change and City Resilience Branch. Both are experts on how extreme weather affects the local populations. Krista and Tiffany's work focuses on creating zero carbon buildings, increasing access to renewable energy and adapting the city to climate change.
Dr Tom Mortlock - Climate Analytics - AON
Tom is Head of APAC Climate Analytics at Aon. He has worked for over 15 years in climate science, catastrophe risk modelling and insurance, resilience, and flood and coastal risk management.
During this time, he has supported corporates and government in understanding the materiality of physical climate risk to their business. He has a strong interest in science-based climate analytics, water modelling, resilience and nature-based solutions.
Image credit: Marra + Yeh Architects and Brett Boardman Photographer
May