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Webinar: Can modelling be used to educate architects?

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Join us on May 2nd for a webinar on "Can modelling be used to educate architects?"

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For David, one big question is, given that Passivhaus and other low energy possibilities exist, why do new buildings tend to use just as much energy as old ones? Although many seem able to list possibilities, this is very different to evidence. Particularly when we try to put numbers to the fraction each possibly plays, from poor contracts, lack of ambition to poor engineering. One of the lessons from the Passivhaus movement is that for a low energy design, one needs to start in the right place on day one. This indicates that the architect and the client need to rapidly agree on an evidence-based form, fabric and philosophy that will several years later lead to a near energy neutral building.

David will suggest that a correctly formatted simple numeric model might be able to play a role in this. He believes that key elements of such a model might be

1. It needs to focus not just of the building in question, but to leave those involved in a better place for the next building. In short, tools need to be pedagogical, with the tool steering the team to an early stage low energy design and providing a CPD service: In essence, after using the tool, a user should score more highly in an imaginary low energy design exam.
2. If the aim is to influence people, including those in the global south, at the earliest point in their career any tool needs to be used during architectural education and hence probably free.
During the webinar, David will discuss an attempt to develop such a tool ? Zebra. Register to attend the live webinar on Thursday 2nd May, or to receive a recording after the event.
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* Online event: Register here
* D?ate: Thursday, 2nd May, 2024
* T?ime: 13.00 - 14.00

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