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QLD Events
Humanitarian Engineering and Sustainable Infrastructure
In line with the Engineers Australia theme The Year of Humanitarian Engineering the SEng and EWB Present:
Anna Nicholson from ARUP participated in the recent Hand in Hand trip to Tibet with 100 professional women. The event raised approximately $500k for the people of Tibet and assisted with valuable housing. Anna will present her video diary of the trip along with information of the next event to be held in Vietnam.
Waterways - in the aftermath of the Brisbane floods
In response to the Brisbane floods experienced earlier this year the SEng and the Water Panel have combined to assemble a range to speakers to address waterways issues in relation to the Brisbane floods.
Attendees will gain a better understanding of the conditions that contributed to the floods and the resulting significant impacts.
For more information download the flyer.
Green rating schemes in Infrastructure - How will they change your world?
Join us for a talk on the development of the proposed Sustainability Rating Scheme for Infrastructure by AGIC and implications for engineering, capital and infrastructure projects.
Following the GFC, and the failure to reach agreement on climate change action at Copenhagen you could be forgiven for thinking that sustainability is off the agenda.
Smart Water Metering and Seaway Smart Release - 3 Innovative Water Research Projects
This session disseminated the results of three innovative research collaboration projects undertaken with Allconnex Water, Griffith University and the Urban Water Security Research Alliance.
Mandatory Disclosure of Building Tuning and AGM
This technical seminar was on the proposed mandatory disclosure scheme which will require that commercial buildings (in excess of 2000m2) disclose information about their operational energy use at point of sale or lease, and provided an explanation of the scheme and needs to comply.
Procedural changes and systems upgrades which can result in meeting building energy use requirements were presented. Max explained the ways in which to maximise the effects of building tuning in practical ways that can deliver savings and improve NABERS ratings.
Green Materials, Green Tag and LCA
The first speaker, David Baggs, is the Director at Ecospecifier Global and will outline the service that simplifies the green building industry's product research time and integrates products into Green Building rating schemes. Ecospecifier Global is committed to raise standards for green building materials and methods with the introduction of their four tier GreenTag LCA certification process and GreenRate 2 Level GBCA accreditated third party certification system.
What really happend in Copenhagen, and what does it all mean for us?
Is the Copenhagen Accord worth anything? Will countries now commit to specific targets and real action that can avoid global temperature rising more than 2 degrees Celsius, and will a legally binding treaty be a reality later in the year?
The Qld Environmental Protection Act
Green Star and Sustainable Communities
With Australia's population expected to rise by 60 per cent by 2050, reaching 35 million people, a current building shortage and rising land costs it is timely that Government and Industry are calling for a National Communities Framework.
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