Green Drinks Topic: Sustainable Building Design

Date: Friday 25th September 3pm - 4:30pm

Where: Tahu

Our first speaker is Tavis Creswell-Wells, director of consultancy Ecolution SBS (sustainable building solutions).

Bringing over 10 years of NZ and international experience Tavis’s practice focuses on finding practical, cost-effective solutions to improve building ‘performance’ in terms of energy efficiency, comfort, health and environmental impact of buildings.

Tavis will provide an overview of what ‘sustainability’ really means in the context of buildings, NZ’s poor building standards, and key design considerations. He’ll provide a brief insight into the ‘interstitial condensation’ problem in retrofits/conversions. The presentation will conclude on the issue of sustainability regulation, opening to questions on what people want to see more focus on.

Next up we have Simone Bub, from Bub Architects, who will share the story of a recently completed home in Gisborne. With a focus on sustainable building design, Simone will explore how thoughtful architectural decisions can create homes that are comfortable, healthy, energy efficient and better for the environment — using the project as a real-world example of putting these ideas into practice.

We will finish with a brainstorm about what policy changes you'd like to see to make sustainable design more mainstream and accessible.

Ngā mihi,

Tairāwhiti Environment Centre, Gisborne Chamber of Commerce, MyImprint and Exchange Cafe

Entry is free and includes snacks.

Please RSVP on Humanitix for catering purposes.

We look forward to seeing you there!

What is Green Drinks

Each event features special guests from within the sustainability space, plus the free time to mingle and meet like-minded people

This event is for:

· Businesses undertaking or interested in undertaking sustainability initiatives

· Sustainability professionals who want to network with others in their field

· Community members

Contact the host of Green Drinks Tairāwhiti - Sustainable Building Design