ARCH 249x: Design for Sustainability Colloquium
Prof. Gail Brager
Tu 9:30-11 am, Room 172 Wurster, 1-2 units
Students who enroll for 1 unit (S/U or P/NP required) will be expected to attend all lectures, complete assigned reading before the presentations and evaluations of each presentation, and actively engage in discussion. Students who enroll for 2 units (grade option flexible) will be expected to complete 3-5 writing assignments during the course of the semester, with some flexibility regarding choice of topic as it relates to the presentations and readings.
This class is open to both undergraduates and graduates and has no prerequisite.
1 - Aug 29 / Gail Brager
Professor, Dept. of Architecture, UCB / Introduction to Sustainable Design
2 - Sept 5 / Sim Van der Ryn
Principal, Van der Ryn Architects and Ecological Design Institute / Design for Life: A History of Ecological Design
3 - Sept 12 / Henry Siegel, FAIA
Principal, Siegel & Strain / Redefining Green: The AIA-COTE Top Ten, + Siegel & Strain – recent work
4 - Sept 19 / Kevin Danaher
Co-founder, Global Exchange and Executive Director, Global CitizenCenter / Designing the Green Economy
5 - Sept 26 / Darren Bouton
Senior Program Manager, The PacificEnergyCenter / Photovoltaics (PV) and Architectural Integration
6 - Oct 3 / Sandy Mendler, AIA
VP & Sustainable Design Principal, HOK / GreenBuilding Confessions:
What’s Working, What’s Not.
7 - Oct 10 / Rick Diamond
Staff Scientist, Environmental Energy Technologies Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab / Evaluating the Energy Performance of FederalLEEDBuilding
8 - Oct 17 / Dan Smith
Principal, DSAArchitects / Straw Bale and LEED: Recent Work
9 - Oct 24 / David Easton
Principal, Rammed Earth Works / Mass in the New Millennium: How Earth-based Architecture Can Succeed Against All Odds
10 - Oct 31 / Paul Kephart
Executive Director, Rana Creek / Living Roofs: The Ecological Approach
11 - Nov 7 / Anthony Bernheim, FAIA
Principal of Green Design, SMWM and Member, USGBC NCC Board of Directors / Real World Green: Integrating Sustainability into Practice
12 - Nov 14 / Deva Rajan, founder and
Chris Avant, owner, Canyon Construction / GreenBuilding Construction: Past, Present and Future Trends
13 - Nov 21 / Marty Keller
Director of Construction Management, First Community Housing / Green Multifamily and Affordable Housing: Lessons from the Front Lines
14 - Nov 28 / Laura Billings, Co-Founder, Emerging Green Builders
Bill Burke,Architect & Architectural Program Coordinator, PG&EEnergyCenter
Brian Gitt, Executive Director, Build It Green / Panel Discussion
Building a Career in Sustainability:
Local Resources & Opportunities
15 - Dec 5 / Enrolled Students / Wrap-up Discussion: Sustainability Synthesis