International Meeting for Architecture and Technologies for Sustainable Construction
DATE: May 23 to 25, 2008 - VENUE: São Paulo-SP-Brazil
Invited speakers
ARQ. BRUNO STAGNO (Costa Rica)
ARQ. CHRIS BENEDICT (United States of America)
DR. DANIEL IRURAH (South Africa)
ARQ. ECKHARD GERBER (Germany)
PROF. VANDERLEY MOACYR JOHN (Brazil)
PROF. ROBERTO LAMBERTS (Brazil)
PROF. BIAGIO FERNANDO GIANNETTI (Brazil)
ARQ. LUÍS DE GARRIDO (Spain)
ARQ. PAULA FEMENIAS (Sweden)
PROF. VOLKER HARTKOPF (United States of America)
ARQ. BRUNO STAGNO
Bruno Stagno studied Architecture in the Pontifícia Universidad Católica de Chile and École dês Beaux Arts, Paris, France. He is one of the precursors of the Bioclimatic Architecture in Latin America and author of projects of banks, office’s buildings, schools and residences, among others. He is the founder and director since 1996 of the Institute of Tropical Architecture, in Costa Rica, that aims at the development of scientific studies on the influence of the climate and the ecological conditions in the architecture of the tropics. The success of the initiative culminated with the publication of two books: "Bruno Stagno. An architect in the tropics ", and Alexander Tzonis, Liane Lefaivre and Ken Yeang, 1999; “Tropical Architecture. Global regionalism in the acts of globalization ", of Stagno, Tzonis and Lefaivre, 2001.
http://www.brunostagno.infotop
CHRIS BENEDICT
Chris Benedict is a licensed Architect in New York, New Jersey, North Carolina and Washington D.C. She is a graduate of the Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture at The Cooper Union in New York City. Chris Benedict’s unique understanding of buildings and mechanical systems allows her to rethink and invent elegant holistic solutions to building systems. Her firm specializes in buildings that are healthy, durable and energy efficient, built for the same price as typical construction. Since 1997, she has rehabilitated apartment buildings in New York City witch were the first sustainable and energy efficient gut rehabilitation projects in New York City. The project was awarded Environmental Project of the Year by The New York Chapter of The Association of Energy Engineers (AEE) and Chris was awarded Environmental Professional of the Year in 1999 by AEE International. Chris’ ground breaking strategies for gut rehabilitation in New York City have become the basis for The City of New York’s new guidelines for construction.
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DR. DANIEL IRURAH
Daniel K Irurah is Senior Lecturer in the School of Architecture and Planning at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa. His interests are design, construction and sustainable architecture. He is Director of Syn-consult Africa (Pty) Ltd, a private consultancy on sustainability and the built environment. He is also a member of the Board of Directory of the Green House Project, an NGO on sustainable building.
Daniel K Irurah studied architecture at the University of Nairobi, Kenya and holds two Master's degrees in architecture and urban planning from the University of Oregon, USA. He received his PhD (1997) on the analysis of embodied energy in building construction materials and processes in South Africa from the University of Pretoria, South Africa.
He was involved in the "Sustainable Settlements", the sustainable housing strategy for Johannesburg; cost benefit analysis of low-cost housing located in urban areas of South Africa; and energy efficient housing for South Africa.
Daniel K Irurah is actively involved in the boards of organizations advocating sustainable development. He was a member of the WITS WSSD Task Group where he coordinated the activities of the University of the Witwatersrand at the World Summit on Sustainable Development (Earth Summit) held in Johannesburg in 2002.
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ARQ. ECKHARD GERBER
Architect, studied at the Technical University of Brunswick, grant from the Reemtsma Scholarship Fund, Hamburg. Assistant at the University of Dortmund under Professor Hart Deilmann. Since 1979 he stabilish the Gerber Architekten in Dortmund, with successful competition entries in Germany and in other countries and numerous prizes for realized buildings. Chairman of the Dortmund Art Association since 2002 and from 2004 he teach Design Basics and Design in Architecture in the Master’s Study Course in REM&CPM at the University of Wuppertal.
Professor Gerber was responsible for front of ecobuilding design in the world with the latest projects like the Bahrain World Trade Center (BWTC) – a pair of linked skyscrapers built with three integrated 29-metre diameter wind turbine generators, and the Energy Tower Burj Al-Taqa - operated with zero primary energy and emits zero CO2.
http://www.gerberarchitekten.detop
PROF. VANDERLEY MOACYR JOHN
Civil Engineer from Universidade Federal do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, Master of Civil Engineer from Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul and Doctor of Civil Engineer from Universidade de São Paulo with Pos-Doctor from Royal Institute of Technology of Sweden. Associated professor from Escola Politecnica of Universidade de São Paulo and CB2 director of Associação Brasileira de Normas Técnicas. It was member of the executive direction of Associação Nacional de Tecnologia do Ambiente Construido (including presidency and vice-presidency) He has experience in the area of Materials and Construction Components, acting mainly in the following subjects: use of residues as substances cousins, civil construction and sustainable development, durability and compounds applied to the civil construction.
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PROF. ROBERTO LAMBERTS
Civil Engineer, Master from Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Doctor from University of Leeds and Pos-Doctor from University of California.Titular professor of Federal University of Santa Catarina. Had publish 16 articles on specialized periodics, 134 on proceedings, 9 books and participed of the development of eight technological products. Currently, he coordinates 2 projects of research. He acts in the area of Civil Engineer, with emphasis in Energy Efficiency, bioclimatic and thermal comfort.
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PROF. BIAGIO FERNANDO GIANNETTI
Graduated in Chemistry (with technological attributions) from the College of Philosophy Sciences and Liberal Arts of São Bernardo do Campo, Master and Doctor on Science from University of São Paulo. Currently he is titular professor from Paulista University. He has experience in Engineer of Production, in the area of Production and Environment, with emphasis in Cleaner Production and Industrial Ecology, acting mainly in the following subjects: cleaner production and industrial ecology, sustainable references and development of eco-technologies.
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ARQ. LUÍS DE GARRIDO
Architect formed by the University of Valence, he is the currently director of the course "intelligent Buildings and sustainable construction" of the ANAVIF (National Asociación for la Future Habitación del), which he is founder and current president. Invited professor of the Architectural Department M.I.T. Massachussets, Institute of Tecnnology and of the Department of Architecture del TEC of Monterrey (Mexico). He is also president of ANAS - National Asociación for la Arquitectura Sostenible, of Spain, and member of just created National Council for Sustenaibility of the Ministery of Habitation, Spanish. In the last 13 years he works only with projects that take care of the ecological, environmentaly and healthly criteria with absolute severity, using the highest technology of control and telecommunication.
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PAULA FEMENIAS
Architect, PhD in Environmental Sciences and Architecture at Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden, with the thesis “Demonstration Projects for Sustainable Building: Towards a Strategy for Sustainable Development in the Building Sector based on Swedish and Dutch Experiences”. The thesis discusses factors that impede the diffusion of concepts and technologies to mainstream building practices and consider Sustainable development of the built environment in a holistic approach. A PhD thesis on demonstration projects for sustainable building, their impact on innovation and change processes in the building sector. At the moment focusing on retrofitting strategies for the non-domestic building stock.
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VOLKER HARTKOPF
Since 1972, Professor Hartkopf has been teaching and conducting research at Carnegie Mellon University. His work covers a broad range of activities: international initiatives, funded research and professional consulting on building systems integration, advanced technology, building performance, energy conservation, urban revitalization, third-world housing and disaster prevention. He has realized as an architect building projects in Germany, Bangladesh, Peru and the United States. He also led masterplanning efforts for Volkswagen A.G. and the City of Wolfsburg, Germany; EXPO 2000 Hanover and Berlin-Lichtenberg, Germany.
In 1981, he co-founded the Center for Building Performance and Diagnostics (CBPD) at Carnegie Mellon. Based on the R & D needs in building performance, Prof. Hartkopf has created and directs the Advanced Building Systems Integration Consortium (ABSIC), comprising leading building industries, six U.S. government agencies, two foreign governmental agencies and Carnegie Mellon. In operation since 1988, the consortium’s research and demonstration effort focuses on the impact of advanced technology on the physical, environmental, and social settings in office buildings, towards creating high performance work environments. The CBPD team with Prof. Hartkopf’s leadership has received numerous prestigious national awards for research. An award winning teacher and a frequent keynote speaker in Australia, Europe, Asia and the Americas, he has authored over 100 technical publications.
Currently, Prof. Hartkopf is leading the Building as Power Plant (BAPP) project on the Carnegie Mellon Campus. The BAPP has been selected by the US Congress as the National Test-bed for Advanced Technology in Building.The BAPP will integrate advanced energy-effective building technologies with innovative energy generation systems, such that all of the buildings energy needs for heating, cooling, ventilating and lighting, as well as equipment are met on-site, maximizing the use of renewable energies.
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