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SUMMARY:Building professionals and the challenge of sustainability - Bill
  Bordass\, Principal & CEO and Technical Direcor\, Usable Buildings Trust 
 (UBT)\, UK
DTSTART:20131204T131500Z
DTEND:20131204T141500Z
UID:TALK47818@talks.cam.ac.uk
CONTACT:31767
DESCRIPTION:*Abstract:* The challenges of sustainability are revealing ina
 dequacies in regulations and markets: a vacuum that building professional
 s and their institutions could help to fill.  In the words of Malcolm Bu
 ll\, the situation invites us to be “more moral than we could ever hav
 e imagined”.  Will building professionals and their institutions rise
  to the occasion?  Will society trust them if they do?  The speaker wi
 ll argue for major changes in attitudes and practices\, and much closer d
 irect engagement of building professionals with the consequences of their
  actions.  
 
\n\n*Biography:* Bill Bordass is a building scientist 
 who became responsible for environmental design and engineering at RMJM L
 ondon.  In 1984 he set up his own practice to work on building performa
 nce in use.  He is research and policy adviser to the Usable Building 
 Trust\, a charity that disseminates information on building performance a
 nd attempts to influence the industry\, its clients\, building managers a
 nd government.  Publications include the Probe series of published post-
 occupancy evaluations\, the Soft Landings Framework and a recent issue of
  Building Research & Information on New Professionalism.
LOCATION:First-floor Classroom\, Department of Architecture\, 1-5 Scroope 
 Terrace\, Cambridge\, CB2 1PX\, www.arct.cam.ac.uk.
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