Professional Development

Sounding good: Acoustics in universal design by Emma Green, NATSPEC Communications

Professional Development

An inspiring series of our most recent and popular educational webinars available for download in the e:store. Go behind the scenes of the Dexamenes Seaside Hotel with K-Studio, learn about Nic Graham’s world renowned hotel interior design collection and watch Jeremy Spencer explain the secrets of detailing to ensure projects meet NatHERS requirements.

An Introduction to National Residential Scorecard

Description: An introduction to the National Residential Scorecard will include an overview; information on training and accreditation, and an introduction to the National Residential Scorecard tool.

Speaker: David Craven

Bio: David is a senior policy officer with the Victorian Government’s Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) where he is a member of the Residential Efficiency Scorecard team, with responsibility for market development nationally. A registered architect, David has worked with energy efficiency and sustainable buildings rating systems for the last two decades, in a range of rolls spanning the public, private and not-for-profit sector, including positions with Sustainability Victoria and the Green Building Councils of Australia and New Zealand.

Behind the Scenes With K-Studio

Description: Developed by Athens architecture practice K-STUDIO, Dexamenes was named Ultimate Winner of the 2021 AHEAD Global awards. K-STUDIO is a design practice rooted in Architecture with a creative studio of 60 architects and interior designers based in central Athens.

Speaker: Dimitris Karampatakis

Bio: Co-founder and director of Greek architecture and design firm K-Studio, Dimitris began his career while completing his studies at the Bartlett School of Architecture. These early works brought him back to Athens and over the following years, in partnership with his brother Konstantinos, the studio took shape and began to build a reputation for a totally context-based approach to design.

K-Studio is now an award-winning practice with projects across the globe, an international staff of architects, designers and administrators, and a halo of collaborators and consultants. As creative director, Dimitris believes that growth, especially in the current European climate, relies on flexibility, open-mindedness and above all, team spirit.

Behind the Scenes with K-Studio: Dexamenes Kourouta, Greece. Photographer: Claus Brechenmacher & Reiner Baumann.

Using Passive Solar Design Principles Now and in the Future

Description: Griff will share his extensive knowledge of Passive Solar Design (PSD) principles, understanding the interaction and interrelationship between the climate, building materials (lightweight and heavyweight materials), orientation of the building, insulation, air flow, glazing and shading.

Speaker: Griff Morris

Bio: A strong believer in thinking globally and acting locally, Griff’s interest in the health and wellbeing of the planet and its inhabitants is expressed through his leading-edge design principles and makes him one of the industry’s leading authorities on sustainable passive solar design. Griff has been designing smarter sustainable homes to suit every budget since 1991.

Design Narratives in Hotels: Enhancing Guest Experience

Description: Join internationally renowned Interior Architect Nic Graham on a journey of discovering some of the most incredible hotel designs in the world. A once in a lifetime opportunity of inspiration and visual genius.

Speaker: Nic Graham

Bio: Creative director specializing in restaurants, hotels and high end residential projects in Australasia.

W Hotel Brisbane, by Nic Graham and Associates. Photographer: Justin Alexander.

Decarbonising Design

Description: Join Richard Haynes and Maryia Perthen from e-Tool Global to learn about construction sector emissions, carbon measurement standards, and available technology solutions as well as a demonstration on how to optimise the lifecycle impacts of a design using RapidLCA.

Speakers: Richard Haynes & Maryia Perthen

Richard Haynes Cofounder and CoCEO, Product Manager

Richard is an engineer with over 20 years of experience in consulting, management and software design. His experience spans multiple sectors including mining, electricity utilities, renewable energy and construction. He is passionate about the environment and continuous improvement. His real journey towards co-founding eTool started back in 2008 on a week-long expedition across a remote Canadian icecap. He saw firsthand the damaging effects of climate change on the glaciers and made a personal promise to dedicate what talents he had to reduce global warming.

Since then, Richard has been the driving force behind software development, bringing eToolLCD market and making sure it leads the construction sector towards a low carbon future. Outside of work Rich is a proud and active father of three boys who he is slowly introducing to the wilderness. He’s looking forward to them accompanying him more on his trekking, climbing, biking, and backcountry skiing adventures where he’s been most moved by nature. Maryia Perthen, Business Development Manager, eTool

Maryia is an electrical engineer and business development manager at eTool - an Australian company whose aim is to help people design and build better buildings. During her studies in Germany, she chose the environmental path and has been working in the industries providing renewable energy and electric vehicles. After moving to Australia, she dedicated her work to make the construction industry more sustainable and environmentally friendly.

Sustainable house model - Powerhouse Museum.

Off-Grid Living: Sustainable House Tour

Description: I’ll help you go off-grid, or partly off-grid, too. We can all live a sustainable life. Cut your bills, reduce your pollution and get healthy with local food you grow or buy. See the energy, water, recycled water and food systems at Sydney’s Sustainable House that has operated since 1996.

Speaker: Michael Mobbs - Michael Mobbs Sustainable Projects

Michael Mobbs is a Sydney-based author and environmental consultant. He graduated from the Australian National University with a Bachelor of Laws in 1975 and then worked as an environmental lawyer for 19 years. Through this work he developed an interest in sustainability. Mobbs served as an Independent Alderman on the City of Sydney Council from 1985–1987. In the 1990s Mobbs converted his Chippendale home into a more sustainable house by modifying the water, energy and waste systems.

How to detail plans so the builder builds it to perform: Part 1

Description: The first webinar in a two-part series looking at what you need to put on your plans to achieve a performance outcome, by Jeremy Spencer of Positive Footprints sustainable design and construction.

Speaker: Jeremy Spencer

For almost 20 years, Jeremy has been a registered builder, energy rater and director at the design and build company Positive Footprints. Positive Footprints has won multiple awards for sustainability from Design Matters National, MBAV, HIA, and the National Sustainability Awards for which he is now a judge. His company has worked to show that energy-efficient sustainable design and Net-Zero homes are a costeffective option and can be a mainstream reality. Jeremy is the founding member of Builders Declare, and group dedicated to raising the standard of building practice, and currently sits on the Design Matters National Board, the Sustainability TASC, and the NatHERS Stakeholder Consultative Group.

How to detail plans so the builder builds it to perform: Part 2

Description: In this second part of the two-part series, ‘How to detail plans to ensure builders build it to perform’, builder, energy rater and director of Positive Footprints Sustainable Design and Construction Jeremy Spencer, look, at what to put on plans to achieve a performance outcome. It goes over the construction assumptions inherent in the NatHERS system and suggests details designers should add to plans so the building meets House Energy Rating report thermal requirements, and performs on the ground as it should.

Speaker: Jeremy Spencer Register: https://bit.ly/3IRozJE

Create a Healthy Garden: Habitat For Local Wildlife and More

Description: Learn how to create a healthy garden that not only creates habitat for local wildlife but also provides:

• Food • Tea • Medicine • Other resources for your household.

Learn how to recognise and encourage: Beneficial insects, with a range of flowering plants that will entice them in Best plants for insect attraction Plants for sun as well as shade

Speaker: Karen Sutherland

Bio: Karen Sutherland has 35 years of professional horticulture experience and is skilled in design, consulting, speaking, teaching and writing. She focuses on edible and useful plants in her business, Edible Eden Design. She has over ten years’ experience with growing and using native food plants; installing bush food gardens for schools and community groups; teaching workshops and writing on her favourite topic.

She is a published award-winning co-author of ‘Tomato, Know, Sow, Grow, Feast’ and contributes regularly to ABC Organic Gardener magazine and Green magazine. She is also heard regularly on garden radio programs.

Introduction to Water Damage, Mould and Health

Description: Avoid being sued, going bankrupt or having your business destroyed through common misunderstandings about mould. In this Introduction to Water Damage, Mould and Health, Lucinda shares insights from her training and many years in the field assessing buildings so that you can begin to integrate this understanding into your work.

Speaker: Lucinda Curran

Lucinda Curran is an experienced Indoor Environmental Health Consultant with a background in building biology, health sciences and education, specialising in the ways that buildings can adversely affect health and vitality.

Lucinda has been an active committee member for ASBB, IAQA (Australian Chapter) and The LEAD Group.

She has also presented training nationally for AIBS, lectured at ACES and hosted the Environmental Sensitivities Symposium. Lucinda was invited to speak at national and international conferences, including AIBS, BOINZ and A5M.

She has created practical, empowering online courses that tackle the nexus where our built environments and our health merge.

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