CMPBS, AIA Austin and Austin EcoNetwork are proud to present:Lance HoseyThe Shape of Green: Aesthetics, Ecology, and Design

Great design is a marriage of art and science, but so far green design has focused on science and neglected art. When photovoltaics, wind turbines, and fuel cells overshadow basic decisions about shape and form, green tech becomes a green crutch. Do ethics support or supersede aesthetics? Does going green change the face of design or only its content? Can we be as smart about how things look as how they are made? Form, image, and experience can enhance conservation, comfort, and community at every scale of design, from products to buildings to cities. Fully embracing the principles of ecology could spark a revolution that could change every aspect of design.

Lance Hosey, AIA, LEED AP, Hon. FIGP Nationally recognized architect, designer, writer, speaker, and advocate Lance Hosey has been featured in Metropolis magazine’s “Next Generation” program and Architectural Record’s “emerging architect” series. Until 2009, he held the position of Director with William McDonough + Partners, the world-renowned pioneer of sustainable design, with which he had been associated for nearly a decade. Lance’s essays have appeared in publications such as The Washington Post, Metropolis, Architectural Record, and Architecture, and he is a Contributing Editor with Architect magazine, where he writes the monthly “Ecology” column. With Kira Gould, he is co-author of Women in Green: Voices of Sustainable Design (2007). Lance studied architecture at Yale and Columbia and jazz at the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Houston, TX. In 2009, he was voted an Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Green Professionals.

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Pliny will be be giving a plenary session talk at the Indiana Building Green Symposium on Thursday, March 11th.

This will be the fourth annual Indiana Building Green Symposium. The event is hosted by the USGBC Indiana chapter and will be held March 10 & 11, at the Indianapolis Museum of Art. Featured speakers include Douglas Farr, Toshiko Mori, Dan Rockhill, and William Harrison.

For more details, including program, registration, and travel information, visit the symposium website.

Gail will be giving a lecture at Green Cities 2010 in Melbourne, Australia on Monday, February 22nd at 12pm. The lecture topic is “Healthy Buildings, Healthy Patients - but is There a Business Benefit to Healthcare?”.

Green Cities is Australia’s leading green building conference. This year the event is focused on exploring new ideas in sustainable building, forging connections and launching new products and technologies. 

Keynote speakers will be Malcolm Smith of ARUP UK, Jerry Yudelson, Christopher Ingenhoven, and Elsa Monteiro of Sonae Sierra. The conference dates are Sunday, February 21, to Wednesday, February 24 and the event will be held at the Melbourne Convention Centre. Gail will be attending on the 21st and 22nd.

For additional details on speakers, conference program, location, etc., please visit the Green Cities website.

Pliny and Gail will be attending the first annual Build Well conference from January 27 - 30th. Pliny will be participating on a ‘Green Pioneers’ panel at 7:15 pm on Wednesday the 27th. Fellow panelists are Sim Van der Ryn and Carol Venolia, moderator is Tom Hahn. The event will be held at Cavallo Point Lodge in Sausolito, CA.

Build Well 2010 is a project of the Ecological Building Network. The conference was organized to bring together professionals within the green materials economy and act as a “forum for exploration and discovery among inventors of the new green economy - an idea party for collaboration, cross pollination, and acceleration”.

Former CMPBS associate Lucia Athens - ASLA, LEED AP, will be lecturing at the Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center auditorium and signing her recent book “Building an Emerald City: A Guide to Creating Green Building Policies and Programs” on January 20th at 6pm. Pliny and Gail wrote the forward to Lucia’s book, and Pliny will be introducing Lucia for her Austin lecture.

Athens is a sustainable development specialist with extensive public sector experience in the cities of Austin and Seattle. She is currently employed by Collins Woerman of Seattle.

Additional information on ”Building an Emerald City. . .” is available through the publisher, Island Press, and the book is currently available for purchase on Amazon.com. For more information on Lucia, visit Collinswoerman.com

Pliny will be participating on a panel “Taking Green Buildings to Zero Energy, the Next 10 Years” for the Austin Climate Protection Conference on Friday, January 15 at 3:30 pm. Other panelists will be Werner Lang and Zaida Basora, the panel will be moderated by Austin Energy Green Building and Sustainability Manager Richard Morgan. The conference will be held at the Palmer Events Center at 900 Barton Springs Rd in Austin, TX.

The Austin Climate Conferences and Expo feature a variety of consumer and professional events and exhibits. All admission is free. A schedule and additional details can be found at www.austinclimateexpo.com