Technological Innovation in Design and Construction

A conference and exhibition on 'Technological innovation in design and construction' will be held in Dublin, Ireland, on 23 and 24 November 2000.

The event will be officially opened by Mr. Noel Dempsey, Minister for the Environment and Local Government.

The following topics will be covered during the event:

- Environmental design and renewable energy;
- Meeting Kyoto targets;
- Legal barriers to renewable energy;
- Building integrated photovoltaics;
- Building integration issues for photovoltaics: legislative issues;
- Dynamic insulation;
- UK government's design advice service.
- Conservation and architectural heritage legislation
- The legislative and administrative framework for the protection of the architectural heritage in Ireland;
- Threat to historic properties from road improvement and other development schemes;
- Sustainability of architectural heritage;
- Restoring stone work;
- Porous pavements for flood control and water re-use: recent developments;
- Environmental sustainability;
- Sustainable construction in practice;
- The life cycle of building materials;
- Designing for sustainable development: incentives and barriers;
- Construction ecology;
- Structural glazing on site;
- Sustainability - the challenge for the 21st century.
For further information, please contact:

Dr Elizabeth Brookfield
British Institute of Architectural Technologists
397 City Road
London
EC1V 1NH
UK
Tel. +44-20-72782206
E-mail: elizabeth@biat.org.uk; val@bat.org.uk