Northwestern institute for Sustainable Practices (NiSP) will hold lecture series on human settlement and development, with renowned Chicago architect and green designer, Doug Farr, founding principal and president of Farr Assoc. (http://www.farrside.com/) and author of Sustainable Urbanism: Design with Nature (John Wiley, 2007).
NETG will be holding a special Q&A session with Farr on May 6th from 2-3:30 (Cook 2058)
Doug Farr is the founding principal of Farr Associates, an architecture and planning firm regarded by many as one of the most sustainable design practices in the country. Having a mission to create sustainable human environments, Farr Associate's unique niche is in applying the principles of LEED, a Green Building Rating System, at the scale of the neighborhood and in designing green buildings exclusively for urban contexts. Farr Associates also holds the unique distinction of being the only architecture firm in the world that has designed two LEED-Platinum buildings: the Chicago Center for Green Technology and the Center for Neighborhood Technology.
An architecture graduate of the University of Michigan and Columbia University, Doug is on the board of the Congress for the New Urbanism and also chairs the LEED Neighborhood Development project (LEEDND), a first ever leadership standard for sustainable land developments, about to enter its pilot phase. Farr Associates designs healthy and valuable places and buildings for its private, not for profit and public sector clients. Having worked for John Vinci, Davis-Brody and Paul Rudolph, Farr's own work has been featured in Architectural Record, the New York Times and the Chicago Tribune, and Doug is a featured speaker on an upcoming six-part PBS series on sustainability and green buildings.
NiSP Lecture Series: All lectures held in Pancoe Auditorium
May 5, 5-6.30 pm
Trends and Trajectories in Sustainability
Presenting the cutting edge of how sustainability is being applied to buildings, developments and cities, including the strategic plans for the LEED rating system, LEED-ND, One Planet Communities, and the Star Communities Index.
May 6, 4-5.30 pm
The Business Case for Sustainability
Sustainable products, buildings and communities are now widely perceived to be value added. Presenting the known data on ROI and the role of investment risk in time and how capital plays out in key sustainable case studies.
May 7, 4-5.30 pm
Role of the Professional: Obsolescence of Current Training
Our universities are turning out professionals trained to individually solve problems from the 20th, and even the 19th century, while the current trend is toward interdisciplinary solutions. This session will discuss integrating knowledge gained from the past, with cutting-edge practices from the present,to teach the professionals of the future.
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