Planning Sustainable Infrastructure showcase event - Mer project

31 May 2016 - 6:00pm to 8:30pm
Nura Gili Foyer, UNSW Centre for Indigenous Programs, Balnaves Place, Building G17 and Rex Vowels Theatre, Building F17, UNSW Kensington Campus

This year’s showcase event for our award winning fourth year course CVEN4701 – Planning Sustainable Infrastructure –‘ The Mer Project’  -  is on Tuesday May 31, 6-8:30pm.

The course has been developed around a project with a real community on Murray (Mer) Island, Torres Strait as a real client and basis for the consulting Brief. The sustainability solutions will present student designs of energy supply, water treatment, waste management and transport systems that take into account the environmental, economic, social and cultural needs of the island community. More about the Mer Island Project can be found here. 

The guest speaker at the showcase event will be Josh Byrne, ABC TV presenter who'll be presenting on "Learnings from the Operation and Monitoring of a 10 Star High Performance House".

Registration details are here.

About: CVEN4701 Planning Sustainable Infrastructure is a 4th year course in the UNSW School of Civil and Environmental Engineering. It requires students in their final year to engage in a project that simulates the work they will do in professional practice, applying the knowledge gained in applied 3rd year courses to a realistic problem; causing them to integrate separately taught infrastructure components and the broader concepts of sustainability that includes social, economic and environmental perspectives.

In 2015 course providers were awarded the UNSW Vice Chancellor’s Award for Teaching Excellence for “Approaches to teaching that influence, motivate and inspire students to learn”, as well as the Australasian Association for Engineering Education 2015 Award for Excellence in Engineering Education Engagement. 

Showcase Event VENUE

Nura Gili Foyer (Student posters will be displayed), UNSW Centre for Indigenous Programs,  Balnaves Place, Building G17 and Rex Vowels Theatre, Building F17, UNSW Kensington Campus

DATE 

Tuesday, 31 May 2016 from 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM (AEST)

FEATURING

  • Address and Awards Presentation by Murray Island Representatives
  • Showcase Speaker Josh Byrne: Josh’s House – Learnings from the Operation and Monitoring of a 10 Star High Performance House
  • Performance by the Caro String Quartet and Mezzo Soprano Jessica Hitchcock
    Sculthorpe’s String Quartet No.13 “Island Dreaming”

SHOWCASE SPEAKER

Josh Byrne is an environmental scientist best known for his role on ABC TV’s Gardening Australia program. He is Director of Josh Byrne & Associates - a multi award winning Fremantle based consulting practice integrating the fields of landscape architecture, built environment, sustainability and urban water management - and a Research Fellow with Curtin University’s Sustainability Policy Institute and the CRC for Low Carbon Living.

Josh will be joining the CVEN Sustainable Infrastructure Showcase to deliver his presentation on Josh’s House, an achievement in sustainable construction which demonstrates how resource efficient homes can be built at a comparable cost and timeframe to regular houses. Features include building services for year-round thermal comfort without the need for air conditioning or additional heating, generation of electricity that exceeds on-site use, water recycling, and gardens that supply fresh food. See more about Josh and the Josh's House project at joshshouse.com.au.

Follow the Mer Island Project at www.mer.unsw.edu.au/