Resilience of Buildings, Neighbourhoods and Cities
The whole conference will be shown online, with opportunity for discussion after each broadcast. You can also attend each event in person - the webcast will be shown as a video, with a Q&A session immediately afterward.
To register to attend in person, please click the event title for more information.
Tuesday, 14th June
| 10.55 | Welcome John Sheridan, Chair of Planet Group, Scottish Construction Forum |
| 11.00 | Principles and Processes Related to Sustainable Building Design Dr David Grierson and Carolyn Moultrie, University of Strathclyde Glasgow |
| 11.50 | Q & A – online interactive session with the speakers |
| 12.30 | Break |
| 14.00 | Learning from Scotland’s Housing Expo: Making resilient buildings and neighbourhoods John Brennan, University of Edinburgh |
| 14.50 | Q & A – online interactive session with the speaker |
| 15.30 | Close |
Wednesday, 15th June
| 10.55 | Welcome John Sheridan, Chair of Planet Group, Scottish Construction Forum |
| 11.00 | Flooding resilience: avoidance, resistance and recovery Prof. Sue Roaf, Heriot Watt University |
| 11.50 | Q & A – online interactive session with the speakers |
| 12.30 | Break |
| 14.00 | Resilience to Occupancy: Findings from recent Post Occupancy Evaluation projects Dr Tim Sharpe, Glasgow School of Art |
| 14.50 | Q & A – online interactive session with the speakers |
| 15.30 | Close |
Thursday, 16th June
| 10.55 | Welcome John Sheridan, Chair of Planet Group, Scottish Construction Forum |
| 11.00 | The theory of self-organising built environments as a response to carbon levelsDr David Moore, Robert Gordon University |
| 11.50 | Q & A – online interactive session with the speakers |
| 12.30 | Break |
| 14.00 | Urban Heat Island: Managing local climate change to enhance resilience of cities Dr Rohinton Emmanuel and Dr Craig Thomson, Glasgow Caledonian University, and Prof. Eduardo Krüger, Federal Technological University of Paraná, Brazil (Visiting Researcher at GCU) |
| 14.50 | Q & A – online interactive session with the speakers |
| 15.30 | Close |
Friday, 17th June
| 10.55 | Welcome John Sheridan, Chair of Planet Group, Scottish Construction Forum |
| 11.00 | Towards a Visible City for Visually Impaired Users Dr Robert White and Dr Mike Grant, University of Strathclyde Glasgow |
| 11.50 | Q & A – online interactive session with the speakers |
| 12.30 | Break |
| 14.00 | Energy co-operatives as a means of achieving sustainability within the housing sector Prof. Tariq Muneer and Sarah Borthwick, Edinburgh Napier University |
| 14.50 | Q & A – online interactive session with the speakers |
| 15.30 | Close |
