Talk will explore how Scandinavian architects have blended design and energy efficiency – TheRecord.com

KITCHENER Scandinavia, like Canada, has long, cold and wintry winters, but that reality hasnt prevented architects there from designing buildings that set new standards for energy efficiency and sustainability.

Toronto architect Heather Dubbeldam is the featured speaker in a free online public lecture Thursday, hosted by the Grand Valley Society of Architects and the Kitchener Public Library.

In her talk, The Next Green: Innovations in Sustainable Design, Dubbeldam will talk about the lessons her firm Dubbeldam Architecture + Design learned in researching innovative sustainable designs after it was awarded the 2016 Professional Prix de Rome in Architecture from the Canada Council.

The firm has been exploring firsthand how Scandinavian architects set new standards for sustainable buildings in which energy efficiency and design merge seamlessly while achieving better environmental and socially sustainable outcomes in their built environments, from individual buildings to cities.

The talk explores the huge opportunity architects have as cities and countries set aggressive new targets for greenhouse gas reductions and lower energy use. Although sustainable, high-performance building design is often considered a technological concern, Dubbeldam has found from her research in Denmark, Sweden and Norway that design and form can have a major impact on energy efficiency.

The talk happens Thursday, Nov. 26 from 7:00-8:30 p.m. Register online at kpl.org under events.

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