Green Motivations
The Trinidad and Tobago Green Building and Energy Efficiency Workshop formed a part of the TT Energy Conference 2011, which was held last week at the Hyatt. acla:works associate Mandilee Newton spoke alongside Barry Giles [www.buildingwise.net] and Greg Upwall [www.upwallarchitects.com].
Barry laid the context for the green movement, speaking about LEED® and other related trends in the USA. Greg spoke about his pedagogy and practice of architecture and his motivations towards green; and Mandilee spoke about the Trinidad and Tobago Green Building Council [TTGBC], the carbon context, going green and looked at a case study, the EMA building.
The audience of about 70 was represented by various stakeholders in the industry – architects, engineers, the Trinidad and Tobago Bureau of Standards and the Ministry of Energy, among others.
After the presentations, the audience broke-out into two groups, one led by Barry, the other by Greg and Mandilee. The discussions were focused towards finding a way forward for greening existing and future construction. Coming out of the discussion, both groups emphasised the importance of proper policy and framework for green construction and the need to lobby the government towards developing a green building code.
Also, reference was drawn to the OSHA trends in the industry and how one can apply the urgency of health and safety and translate that into the importance of going green. The TTGBC was identified as a major player in the development of a green policy for the country.
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