The Essential Shift to Net Zero Carbon, a presentation by Alexander Esfahani
Alexander Esfahani, an architect based in Manchester and Studio Champion for our Responsible Design Group, promotes the initiative of net zero carbon across Chapman Taylor's global studios.
Alexander presented at the 89th World of Façades conference, at the Mercure Piccadilly, Manchester on 4th May about the essential shift to net zero carbon.
The influence of architectural design can significantly respond to the momentum and importance of net zero carbon buildings. The presentation was a brief explanation of the important design drivers as designers we need to undertake to achieve our carbon aims, fundamentally focusing on our role as custodians for the client early within the design stages.
In his introduction, he explores the Persian City Yazd, Iran, which predates 5,000 years and has withstood multiple building lifecycles.
“There is an element of Romanticism to a city that has withstood the test of time for 5,000 years and was a sophisticated response to materials in its context.
Our overreliance on industrial-age materials and searching for isms in architecture has led us to seek a necessity of building architecture that is labelled Net Zero Carbon. Yazd didn’t seek to be Net Zero it sought to be a place to live and work. Its aspirations were a given. If we achieve our goals right with our targets of Net Zero then we will start to find that our buildings are no longer labelled these targets but instead focused on what they are meant for. Places to work and live.”
Zak World of Façades is an international conference series on façade design & engineering. The event has attracted over 27,000 delegates across its 88 completed events to date. This one-day conference in the UK will showcase sustainable innovations and challenges in the construction industry pertaining to the building envelope and will also display the latest technological solutions from leading solution providers.
For more information and to reserve your place visit: https://facades.uk.com/
In his introduction, he explores the Persian City Yazd, Iran, which predates 5,000 years and has withstood multiple building lifecycles.
“There is an element of Romanticism to a city that has withstood the test of time for 5,000 years and was a sophisticated response to materials in its context.
Our overreliance on industrial-age materials and searching for isms in architecture has led us to seek a necessity of building architecture that is labelled Net Zero Carbon. Yazd didn’t seek to be Net Zero it sought to be a place to live and work. Its aspirations were a given. If we achieve our goals right with our targets of Net Zero then we will start to find that our buildings are no longer labeled these targets but instead focused on what they are meant for. Places to work and live.”
Zak World of Façades is an international conference series on façade design & engineering. The event has attracted over 27,000 delegates across its 88 completed events to date. This one-day conference in the UK will showcase sustainable innovations and challenges in the construction industry pertaining to the building envelope and will also display the latest technological solutions from leading solution providers.
For more information and to reserve your place visit: https://facades.uk.com/