The Build for Life 2021 conference is an open invitation to join the global discussion on how buildings can benefit the environment and improve the quality of life for people around the world.
As part of its sustainability strategy, VELUX has committed to taking measurable steps toward positive change, focusing on how buildings can help solve global challenges through sustainable solutions and practical actions. One of the ways it aims to do this is through Build for Life, a pioneering, interdisciplinary initiative launched in 2021 to help connect the comfort and well-being of people and the well-being of the planet through better building design.
The three-day Build For Life conference will feature more than 90 speakers - architects, home builders, academics, activists and opinion leaders will discuss key challenges and opportunities facing the building industry now and in the future.
The conference is free to all and will be conducted remotely with presentations and interactive dialogues.
CONFERENCE PROGRAM
Compass Stage
The conference will discuss seven of the biggest challenges and opportunities in today's construction industry, including: the need for flexibility in design, the changing role of buildings in our communities, and new demands for healthier and more sustainable living spaces.
Compass Stage speakers:
Lidia Morawska (AU) Professor at Queensland University of Technology
Lidia Morawska will share the latest research in the field dealing with air quality and its impact on our health and environment in a post-pandemic world, explaining how we can make our homes, schools and workplaces safe for people around the world.
Joseph Allen (USA) Assistant Professor at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Joseph Allen will offer a fresh perspective on fresh air in buildings, using the latest science and research to make the case for how healthy indoor spaces affect productivity and well-being.
Juri Troy (AT) Professor at HFT Stuttgart, owner of Juri Troy Architects
Juri Troy will shed light on the value and necessity of designing sustainable homes. Juri will also show how he has created a beacon for sustainable design in his Austrian project The Sunlight House, which uses good design and an innovative approach to daylight to optimize a building's indoor climate and energy needs.
The Daylight Symposium Stage
Since 2005, The Daylight Symposium has explored the importance of daylight in creating healthy and sustainable buildings. This year, more than 40 leaders in daylight research and practice will come together to answer the most important question: how can we bridge the gap between daylight research and design practice?
Speakers at The Daylight Symposium Stage include:
Jakob Strømann Andersen (DK) Director of Innovation and Sustainability, Henning Larsen Architects
Can generative algorithms improve daylight design? Jakob Strømann Andersen's presentation will answer this question and show how we can run and examine multiple daylight designs, sort through the iterations and identify the best ones, while providing detailed analysis for each proposal.
Manuel Spitschan (UK) University Research Lecturer in the Department of Experimental Psychology at the University of Oxford
Manuel Spitschan will discuss the principles of circadian and neuroendocrine phototransduction and how knowledge gathered from academic and field research can be used to support practice in an evidence-based manner.
Till Roenneberg (Germany) Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Medicine, LMU Munich. President of the World Federation of Chronobiological Societies (WFSC).
Till Roenneberg will present findings from recent research on how changes in lifestyle and our physical environment affected us during the lockdown in the Covid pandemic.
Yvonne de Kort (Netherlands) Professor, Department of Environmental Psychology of Human-Technology Interaction, Department of Industrial Engineering and Innovation Sciences at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e)
Yvonne de Kort will present the LIGHTCAP project, a European training network within the framework of Marie Skłodowska-Curie activities. LIGHTCAP aims to provide a powerful, innovative and essential boost to our insight into the intricate and complex relationship between light, perception, attention and cognition.
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