Dundee Civic Trust's first public talk of 2025 takes place next Thursday - 16th January - at 7pm at the Dundee Art Society Gallery in Roseangle.
Professor Fionn Stevenson will speak about ‘Earth, timber, hemp and straw: the better way to build today’.
Buildings account for 40% of global carbon emissions today, and are drastically increasing climate change.
How can we build more benignly?
Biogenic construction offers an alternative set of robust materials to challenge the dominance of steel and concrete which are a major source of pollution.
This talk will introduce you to international and local exemplar buildings and products that can be used for both new buildings and retrofit projects, with a nod to some traditional techniques too.
All welcome!
** UPDATE - 11th January 2025 ** We are advised that the talk on ‘Earth, timber, hemp and straw: the better way to build today’ will now take place on 20th February 2025.