Housing and Community Development

Planning & Designing Housing Within Planetary Boundaries

Our industry has made real progress reducing the carbon emissions from the buildings we operate and the materials we use.  But emissions are determined not only by how well we build and but also how much we build.   Consumption matters.  How can we meet the housing needs of a growing population on an increasingly resource-constrained planet?  Sufficiency – avoiding the demand for materials, land and resources while delivering well-being for all – is a critical missing tool in our decarbonization toolkit.

Learning Objectives:

Understand the concept of Sufficiency as a demand-side approach to decarbonization of the built environment
Be familiar with emerging international research and advocacy regarding sufficiency and the built environment
Learn design strategies that advance sufficiency principles while meeting housing demand.
Understand the role of architects in advocating for sufficiency-first housing policy

Speakers:

Lisa Richmond Hon AIA, Senior Fellow, Architecture 2030

Lloyd Alter, Adjunct Professor of Sustainable Design, Toronto Metropolitan University