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2008 Conservation and Sustainability: conflict or challenge? as part of the 2008 RIAS convention, SEDA linked up with the Institute of Historic Buildings Conservation for this workshop which explored where the two perspectives could work together, and where this was inappropriate. - Edinburgh
Ground Source Heat Pumps: when should they be used? an open discussion attended by 45
people - participants included members of Changeworks, Energy Savings Trust, Edinburgh University ISSTI, SBSA, housing associations, architects, facilities managers - Edinburgh
Launch of 2008 Student Travel Award - this year the award was to be allocated to students of Strathclyde University, and the launch took place at the David Livingstone Centre for Sustainability, Glasgow.
2007 Christmas Party and 'Show and Tell' - in Edinburgh.
Edinburgh University CHP - talk by David Somervelle, who had been instrumental in setting up the university's award-winning CHP system, followed by visit to one of the units. Green Doors Open Days - a selection of environmentally friendly building projects were opened as part of the Civic Trust's Doors Open scheme. Tombreck Volunteering Weekends - during the year several weekends were run at Tombreck in Perthshire, at which the volunteers tried their hands at lime mortar, rendering, making sheeps wool insulation and making their own lime-based paints.
Krystyna Johnson/SEDA Student Travel Award - announcement of 2007 winner Eco-renovation - a round-table discussion with the Eco-Renovation Network and hosted by Simpson & Brown in the splendidly refurbished Tobacco Merchants House, home of the Scottish Civic Trust, Glasgow. Big Tent Festival of Stewardship - where SEDA shared a stand with Reforesting Scotland and the Association of Scottish Hardwood Practical Course Building Post and Beam Structure - building a pavilion for the shared SEDA/Reforesting Scotland and ASHS stand at the 2007 Big Tent Festival of Stewardship in Fife
AGM and visit to Inverness, a weekend looking at Great Glen House, recently built for SHN, the Forestry commission's new district office at Smithton, buildings by Neil Sutherland Architects, and a visit to Findhorn. Visit to Blackburn House and Edenhope: Blackburn House, an A-Listed Palladian country house, was being restored for use as a centre for creative arts and Edenhope, near Selkirk, is Andy Swales' self-build autonomous house.
‘Ecological Design as a Large Concept’ - Daniel Wahl, winner of the 2005 travel award,
spoke about his three week journey to both North and South America to visit and interview a number of people who have been and are influential in shaping an emerging holistic/integral approach to sustainability.
Held in Dundee.
Launch of 2007 Student Travel Award in Dundee Persuading Corporate Clients to take on Sustainable Design: an evening discussion, hosted by the Holmes Partnership, Glasgow
2006 Christmas Show and Tell: once again, this popular evening, with refreshments, was held in the Friends Meeting House, Edinburgh.
Eco-Labelling Study: during the summer Rob MacWhannell was commissioned to make a study of the UK's leading building assessment tools and procedures. Jointly funded by SEDA and the Built Environment Partnership. Student Travel Award Winner and Talks by Fionn Stevenson and Alice Bently: Fionn gave a presentation on her recent thesis on ‘Materiality: People, Place and Sustainable Resource Use in Architecture’ and Alice gave an illustrated talk about the new Johnston Central Library and Farnham Centre in Canavan, Ireland. SEDA Stand at The Big Tent - 2006 was the first year of the Big Tent Festival of Stewardship at Falkland, Fife, and SEDA and Reforesting Scotland jointly set up a stand with displays and practical activities Tombreck Volunteer Weekends - during the summer there were some practical work weekends preparing clay plasters, wool insulation and reed beds at the Tombreck Community, Loch Tay
Talk by Professor David Orr - on Environmental Literacy and Ecological Design. Held jointly with the School of Natural Design, Dundee University.
AGM and Visit to Isle of Bute - a sunny weekend trip to Bute, which included a visit to Bute Recycling Centre and A’Chrannag housing tower, with talks by Gerry Hogan of Chris Stewart Architects and Peter McDonald of Fyne Homes.
Presentation on the activities of SEDA and its members - this talk and slide show was given as part of the afternoon activities at the Ecology Building Society's AGM in Edinburgh.
‘Detailing for Airtightness’ - launch of the second of the three design guides being prepared by SEDA with funding from the Scottish Executive. Held at Victoria Quay, Edinburgh Launch of 2006 Student Travel Award, followed by 2 talks: Jonathan Williams, joint winner of the 2004 award, on his visit to Ecuador, and work assisting with the development of a sustainable tourism project there, and Pete Sweetnam, Emergency Programme Manager, who spoke about Mercy Corps' work in Sumatra following the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami, and also their more recent response to the Pakistan earquake disaster. Held at Strathclyde University Weekend at Mains of Branshogle - a weekend get-together to review the ativities of SEDA and do some forward planning.
Development Officer Appointed: during 2006 Esmee Fairbairn Foundation gave SEDA a three year grant for a development officer and the newly appointed candidate started work in February.
2005
Christmas Show and Tell - informal evening of slides and discussion with refreshments, in Edinburgh.
Krystyna Johnson Student Travel Award - announcement of 2005 winner, followed by a talk by James Simpson of Simpson and Brown Architects on his visit to the Golden Temple,
Amritsar. James was invited over as part of a team led by the Delhi
Architect, Gurmeet Rai, to advise on a conservation strategy for
the Temple, holy shrine of the Sikhs. The event was held in Edinburgh.
‘Detailing
for Deconstruction’ - this afternoon event, at The Lighthouse,
marked the completion of the first of three design guides which
SEDA received funding for in 2004 from the Scottish Executive Sustainable
Action Grants. Presentations on the subject were given by Fionn
Stevenson, Chris Morgan, Paola Sassi and John Addison, and the new
SEDA web site designed specifically for the project was launched.
‘Against
the Flow’ - a joint SEDA/SEPA seminar at the Falkirk Wheel,
exploring the relationship between water, construction and the environment
in Scotland. Speakers included Prof. David Crichton, Nick Grant
(Elemental Solutions), Cath Hassell (Ech2o), Howard Liddell (Gaia
Architects) and Chris Morgan (Locate Architects).
‘Design
for Healing’ and launch of the 2005 Krystyna Johnson Student
Travel Award - held at the new homoeopathic Hospital in glasgow,
with talks by Dr. David Reilly and artist Jane Kelly, and James
Hackett, joint winner of the 2004 student award - Glasgow
‘Eco-Design’ - an illustrated talk by Alastair Fuad-Luke, author of ‘The
Ecodesign Handbook: a complete source book for the home and office’ - Dundee
2004 ‘Show
and Tell’ evening and Christmas Get-together - Edinburgh
Talk
by John Gilbert - a presentation of John Gilbert Architects’ latest social and ecological design projects - Glasgow
An
Afternoon of Earth - Tom Morton of Arc Architects launched their
guidance on Earth Brick Construction, together with a talk on earthen
architecture in Sweden and Burkina Faso, and a photographic exhibition ‘A Vulnerable Beauty: the Earthen Architecture of Iran’ - Charlestown, Fife
Meredith
Bowles of Mole Architects -gave a talk on the award winning ‘Black House’ in Ely - Edinburgh
Krystyna
Johnson Student Travel Awards - announcement of 2004 winners
-with a talk by Niall Jacobson of Malcolm Fraser Architects on the
design of the Holyrood Park Education Centre - Edinburgh
Mid
Summer Barbeque - and review of progress since the SEDA Futures
weekend in Creetown in 2003. Held at Gagie House, Angus
Use
of Timber - an afternoon CPD held in Perth
AGM
- Aberdeen
Design
for Deconstruction, jointly held with SEPA, a day exploring
recycling, reuse and demountability, with case studies. Speakers
were Andy Millican (materials re-use), John Addison (demountability),
Paola Sassi (theories of design for deconstruction, Paula Cowie
(Earthship experience), Julian Ridal Smart Waste system), Mark Wells
(construction and demolition waste), Mary Kelly (case studies),
Chris Morgan (from theory to practice) and Fionn Stevenson in the
chair - Glasgow.
Earth
Construction
Evening and Launch of 2004 Krystyna Johnson Student Travel Award - with a talk by Debbie Heys, winner of the 2003 award on her project ‘Earth Construction in Scotland and Germany’, and a talk
by Tom Morton on low cost new build using earth construction methods
in Perthshire, plus some slides of his recent trip to look at traditional
earth building in Iran.
Active
Solar Myth Busting Symposium - run jointly with SSEG and Dundee
Sun City. Speakers included Nicola Pearsall from Northumbria Photovoltaics
Applications Centre, Kathy Hines and Bart Jan van den Brink. A great
success despite the heavy snow!
2003 SEDA
Futures - a weekend of formal and informal
time together, exploring the future role and activities of SEDA,
in the beautiful surroundings of a member's stable conversion in
Creetown
Bridging
the Gap - an exploration of what can be
done to bridge the gap between large scale timber suppliers, and
small scale, local, and usually more sustainable operations. Held
in the Borders, with a visit to The Woodschool and OregonTimber.
Krystyna
Johnson Travel Award - announcement of the award winner at The
Poetry Library, Edinburgh. Followed by a Slide Show and Discussion
about a recent visit to Norway organised by Gaia Research to study
sustainable school buildings.
SEDA
mini bus to the AECB Conference at The Earth Centre, Doncaster
Form
Follows Attitude: does sustainable design have an ethic? - a
debate and discussion at Pishwanton Community, East Lothianon the
relationship between Easthetics and Sustainability
AGM
at the Lime Centre, Charlestown. Followed by a Slide Show and
discussion about the SEDA visit to Ross and Cromarty the previous
year.
2002 Christmas
Slide Show, in which members shared and discussed slides With
wine and refreshments, in Perth
A
Dialogue on Place-Making and Design with John Cameron, Senior
Lecturer in Social Ecology, University of West Sidney. A day of
practical work in which sense of place in the river valley at Abbey
St. Bathans, Berwickshire was explored and worked with creatively.
Visit
to BT and John Menzies a joint SEDA/ECAN tour of Rab Bennetts'
offices in Edinburgh Park
Straws
in the Wind: a talk by Robin Harper, MSP. Robin
is MSP for the Green Party and spoke of his experience of eco-villages
and communities, and his visit to Johannesburg to participate in
the World Summit on Sustainable Development.
Healthy
Housing: Making it Mainstream - the role of sustainable development
in social housing. Run jointly by SEDA
and SHARE (Scottishg Housing Associations Resources for Education)
at The Lighthouse, Glasgow. This event was designed to raise awareness
among staff, committee members, and those working with Scottish
Housing Associations of the increasing possibilities offered by
the use of sustainable materials within new and refurbished housing
projects.
Visit
to Morayshire and Ross & Cromarty - a weekend visit, staying overnight at
the Cromarty Field Centre, and including visits to Ellieside Cottage
near Cullen, findhorn Eco-Village, Highland Brichwoods, Ardross
Millenium Hall, and houses in Evanton and Strathpeffer.
Sustainable
Materials Part 2: Earth and Clay Buildings and Products - an
evening CPD seminar at The Lighthouse, Glasgow, sponsored by Errol
Brick Company. Chaired by Tom Morton, speakers included Richard
Shorter on Rowardennan Visitors Centre, Chris Morgan on Light Earth
construction and Andrew Clegg, Director of Errol Brick Company,
on the aesthetic and utilitarian aspects of ‘unfired clay products.
Breathable
Walls - in thisjoint SEDA/ECAN (Edinburgh Chartered Architects
Network) talk at RIAS Headquarters, Edinburgh, Richard Shorter reviewed
the basic theory and principles of breathable walls, using illustrated
examples.
Sustainable
Materials Part 1: Timber - an evening CPD seminar at The Lighthouse,
Glasgow, with Ivor Davies, Timber Research Consultant, on timber
cladding, Gordon Macdonald of Carpenter Oak on timber buildings,
and Iain Pirie of James Jones & Sons on sourcing Scottish timber.
Chaired by John Gilbert.
Spiritual
Architecture- an illustrated talk by Rudolph-Gerhard Meighoruer
held at RIAS Headquarters, Edinburgh
Allergen
Free Housing for the 21st Century - building materials and their
impact on health, the role of the built environment inb creating
allergic reactions, evidence from an investiagtion of allergy sufferers
in their own homes and a look at practical measures for problem
avoidance. A full day seminar run jointly with Gaia Research at
Strathclyde University, Glasgow.
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