Our humble SBSE editor and communications chair, Professor Bruce Haglund at the University of Idaho, has been awarded the Leadership in Solar Architecture and Design Award (formerly the Passive Pioneer Award) by the American Solar Energy Society (ASES) at this year's virtual conference ASES Solar 2020.
As many of you may have already anticipated, due to international travel restrictions and the risk involved around spreading COVID-19 infections, the SBSE board decided in its last board meeting to reschedule this year's retreat for the summer of 2021.
October 19, 2019
To: The National Architectural Accrediting Board
From: The Undersigned Attendees of the 2019 John Reynolds Symposium
Subject: Proposed Revisions to NAAB Accreditation Criteria Context
Congratulations to all this year's candidates. Not surprisingly, everyone won!
Out of the ashes of BRI, a new phoenix arises. The former editors and editorial board members of BRI have created a new journal, entitled Buildings & Cities (B&C). The editorial team is Richard Lorch, Faye Wade, Ray Cole, Niklaus Kohler, Sofie Pelsmakers and Fionn Stevenson. They bring a strong track record of experience, integrity, and achievement.
The 35th PLEA conference, Planning Post Carbon Cities, will take place in A Coruña, Spain, 1–3 Sep, 2020. Its official website is
The PLEA 2020 Conference will look into the interplay between research, technology, and design in defining and planning future cities. We invite submission of extended abstracts that address the conference theme and focus on one of the following topics:
Effective Daylighting with High-Performance Façades
Comfort at the Extremes, Dubai, UAE, Apr 10–11, 2019
Sue Roaf and Fergus Nichols have been part of the organizing team for the Windsor Conference on Thermal Comfort in the UK for many years. Last year, the group, gathering on the grounds of Windsor Castle, decided to launch a new conference addressing comfort at the extremes.
The Passive Low Energy Architecture Conference, PLEA 2018, was held Dec 10–12 in Hong Kong, China. The conference was hosted by the School of Architecture at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and chaired by Edward Ng.
This past October, I was delighted to be invited to present a talk and workshop at the École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Grenoble as part of their Arts in the Alps program (see: <https://www.arts-in-the-alps.com/fall-conferences/2018-2/>). The talk, “Sculpting the
