19 February 2009
The tragic bushfires in Victoria have dramatically increased the number of people seeking information about bushfire design for homes, Archicentre the building advisory service of the Australian Institute of Architects said today.
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General Manager of Archicentre David Hallett said at one stage visits to the Archicentre website doubled in one day and there were a large number of downloads of the Archicentre Bushfire Design Guidelines pdf. Mr. Hallett said Archicentre will commence free seminars across Australia next week covering Sustainability - building and renovation in a changing climate. "One of the segments of this seminar deals with vegetation and bushfire safety design." Mr Hallett said the challenge facing those people who want to rebuild and the many people building on the fringe of capital cities bordering forests is that they need information quickly. Archicentre has a Bushfire Design Guidelines pdf available for download at http://www.archicentre.com.au/bushfireguide.pdf. |
Archicentre
Seminar information
The free seminars
are being held from Monday 23rd February 2009 to Wednesday 25th February
2009 6.30pm - 8.30pm in Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia
and Western Australia. For seminar bookings please call 1300 13 45 13.
Archicentre
Free Seminar
Sustainability - Ten Things You Should Know about Building in a Changing Climate
The seminar will cover building in bushfire prone areas, why houses are cracking,
what people can do to save water and energy, discuss alternative construction
techniques, showcase a recent sustainable building project and take questions
from the audience.
Further
information for seminars is available at http://www.archicentre.com.au/html/seminars.html
Media Enquiries:
David Hallett
General Manager Archicentre (03) 9819 4577 Mobile: 0439 439 115
Ron
Smith Corporate Media Communications Archicentre (03) 9818 5700 Mobile: 0417
329 201