aj launches the green rethink, a conference to radically redefine sustainability
The Brussels-based architectesassoc. partner Sabine Leribaux runs through upcoming Belgium
regulations governing ‘new build and heavy refurb’ and asks how they will
impact on housing … and office schemes
in the future. With reference to ventilation, sun shielding and insulation
details from two of the practice’s home-grown schemes - Elia and Aeropolis II -
Leribaux explains how the government (which partially funded both) is hoping
these ‘low tech’ schemes will nudge developers in the right direction.