The CIB Board approved a new Task Group, TG 97, Nature-based solutions for climate resilient buildings and communities, at the June Board meeting. The group’s goals are to advance knowledge, science and practices to enable the effective implementation of nature-based climate solutions in cities to create urban environments where people and nature are harmonized and where ecosystems and communities thrive.
Joint Coordinators are Dr. Michael Lacasse, P.Eng., National Research Council Canada, Construction Research Centre, and Dr. Prof. Hua Ge, P. Eng., Concordia University, Department of Civil, Building and Environmental Engineering.
Researchers focusing on nature-based solutions for climate resilient buildings and communities are welcome and would include, amongst other specialists, those involved in: Urban landscape architecture and planning; Urban development and community level modeling of building energy use and carbon emission calculations of future climate scenarios; urban carbon cycle modeling for carbon sequestration calculation; Urban forestry; Urban tree mapping and growth forecasting; Human-environmental interactions; Urban policy making; Urban microclimate modeling; Building operations, energy efficiency and indoor environment; Building thermal and hygrothermal response and energy use simulation.
Members interested in joining TG97 should contact Debbie Gray, [email protected].
