Sun 19 October 2008 | 10:00am - 5:00pm
Hawkesbury EarthCare Centre - Cnr Science Rd & Campus Dr, UWS Hawkesbury Campus, Richmond
Sydney
NSW
2753
0419 416 551
$85 - $45 EarthCare Membership ($5 Membership Fee)
This course will be presented by Irish Eco-architect Peter Cowman, director of the Living Architecture Centre (http://www.livingarchitecturecentre.com)
Some of the topics to be covered include:
- Turning your ideas into reality
- What sustainability really means
- Designing your own home
- Avoiding the dreaded mortage
- Drawing and model-making
- Creating a healthy living environment
- Passive Solar Design
- Materials and construction
- Working at home
- Growing food and fuel
- Owner building
- Drainage systems
- Alternative energy
- Invisible architecture
- Costing
- Living your architecture