This event is part of SFU's President's Faculty Lectures: Making a Difference for B.C.

After decades of fragmented and limited action, we are experiencing a climate emergency. Cities and the built environment, which includes housing, are a significant contributor to greenhouse gas emissions, as well as wider environmental impacts and social inequities.  

This lecture will explore the role sustainable housing must play in the creation of a more livable and resilient future. While not common, we can deliver sustainable housing right now. There are multiple examples of innovative new sustainable housing and retrofits of existing housing. What we need is a sustainable housing transition. We need policy makers, the construction industry, and individual households to demand more of our housing.  

This lecture aims to inspire people to demand more from their housing and cities, as well as provide concrete examples and pathways to support this transition. 

-Dr. Andréanne Doyon

There will be a reception following the lecture. Please join for coffee, tea, and cookies!