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ACW Mourns Passing of Green Built Environment Expert, Prof. Colin Patrick Gleeson
Colin Gleeson was a Reader at the University of Westminster’s School of Architecture and the Built Environment (UK)
Green Transitions in the Built Environment: Europe
Presentation by Linda Clarke, Melahat Sahin-Dikmen, Colin Gleeson, ProBE (Centre for the Study of the Production of the Built Environment), University of Westminster, at ACW All-Team Meeting’s Researcher Presentations.
‘Road Map’ Needed for Built Environment Professional Education in Asia-Pacific, Finds Report
Governments in all countries are experiencing significant difficulties in implementing the green building code.
EU’s Green Building Strategy has Major Implications for Construction Workers, Report Finds
The role of trade unions in the transition to low carbon construction: examples from Denmark, Germany, Italy and UK/Scotland.
Unions Make City Building (Glasgow) a Model of Sustainable Construction and Employment
City Building is a ground-breaking not-for profit building organization with an in-house training centre, a large apprenticeship scheme, and a highly unionized, directly employed workforce.
Workshop asks “What kind of Green and Just Transition?”
This workshop addresses this debate and is concerned in particular with the active role of workers and the trade unions in this transition, including examples from the built environment of successful intervention.
The Training of Canadian Architects for the Challenges of Climate Change
Architects are one of the key construction professions, and in this report, author and architect John Mummé explores the training of students at Canadian architecture schools – the professionals of the future.
Evaluating the Impact of the BC Insulators’ Union Campaign to Promote Improved Mechanical Insulation Standards in BC’s Construction Industry
These papers are part of a series being produced for the ACW’s Built Environment Working Group—chaired by John Calvert —which is investigating the BC Insulators union’s efforts to promote a major climate initiative in the construction industry.
Promoting Climate Literacy in British Columbia’s Apprenticeship System: Evaluating One Union’s Efforts to Overcome Attitudinal Barriers to Low Carbon Construction
There is considerable evidence of a significant gap between the needed skill sets for low carbon construction and the capacity of the training and apprenticeship systems to deliver appropriate skills – including climate literacy – to the construction workforce, both in Canada and internationally.
The Union as Climate Change Advocate: the BC Insulator’s Campaign to “Green” the Culture of the Building Industry in British Columbia
This paper examines the efforts of one Canadian building trades’ union, the BC Insulators, to influence the culture and climate change policies of the construction industry in British Columbia.