Smart Materials

Adaptation and Technologies

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High performance and smart materials are repositioning themselves to provide ‘eco’ benefits. Will they adapt to all places and all climates to provide the key to sustainable design? Or is it time to reconsider the low environmental impact qualities of traditional and local building techniques?

Chair: Bobbie Johnson – Technology, The Guardian

Speakers:

Robert Thompson – Research Associate, Royal College of Art

Professor Peter Walker – Director of the BRE Centre in Innovative Construction Materials, University of Bath

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