News, Events, Research
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Recent News, Publications, Research & Events
Stephen awarded the Australian Institute of Architect's Leadership in Sustainability Prize
Citation: "Stephen Choi has an extremely diverse career, from education, advocacy and practice. Stephen has been extremely engaged to enable delivery of change within sustainability across multiple areas of the value chain."
Stephen is named "Living Building Hero"
Stephen’s call to action: “What are you going to do when no one else is watching?”
Stephen Choi takes up director & Vice chair post of the Living Future Institute Australia"The Living Future Institute Australia (LFIA) is dedicated to establishing a powerful network of informed, influential, and active global citizens who are committed to redefining humanity’s relationships with the ecosystems we inhabit. Joining together as citizens of the planet, we seek to redirect our future towards a society that is socially just, culturally rich and ecologically restorative" you can read more about it here. Sofie listed as 1 of 12 RIBA Role Models"Architecture is becoming an increasingly inclusive profession, one that offers rich possibilities for a wide range of talented individuals. 12 role models explain how they have been able to forge careers within architecture. In doing so they send a message to others who may share one or more aspects of their identity – such as gender, background, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or education – that this could be a profession where they might thrive." You can read all 12 stories here. Sofie's 2nd Edition of The Environmental Design Pocketbook is out!The 2nd edition of The Environmental Design Pocketbook is out! Read more about what is new here and what people say here.
Stephen wins a DARCH Horse Award 2014
In November 2014, AfC's Stephen Choi was awarded a DARCH Horse Award for his outstanding contribution as a consultant in Australia.
A year at the Bartlett - building a more equal futureThe Bartlett, the built environment department at UCL, ran a short piece on 'women in the built environment', featuring AfC's Sofie who said that
“We need more women professors, directors, policy makers, heads of department, planners, construction workers, commissioning clients – the list is endless”. In fact, we do not just need more women in these posts, but a greater diversity of people across the board: people from all ages, backgrounds and cultures. Sofie is listed as 1 of 13 Stars of Building Science in Building 4 Change's Virtual Academy of Excellence (Sept 2013).
Sofie has been nominated in BRE's quest to find "Stars of Building Science"
The Environmental Design Pocketbook
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