Of relevance to microBEnet: National Institute of Building Sciences Event Announcement – AIA National Convention Programs Highlight Building Science. The meeting is next week (May 17-19 in DC). Not sure how much online presence the meeting will have but will try to post any details I can come up with.
It is this type of thing that inspires me that a better understanding of microbes in the built environment could be of immense value in many areas: A Trip To The Living City Of The Future | Co.Exist: World changing ideas and innovation. Certainly, we need to do a lot of research into making buildings more …
Wow. Jessica Green is certainly helping spread the word about microbes in buildings. There is an article in smartplanet from Aug 6 about her work: Ecologists, designers explore new ‘architecture-biology interface’ | SmartPlanet. The article discusses her recent Ted talk and some of her work at the BioBE Center.