Green Architecture Teaching Pioneer Gives CleanMed Speech Dr. Raymond J. Cole assesses environmental progress in building design, at CleanMed Europe on May 29. Building environmental assessment methods are considered one of the most potent and effective means to both improve the performance of buildings and promote higher expectations and demand. The The past decade has witnessed a significant increase in the theory and practice of building environmental assessment and many countries worldwide now either have, or are in the process of developing, their own domestic systems. The success of building environmental assessment methods has dwarfed all other mechanisms for instilling environmental issues within the building industry. Unfortunately, they sometimes seem as the sole focus of the current building-environmental debate. However, in order to effectively include sustainability thinking into the building process, other methods must be employed. It will become increasingly important to develop new modes of public consultation and involvement that permit the different stakeholder views to be expressed, debated and resolved. Raymond J. Cole, Professor of Architecture at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, will review this question at CleanMed Europe. His presentation at CleanMed Europe will review the scope and emphasis of several current building environmental assessment methods with particular reference to the ways they reference human health and wellbeing. Moreover, it will explore how emerging assessment methods are explicitly acknowledging sustainability and their role in facilitating communication and dialogue between the various stakeholders responsible for the production and operation of buildings. Ray Cole has been teaching environmental issues in building design for almost 30 years. Bringing a sophisticated engagement with issues of environmental responsibility and sustainability in architecture, he teaches core courses in the Master of Architecture programme, as well as specialised advanced seminars on higher educational levels. Dr. Cole is known as an excellent teacher and lecturer. Moreover, he has received several honorary titles, including the Barbara Dalrymple Memorial Award for Community Service and the Green Public Service Leadership Award, issued by the U.S. Green Building Council. Dr. Cole heads the Environmental Research Group in the School of Architecture. He is co-founder of the Green Building Challenge-an international collaborative effort to benchmark progress in green building performance and environmental assessment. He also operates as an internationally respected consultant. He has contributed to and initiated a wide range of conferences and programmes in which sustainable building practices are explored and defined. Now he is up for CleanMed Europe.