Announcing our South African housing study tour

Don't miss out - start saving for your travel costs now (which will depend on flight costs and how long you stay).

With climate change and global warming at the top of many countries' agendas, there is a great need to develop, educate and promote greener buildings and systems to sustain developing human settlements around the world. Carbon credits must be explored and promoted to be used to its fullest potential. South Africa, as a signatory to the Kyoto Protocol, is required to comply with its goals and objectives.

The SAHF 2010 conference will focus on Green Technology for Sustainable Human Settlements. Its interactive sessions will provide an ideal opportunity for delegates to debate and propose solutions to support developing communities.

It will be of interest to academics, researchers, housing managers, consultants, local government officials, innovators, community-based organisations, councillors, non-government organisations, financial institutions and manufacturers.

Call for abstracts - 2010
Green Technology for Sustainable Human Settlements

SAHF announces its call for papers. An opportunity for anyone interested to submit an abstract, with the possibly of presenting a paper at the conference and being published in the SAICE-accredited proceedings.

Conference topics

Finance

• Finance for housing in support of green technology
• Support from national financial institutions
• Donor funding and its implications
• Finance for research and development

Green policies

• Housing policy amendments to support green housing
• Green policies to improving health and safety
• Disaster management and security
• International project case studies

The built environment

• Building technology to support green housing
• Urban renewal and inner-city regeneration
• Environmental quality
• Neighbourhood revitalisation and upgrading informal settlements
• Consolidation housing
• Hostels redevelopment incorporating green building
• Sustainable community facilities

Delivery of human settlements

• Housing research for green sustainable developments
• Housing and quality of life
• Entrepreneurial and self-help projects
• Promoting green housing models
• Housing delivery by non-governmental organisations

Community development education

• Arts and culture for a greener lifestyle
• Adult education
• Professionalising housing education and practice
• Housing programmes and management

Abstract instructions

• Abstracts are to be submitted by no later than 30 April 2010.
• The title of the paper must relate to one of the conference topics.
• Include an abstract of no more than 150 words reflecting the paper's contents.
• Include the author's postal and email addresses, contact telephone and fax numbers.
• Abstracts to be submitted electronically in MS Word format.

Abstracts on any relevant topic will be evaluated by 15 May 2010. Final papers and PowerPoint presentations must to be submitted by 31 August 2010 to be SAICE accredited and be included in the conference proceedings CD. Accepted authors will be allowed 20-minutes for the presentation plus time for questions after the session. Paper and PowerPoint templates will be supplied on acceptance of abstracts.

More information
John Hopkins
SAHF Conference, Exhibition and Housing Awards
P O Box 853
Durbanville; 7551
South Africa
Email: sahousing@sahf.org.za
Tel: +27 (0)21 987-7950 / 2585
Fax: +27 (0)21 988 2742
e-Fax: +27 (0)86 528 1398
www.sahf.org.za