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Concordia researchers planning resilient, net-zero cities of tomorrow

For MonSFFen, more ideas for the “cities of the future” panel. The library in Varennes, mentioned in this article, produces about the same amount of energy as it consumes. –CPL

In order to reach targets of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by at least 80 per cent by 2050, the buildings, neighbourhoods and cities of tomorrow must be conceived today. Researchers at Concordia University in Montreal are taking a leading role in strategizing a net-zero future where communities are resilient — able to use available resources to withstand adverse situations — and energy is renewable.

Andreas Athienitis is the director of Concordia’s Centre for Zero Energy Building Studies, Nserc/hydro-québec Industrial Chair and Concordia University Research Chair. He is co-chair for the Canadian Academy of Engineering Roadmap to Resilient, Ultralow

Energy Built Environment with Deep Integration of Renewables in 2050: a document that will guide businesses and governments in Canada on how to develop smart, sustainable communities.

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Upcoming meeting

MonSFFA Meets May 15th

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If you were baffled by the dinosaur quiz, you are not alone! The answers appear in this month’s Impulse now available on line. Thanks, Keith Braithwaite! Please check if your membership is up to date–quite a few are due this month.

MEETING THEME: Bring in a favourite genre-themed board or card game to share with your fellow MonSFFen!

PROGRAMME

CITIES OF DREAMS AND NIGHTMARES: From Metropolis, The Emerald City, Kandor, and Trantor, to Diaspor, Stratos, Coruscant, and King’s Landing, we explore the cities of SF/F depicted in our favourite genre stories of page and screen. How prophetic were past prognosticators in foreseeing urban life in a future that has become our present? And what will the cities of our future look like?

DO WE VIEW THE GOLDEN AGE THROUGH ROSE-TINTED GLASSES?: Open discussion on the topic of the memorable sci-fi books, comics, and screen adventures of our youth. Were they really that good? Is our nostalgic fondness for them justified? Do they still hold up, or now seem quaint and pedestrian?

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THE GAME IS AFOOT!: Talk and demonstrations of your favourite SF/F-themed board and card games.

And while the games play on, Keith and François will be filming more of our stop motion project.

Supper will probably be at the 3 Brasseurs on Ste-Catherine, unless the weather is so nice we choose to mosey on down to La Cage at the Bell Centre.  Or maybe to the Belle et la Boeuf…. we’ll take a  vote!