This professional development initiative offers training in the use of the cutting-edge Hybrid Environmental Design Audit Tool (HEDAT) developed by Dr Chris Boulton and Dr Tony Matthews with their academic colleagues nationally.
Correctly used, the HEDAT provides deep and rigorous auditing of outdoor areas to support improved urban cooling, access, and safety.
Audit results are invaluable for prioritisation and targeting of place design and management interventions, as well as monitoring of implementation and outcomes.
The HEDAT fundamentally combines the principles of urban cooling, Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED), and Universal Design.
The purpose of the HEDAT course is to demonstrate the critical role of auditing external settings to inform safer, more comfortable, and climate resilient environmental design.
Landscape architects, urban designers, place/facility managers, and architects with some experience in site assessment and/or evaluation of outdoor spaces will find professional benefit from knowing how and when to use the HEDAT.
The course features information and demonstration sessions, field work, collaborative discussion, and group activities. Participants will receive a copy of Hybrid Environmental Design Audit Tool (HEDAT) for their use in practice.
Background on the development of the Hybrid Environmental Design Audit Tool (HEDAT), its applications and testing across sub-tropical and tropical areas of Australia, varying in climate, scale, and urban density.
Groups undertake field work to apply the HEDAT at an allocated site within/nearby the venue.
Groups will return to the classroom to present & discuss findings; identify mitigation measures that could support safer, more comfortable, and climate resilient environmental design.
Dr Chris Boulton (RLA, AILA Fellow) is a multi-award-winning consulting greenspace researcher, recognised as one of Australia’s leading urban greenspace practitioners: a practicing academic, the founding Principal and Managing Director of The CityGreen Lab Pty Ltd, and Adjunct Research Fellow with Griffith University's Cities Research Institute.
Chris’ current research provides empirical insights on the potential of green infrastructure to mitigate heat stress and improve access, inclusion, and safety in Australian aged care facilities. Chris has 30 years professional experience in urban greenspace provision – from management, planning, design, delivery, to operations.
As a Parks Manager for almost 10 years and with qualifications in landscape architecture, environmental planning, and criminology, Chris has an acute appreciation of the values, challenges, and opportunities for supporting healthy cities generally, and especially for vulnerable communities. In 2019, Chris established The CityGreen Lab to examine and inspire effective urban greenspace provision, founded on practice, research, and education, through collaboration.
Dr Tony Matthews (MRTPI, SFHEA) is an urban planner and an international advocate for good cities. His work addresses current and emerging urban challenges through research, engagement, and practice with the intention of translating knowledge insights into practical actions. His research has been translated into French, Italian and Spanish. Dr Matthews is recipient of three Awards for Excellence from the Planning Institute of Australia.
Dr Matthews works with a roster of high-profile research, corporate and government clients. His expertise includes adapting cities to climate change, green infrastructure projects, policymaking for sustainable and low carbon design, the interplay between built environments and human health, heritage management, public art programs, and improving urban design for seniors.
Dr Matthews is a highly in-demand as course facilitator, public speaker and media commentator. Through his advocacy, engagement and communication, Dr Matthews has informed policy decisions and shaped real-world outcomes in cities. His award-winning research on urban greenery, for example, has informed urban planning policy and design in Australia and beyond.
The HEDAT Professional Training Course is held in-person as a half-day event in Brisbane (inner suburb), Qld. The cost per participant is $595 + GST. Registration will only be confirmed on receipt of full payment, with course location and detailed schedule.
Inclusions (included in the course cost):
Exclusions (to be provided by participants at their own cost):
Notice of cancellation received five (5) business prior to course commencement, will be partially fully refunded (50%); no refunds will be provided if notice of cancellation is received within five (5) business of the course commencement. Transfer of registration may be considered if requested in writing.
Class size is limited to 20 participants; a waitlist may be established if demand exceeds our limit.
Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
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