University Lecturer Calls For Promotion of Sustainable Building

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University Lecturer Calls For Promotion of Sustainable Building

Archiseek / UK / Scotland / News / 2007 / January 15

A Dundee University lecturer is calling for changes to taxes, government practice and education policy to promote good quality, sustainable building in Scotland. Fionn Stevenson, director of the Masters in Architecture programme at the university, was responding to a consultation by the Scottish Executive on changes to its architecture policy. She told ministers that one of the best ways to encourage the re-use of historic buildings would be to scrap VAT on such projects, reducing their cost. However, there also had to be much more emphasis on teaching students about how they could make a contribution to the process. She said: "Increase the percentage of coursework relating to the adaptive re-use of buildings in schools of architecture. Currently about 75% of coursework relates to new build and 25% to re-use. This should be the other way round."

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