Listed as one of the top 100 sustainability leaders in the world and recognised for his contribution to professional engineering when he was made a Member of the Order of Australia earlier this year, Professor David Hood, is the final panellist to join the CCN Live Conference Industry Debate.
The panel debate, is a key feature of the CCN Live Conference, which will be held on Thursday, August 8, 2013 at Doltone House in Sydney.
Hood joins an impressive panel which includes: Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Equipment Manufacturers Association (AREMA) president, Mark Padwick; Fan Manufacturers Association president, Simon Bradwell; Australian Refrigeration Council CEO, Glenn Evans and; Air Conditioning and Mechanical Contractors Association (AMCA) executive director, David Eynon.
A civil and environmental engineer, Hood will be representing the Sustainable Engineering Society. He has strong views about the industry, economy and the environment.
Following a successful career in project management, Hood took over and commissioned Australia's new Parliament House in the mid-1980s.
It's a project he describes as "life changing" as it helped him recognise the importance of sustainability. Since then, Hood has become increasingly involved in fostering a culture of sustainability across all engineering disciplines, and the built environment.
He is an Adjunct Professor in the Science and Engineering Faculty at QUT where he leads the Sustainability Program of the CRC for Infrastructure and Engineering Asset Management (CIEAM).
He founded, and is Immediate Past Chairman of the Australian Green Infrastructure Council (AGIC now ISCA), a new industry association which has developed the world’s first full sustainability rating scheme for infrastructure.
In November 2010, Hood was elected national deputy president of Engineers Australia, and was the 2012 national president.
He is an accredited Presenter with Al Gore’s Climate Reality Project, and in August 2011, Hood was included in the ABC Carbon list of the top 100 Sustainability leaders in the world (and again in 2012).
In 2012, David was included in the Engineers Media list of Australia’s top 100 professional engineers before being made a Member of the Order of Australia on Australia Day 2013.
The Order was made in recognition of his enormous contribution to engineering through industry associations, and for lifting public awareness of sustainability.
