Webinar 27/8: The role of renewable energy in post COVID-19 public spaces

Webinar 27/8: The role of renewable energy in post COVID-19 public spaces

Thursday August 27, 2.00 – 3.30pm CET
This webinar is part of the initiative ’2020: A Year without Public Space under the COVID-19 Pandemic’.

Research into energy transition from carbon to renewable energy sources points to the importance, and possible conflicts, of enlarging the footprint of renewable energy generators into the public space. The future planning of our cities will require a greater sensibility to the integration and occupation of space by ever more present PV panels, microturbines, etc. At the same time, the experience of the COVID 19 pandemic has exacerbated the pressures about the use of public space by introducing a new concept in our design approach: “the physical distancing”. This means that the design thinking process has to deal at once with the triple issue of making public space accessible to all while generating energy for the public and be of support for the new physical distancing requirements for the businesses. We would like to discuss how integrated urban design with renewable energy systems can contribute to re-imaging the future public space.

 
Link: https://www.journalpublicspace.org/index.php/jps/navigationMenu/view/covid-19/webinar16

There is the possibility to interact with the speakers if you register on zoom.

Register to participate here: https://cuhk.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_w42qKwDYQfaHfYRYyCe2Kw

 

Hosts

Luisa Bravo, City Space Architecture & The Journal of Public Space, Italy

Hendrik Tieben, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, School of Architecture, Hong Kong

 

Co-hosts

Alessandra Scognamiglio, ENEA (Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development), Italy

Agatino Rizzo, Luleå University of Technology, Sweden

 

Introduction

Agatino Rizzo, Luleå University of Technology, Sweden
Discussion chair

Alessandra Scognamiglio, ENEA (Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development), Italy

 

Speakers

Björn Ekelund, Luleå University of Technology, Sweden

Daniele Santucci, Climateflux, Germany

Robert Ferry and Elizabeth Monoian, Land Art Generator, United States

Taichi Kuma, Kuma Architects, Japan

Jorge Toledo García, University of Alicante / ecosistemaurbano, Spain

 

Commentator

Vincent Kitio, UN-Habitat, Chief of the Urban Energy Unit

 

Round Table Discussion, moderated by Luisa Bravo and Hendrik Tieben
Q&A with the audience, moderated by Ying Fen Chen, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

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