Beskrivelse
THE SDG 13 ROUNDTABLE Mainstream building practices are unsustainable. The construction industry accounts for two-fifths of the raw stone, gravel and sand consumption as well as for one-fourth of virgin wood. It is also accountable for 40% of total greenhouse gas emissions, 16% of annual water consumption and in Europe, it provides 18 million direct jobs and constitutes approximately 9% of EU‘s GDP. However, the built environments should not simply be perceived as a problem, but could be understood as a stepping-stone toward potential solutions. Buildings can do much more than provide shelter, offer security, or be deployed as a source of income. Buildings and infrastructure can store carbon emission and counteract climate change. Buildings can be used as depositories of materials to be later mined. Buildings rather than degrading the air quality can actually improve it. Buildings can even help to reduce harmful effect of transportation through noise and pollution absorption in self-cleaning façades. Buildings do all that, and much more. To harness opportunities provided by the building stock, the roundtable seeks to explore How the built environment can contribute to climate change mitigation and adaptation? We will identify and present building technologies and urban strategies that should be favoured. We will then discuss which policy cities can implement to foster this transition. In short, the roundtable wants to reposition construction as the key point of leverage for societal transformation, considering that – to quote Michael Braungart and William McDonough – “being less bad is simply not good enough” Moderation • Guillaume HABERT, MSc. Dr.; Associate Professor of Sustainable Construction at ETH Zurich SPEAKERS • Harpa BIRGISDOTTIR, MSc. Dr.; Senior Researcher at Danish Building Research Institute • Sasha CISAR, MSc Arch SIA; Sustainability Analyst Real Estate at Bank J. Safra Sarasin • Nils THAMLING, Dipl. Ing.; Senior project manager at Prognos AG • Helga KROMP-KOLB, Em.O.Univ.Prof. Dr.phil.; University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna Rapporteur • Richard LORCH, Editor-in-Chief, Buildings & Cities| Periode | 11 sep. 2019 |
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| Begivenhedstitel | SBE19 Graz - SUSTAINABLE BUILT ENVIRONMENT CONFERENCE 2019 |
| Begivenhedstype | Konference |
| Placering | Graz, ØstrigVis på kort |
| Grad af anerkendelse | International |