Energy for tomorrow – Building Sustainable Cities

Guest speaker – Professor David Fisk

Professor David Fisk has been invited to speak at the New York Times 'Energy for Tomorrow – Building Sustainable Cities’ Conference on  Thursday 25th April.

David will be participating in the following discussion:

GREEN BUILDINGS AND URBAN DESIGN

Sustainable cities need energy-efficient buildings and the current symbol of urban architecture — the glass and metal skyscraper — scores badly in this regard. What kinds of building should be the centrepieces of new sustainable cities? Are current green building codes leading us in the right direction? Nearly half of the world’s new megacities will be in China and India: how can their leaders ensure that the millions of new structures in these cities use energy sparingly and follow sustainable urban planning?