Urban Cool: Making Great Cities Better - New York, USA, 14 September
7:30 p.m. (BST) / 2:30 p.m. (EDT) 14th September 2010
Using examples from the U.S. and around the world, this symposium, hosted by WSP, will look at a number of challenges and opportunities shaping our approach to sustainable construction and urban planning:
- Creating climate adapted cities to keep cool in a warming climate
- Trends in eco-positive development to deliver 21st century lifestyles
- Low carbon transformation plans for existing cities
- The role of leadership through smart regulation and policy
- Infrastructure trends for communities and integrated energy systems
- The art of the possible - case studies from around the world
The program is accredited with the AIA and attendees will earn 2 CES credits.
Venue: Center for Architecture, The Hines Gallery, 536 LaGuardia Place, New York, NY 10012.
Speakers include Peter Sharratt and Dan Nall from WSP, and also Ernest Hutton, FAICP Assoc AIA, Hutton Associates Inc. and Mark Strauss, Partner, FXFOWLE Architects.