Energy and Urban Strategies:
a cross disciplinary discussion of the forces that shape cities
Prof Nick Baker (Martin Centre for Building Research, University of Cambridge)
Prof Mat Santamouris (University of Athens)
Ian Christie (Demos)
Prof Ernst Reinhardt (Head of the Transport Sector of the Swiss National Energy Efficiency Programme)
Prof Peter Weibel (artist, Chairman and CEO, ZKM Centre for Art and Media, Karlsruhe)
Susannah Hagan (University of East London)
Mark Hewitt (University of North London, Partner d-squared design)
Andy Ford (University of North London, Partner Fulcrum Consulting)
Prof Volker Giencke (Institut für Hochbau und Enwerfen, Innsbruck)
Manfred Wolff-Plottegg (architect, Graz)
Chair: Kester Rattenbury
Austrian Cultural Institute
9 July 1999

This event brought together a range of expertise in front of a critical and informed audience to question how current concern about climate, energy and environmental issues might get us to rethink urban concepts. The discussion looedk at the metabolism of cities in terms of culture and economy, the politics of cities in terms of physics and engineering, the design of cities in terms climate and sustainability.

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