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Climate change and Architecture: Norbert Lechner
August 8, 2019 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
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DESCRIPTION OF EVENT: Norbert Lechner, Prof. Emeritus, Architect and LEED AP will give a talk on Climate Change and Architecture. He will discuss the importance of designing low energy buildings to address climate change.
Prof. Lechner is an expert in energy responsive architectural design with an emphasis on solar responsive design including daylighting. He has spoken widely on climate change and how to design buildings that cause less environmental damage. His book, Heating, Cooling, Lighting: Sustainable Design Methods for Architects, 4th ed., © 2015 is used in architecture schools all over the world, and it is also popular with professionals.
He is also the inventor of new types of heliodons that are used all over the world (www.heliodons.org) and a founding member of BEEnow an organization encouraging architecture schools to prepare graduates that can help fight climate change by designing very low-energy buildings.