Energy and Architecture: How Green is Green?

Energy and Architecture: How Green is Green? Monday, November 16, 6:30 pm $10 ($8 ASF members) A panel discussion including American and Danish architects will analyze the benefits, compromises, and challenges in creating and designing sustainable buildings and communities in the U.S. and Denmark. Energy and Architecture: How Green is Green?The panel, which includes architects Stephen Kieran of the well-known Philadelphia firm Kieran Timberlake and Bjarke Ingels, head of the architectural practice Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), will explore the differences and similarities in the energy-saving measures used by architects in each country. Since the U.S. and Denmark vary greatly in size, climatic conditions, and commonly-used building materials and energy-saving features, the discussion will examine how each country can learn from the other. The moderator of the discussion is Suzanne Stephens, deputy editor of Architectural Record. Co-Presented with Architectural Record and the Consulate General of Denmark, New York. http://www.scandinaviahouse.org/events_lectures.html