Solar Energy in Urban Planning Workshop

An International Energy Agency (IEA) event in collaboration with the Australian PV Institute and supported by the Low Carbon Living CRC and the NSW Government Department of Industry (TBC)

This workshop is targeted at urban planners, government policy and program officers, large construction companies, developers, office building owners and facility managers, commercial office architects and related stakeholders.

Participants will gain an understanding of latest international solar energy urban planning considerations in the context of achieving low carbon living and have an opportunity to provide input to highlight challenges and barriers they face.

Registrations remain open until Wed March 22nd

PROGRAM

08:30 - Registrations and coffee

09:00 - Welcome introduction and NSW government initiatives

NSW Government Department of Planning (TBC)

09:10 - Solar Energy related research activities to deliver low carbon living

Professor Deo Prasad, CEO, CRC for Low Carbon Living

09:25 - International Energy Agency (IEA) Task 51 program activities overview

Associate Professor Maria Wall, Energy and Building Design, Lund University, Sweden

09:40 - Solar access challenges and opportunities for active solar systems in Australian cities

Dr Mark Snow, Australian PV Institute (APVI) and UNSW

10:00 - Reconciling Solar Energy and Heritage Preservation: The QSV (Quality-Site-Visibility) approach

Dr Maria Cristina Munari Probst, EPFL LESO-PB, Lausanne, Switzerland

10:30 - Stakeholder engagement activity 1 “What are your concerns for solar energy in urban planning?”

11:00 Morning tea

11:15 - International experiences for Solar Energy in Urban Planning processes.

Johan Dahlberg and Marja Lundgren, White Architects AB, Stockholm, Sweden

11:35 - An interoperable geospatial urban planning approach for solar cities supported by the EU

Ulrich Leopold, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST) Luxembourg

11:55 - Open 3D city modelling as a participative platform to accelerate smart energy transition

Romain Nouvel, Hochschule für Technik Stuttgart, Germany

12:15 - Stakeholder engagement activity 2 “Stakeholder needs and next steps”

12:45 Lunch and networking

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