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196I_Alan Pears, one of Australia’s leading energy efficiency expert

196I_Alan Pears, one of Australia’s leading energy efficiency expert

FromWhat is The Future for Cities?


196I_Alan Pears, one of Australia’s leading energy efficiency expert

FromWhat is The Future for Cities?

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Length:
58 minutes
Released:
Feb 21, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

"Energy efficiency reframes reality."
Are you interested in the 2nd and 3rd rate consequences of better energy management? What do you think about scope 1-2-3 emissions? How can we spread information better?
Interview with Alan Pears, one of Australia’s leading energy efficiency expert. We will talk about his vision for the future of cities, regreening of cities, urban viability, NABER, and many more.
Alan Pears is one of Australia’s leading energy efficiency experts. He has worked in the sustainable energy and environment fields since the late 1970s, and been an expert adviser to federal, state and local governments across Australia, as well as business organisations, community groups and the private sector. His work spans all sectors of the economy, education and community action. He has been involved in low carbon urban design and green building projects, program and policy development, including building energy regulation, energy/climate rating of buildings, design of appliances and equipment. He is a Senior Industry Fellow at RMIT University and a Fellow at the University of Melbourne. Alan has received many awards including being made a Member of the Order of Australia in 2009.
Find out more about Alan through these links:

Alan Pears on Wikipedia;
Alan Pears at Energy Transition Hub;
Alan Pears at RMIT;
Alan Pears at The University of Melbourne;
Alan Pears' articles at Renew Economy;

Connecting episodes you might be interested in:

No.120 - Interview with Matt Ferrell about renewable energy and energy efficiency;
No.182 - Interview with Ted Baillieu about re-greening cities;
No.195R - How can urban regeneration reduce carbon emissions?;

What wast the most interesting part for you? What questions did arise for you? Let me know on Twitter @WTF4Cities or on the wtf4cities.com website where the shownotes are also available.
I hope this was an interesting episode for you and thanks for tuning in.
Music by Lesfm from Pixabay
Released:
Feb 21, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

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WTF for Cities? is a platform to introduce and connect people who are actively and consciously working on the future of cities and to introduce research about the future of cities.