Past Events
Sustainability in the Built Environment: Virtual Embassy Talk (July 2022)
July 21, 2022 | Virtual
This embassy talk was jointly hosted by the Embassy of Belgium to the United States, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), and the Penn State-led Global Building Network, and in partnership with the Building Innovation Hub and Consinfra.
Talk title: Passive House project as pilot program for national policy on net-zero energy building (NZEB) in hot and humid climate zone
Speakers: Andrew Straus, General Partner & Founder of Consinfra and Enrique Bueno, Managing Partner of Consinfra
Opening Remarks: Michel Wallemacq, Senior Economic Advisor, Embassy of Belgium to the United States of America and Dr. Esther Obonyo, Executive Director of the Penn State-led Global Building Network
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Sustainability in the Built Environment: Virtual Embassy Talk (June 2022)
June 16, 2022 | Virtual
Talk title: An Interactive Panel Discussion on UNECE’s High Performance Buildings Initiative
Description: Opening with Esther Obonyo’s introduction to the Global Building Network, this inaugural virtual embassy talk begins with Ambassador Jean Regibeau discussing Belgium’s success in implementing policy for high-performance buildings and Scott Foster sharing the vision of the UNECE High Performance Buildings Initiative. A panel of speakers then discuss the impacts that Belgium’s work has had in advancing high-performance buildings in Washington DC, Baltimore, and Maine.
Note: The originally scheduled talk – High-Performance Buildings through a Scientific Lens by Pieter de Wilde – will be rescheduled for a future date.
Moderators: Dr. Esther Obonyo, Executive Director of the Penn State-led Global Building Network & Robert Cavey, Partner at Praxis
Discussants: Ambassador Jean Regibeau, Embassy of Belgium to the United States; Scott Foster, UNECE;
Lindsey Falasca, Building Innovation Hub; Michel Wallemacq, Embassy of Belgium to the United States; Bo Green, DC Metro Chapter of The Passive House Network; and Naomi Beal, passivhausMAINE
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