Built Environment — Urban Design, Heat Mitigation & Infrastructure

Join us for a conversation on developing sustainable, climate-resilient spaces and infrastructure to lower emissions while protecting physiological and mental well-being.

This panel includes:

· Professor Dorit Aviv, Assistant Professor of Architecture & Director of the Thermal Architecture Lab, Weitzman School of Design, University of Pennsylvania

· Professor Hari Shankar, Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine (Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care), Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

· Professor Andrea Restrepo-Mieth, Assistant Professor of Urban Planning and Policy, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers University

· Professor William (Bill) Braham, Professor of Architecture & Director of the Center for Environmental Building and Design (CEBD), Weitzman School of Design, University of Pennsylvania

· Moderated by: H.E. Mauricio Rodas, Visiting Fellow at Perry World House, University of Pennsylvania & Former Mayor of Quito, Ecuador