About the Speaker:
Pradeep Kumar is the India Head ,Alliance to Save Energy which promotes energy efficiency worldwide for economy, environment and security.Pradeep has more than 14 years of experience in the field of public and private sector energy efficiency, renewable energy and climate change mitigation programs. His technical expertise includes preparation of techno-economic feasibility studies, project assessment, design and development of performance based contract projects; investment grade energy audits; preparation of EE bid documents, training & capacity building, and evaluation of proposals. His expertise covers energy efficiency and CDM programs in water supply and street lighting systems, buildings, SME cluster, and energy efficiency procurement, He is also one of the foremost experts in measurement and verification (M&V) of energy & cost savings and created replicable financing models for energy efficiency projects.
Pradeep is well networked with key government departments and donor agencies including public and private sector stakeholders. He has been instrumental in providing strategic and technical advice to various government and international development agencies in India and developed two statewide municipal energy efficiency programs in India covering more than 200 municipalities’ including water utilities. He has conducted various EE and M&V training programs for decision & policy makers, engineers, managers, finance personnel and EE project implementers.
Pradeep has been working on various international development programs in association with agencies such as; USAID, IRG, REEEP, The World Bank and IFC. He is a Certified M&V Professional (CMVP) by AEE, USA and has published many papers on energy efficiency, M&V and carbon financing.
Prior to his current assignment, Mr. Kumar has worked on various renewable energy and waste energy management projects. He has a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering and post graduate in Energy Engineering.
About the Program:
Building Livable Cities is a multi city investigation on ideas that can make Indian cities Livable . As part of the initiative , symposiums took place across 5 cities – Bangalore , Mumbai , Delhi , Chennai ,and Ahmedabad between Oct 18-22 2010. For more info log on to http://www.theurbanvision.com/blc
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Building Livable Cities: Principles of Sustainable Transport
About the Speaker:
Chris joined ITDP as a full time staff member in 2008 after being involved as a consultant since 2004, focusing on transportation projects in Africa and India. In Cape Town and Accra, he performed greenhouse gas assessments of proposed BRT systems. In Johannesburg, he helped the city apply for certification of the Rea Vaya BRT system under the Clean Development Mechanism. Before joining ITDP, Chris worked for the Transportation and Land Use Coalition (now Transform) in Oakland; the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, also in Oakland; the City of Berkeley’s Planning Department; Meyer, Mohadddes Associates, Los Angeles; and Delin Consult in Accra.
Chris received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in environmental policy from the Earth Systems Program at Stanford University. He currently resides in Ahmedabad where he helped develop a public transport demand model and operation plan
for the city’s BRT system.
About the Program:
Building Livable Cities is a multi city investigation on ideas that can make Indian cities Livable . As part of the initiative , symposiums took place across 5 cities – Bangalore , Mumbai , Delhi , Chennai ,and Ahmedabad between Oct 18-22 ,2010. For more info log on to http://www.theurbanvision.com/blc
Michel St-Pierre on Planning Megacities for Climate Resilience
Planning the Mega city in a the age of extreme climate events : Michel St Pierre, Director of Planning , Gensler -Part 2
About:”Battling the Sea Level Rise”
Most debates on Climate change are often focused on Mitigation and very little attention has been given to adapting to climate change. The ongoing California Climate Adaptation Strategy Draft is among the first example of a tactical plan for action by a government agency to adapt to extreme climate events and sea-level rise.
This issue is of great importance in developing world cities which are often characterized by extreme poverty; and these poor communities will be most vulnerable to any potential extreme climate events. The forum held in University of California, Berkeley explored strategies that addressed the impact of sea level rise and extreme climate events.
About: Michel St. Pierre , Director of Master Planning and Urban Design, Gensler
As the Master Planning and Urban Design Practice Area Leader for Gensler’s Northwest Region and Asia, Michel brings 25 years of professional international experience in all phases of master planning, urban design and architecture, from initial concept design to preparation of final plan documents. Michel’s experience represents a broad range of project types and functions. Michel often serves as a guest critic in the Department of City and Regional Planning at the University of California in Berkeley. His work has received numerous awards, including an AIA Urban Design Award of Excellence and a Progressive Architecture Citation.
Educational Background
Bachelor of Architecture, Universite de Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Master of Architecture and Urban Design, Columbia University
Master of Science in Historic Preservation, Columbia University, New York
Graduate Studies in Urban Planning, Technische Hogeschool Delft, The Netherlands
photo credit: inyucho
Planning the Megacity in an Era of Extreme Climate Events
Planning the Mega city in a the age of extreme climate events : Michel St Pierre, Director of Planning , Gensler -Part 1
About:”Battling the Sea Level Rise”
Most debates on Climate change are often focused on Mitigation and very little attention has been given to adapting to climate change. The ongoing California Climate Adaptation Strategy Draft is among the first example of a tactical plan for action by a government agency to adapt to extreme climate events and sea-level rise.
This issue is of great importance in developing world cities which are often characterized by extreme poverty; and these poor communities will be most vulnerable to any potential extreme climate events. The forum held in University of California, Berkeley explored strategies that addressed the impact of sea level rise and extreme climate events.
About: Michel St. Pierre , Director of Master Planning and Urban Design, Gensler
As the Master Planning and Urban Design Practice Area Leader for Gensler’s Northwest Region and Asia, Michel brings 25 years of professional international experience in all phases of master planning, urban design and architecture, from initial concept design to preparation of final plan documents. Michel’s experience represents a broad range of project types and functions. Michel often serves as a guest critic in the Department of City and Regional Planning at the University of California in Berkeley. His work has received numerous awards, including an AIA Urban Design Award of Excellence and a Progressive Architecture Citation.
Educational Background
Bachelor of Architecture, Universite de Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Master of Architecture and Urban Design, Columbia University
Master of Science in Historic Preservation, Columbia University, New York
Graduate Studies in Urban Planning, Technische Hogeschool Delft, The Netherlands
photo credit: Doug Beckers
Building Climate Resilient Cities: Will Travis, Executive Director. …
Building Climate Resilient Cities: Will Travis, Executive Director. Bay Conservation and Development Commission ( BCDC)
About:”Battling the Sea Level Rise”
Most debates on Climate change are often focused on Mitigation and very little attention has been given to adapting to climate change. The ongoing California Climate Adaptation Strategy Draft is among the first example of a tactical plan for action by a government agency to adapt to extreme climate events and sea-level rise.
This issue is of great importance in developing world cities which are often characterized by extreme poverty; and these poor communities will be most vulnerable to any potential extreme climate events. The forum held in University of California, Berkeley explored strategies that addressed the impact of sea level rise and extreme climate events.
About : Will Travis, Executive Director, Bay Conservation and Development Commission
Will Travis is the executive director of the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission, commonly called BCDC, which was the nation’s first state coastal management agency when it was created in 1965. Will, who is a native of Allentown, Pennsylvania, earned Bachelor of Architecture and Master of Regional Planning degrees in 1967 and 1970 respectively, both from Penn State University. During 1966, he studied architecture in London.
Will began his professional career as an assistant planner and urban designer at BCDC between 1970 and 1972. He then spent a year as a consultant on the master plan for the East Bay Regional Park District. In 1973, he joined the staff of the newly-established California Coastal Commission where, between 1973 and 1985, he held a number of positions including heading the coastal agency’s offshore oil drilling permit staff, directing its public access program, and overseeing its budget and administrative functions. He returned to BCDC in 1985 and spent the next ten years as the Commission’s deputy director. He has been BCDC’s executive director since 1995.