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2019 CONFERENCE KEYNOTE SPEAKER TO DISCUSS CIRCULAR ECONOMY IN RELATION TO BUILDINGS

DANISH ARCHITECT KASPER GULDAGER JENSEN HAS BEEN CONFIRMED AS INTERNATIONAL KEYNOTE SPEAKER FOR THE PREFABAUS 2019 CONFERENCE: ‘OFFSITE – CONSTRUCTING THE FUTURE.’

Kasper will present on ‘Architecture in the Circular Economy’, which entails re-thinking the conventional linear lifecycle to become a circular ecosystem and entails designing buildings and selecting materials with a view to their disassembly and recycling at the end of their economic life.

In addition to his industry roles, Kasper regularly lectures on topics such as environmental design and circularity at prestigious universities around the world. In 2018, he taught as a visiting professor at the University of Calgary (Canada) and Delft University of Technology (Netherlands).

Kasper has received various awards for his contribution to green architecture. These include the EU’s Environmental Business Award (2016), Energy Globe Award (2015) and Urbia Green Innovation Award (2015). He is currently Chairman of the Board for Urban Green in Denmark, and a member of the Danish Design Council. He has previously acted as a Board Member for the Danish Government Advisory Board for Circular Economy and the Danish Society for Material Technology.

The prefabAUS 2019 Conference will take place 10 – 11 September 2019 at the International Convention Centre Sydney with the site visit program to take place on 9 September.■

Kasper Guldager Jensen.


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