Cities, climate change and embodied energy

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https://doi.org/10.26439/limaq2021.n008.5549

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incorporated energy, cities, climate change, urbanism, CO2

Abstract

The development of our cities is the cause of more than 70 % of the production of CO2 and has a significant impact on the environment. The consequences of these forms of “development” are already present and will increase in the following decades. The reduction of their impact depends on several factors, among them,
the incorporation of energy as a possibility in architecture and urban planning, in order to be used as a general tool for all infrastructure. Under this criterion, incorporated energy can become a new starting point, formulating questions regarding traditional architectural and urban planning approaches based on new material and social priorities.

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Author Biography

  • Favio Chumpitaz Requena, Universidad de Lima

    Master in Architecture at The NOW Institute from the University of California, Los Angeles, focused on urban design, led by Thom Mayne (Morphosis Architects, 2005 Pritzker Prize). Architect by the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. Director of Metha Arquitectos, he has experience in the design and development of architecture and urban planning projects. Professor at the University of Lima. He has published the book Fernando Belaunde Terry, the architect (Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, 2011). Awarded by the National Scholarship Program (PRONABEC) for postgraduate studies in Architecture in 2017 and winner of the Fulbright Scholarship 2016.

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Published

2021-12-14

Issue

No. 008 (2021)

Section

Sostenibilidad

How to Cite

Chumpitaz Requena, F. (2021). Cities, climate change and embodied energy. Limaq, 8(008), 13-28. https://doi.org/10.26439/limaq2021.n008.5549

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