Panel Discussion

Smart humans or smart meters? – The role of human and technology for a future sustainable built environment

Friday, June 17 / 9:45-10:30

Chair:

Niklaus Kohler (em. Prof. KIT, ETH Zurich)

Participants:

Annette Aumann (City of Zurich)
Suren Erkman (University of Lausanne)
Jens Feddern (Siemens)
Eike Roswag-Klinge (Ziegert | Roswag | Seiler Architekten Ingenieure)

This discussion will bring representatives of science, industry, planning and public administration to the table. While they share the concern for a sustainable future of the built environment, speakers – based on their respective field – will present varying views on how to achieve it. Following the overall topic of the conference, system synergies despite different approaches as well as the influence of the human factor shall be discussed.

Questions that arise in this context:

• Can the optimisation of technological systems pave the way to sustainability?
• What is the relevance and impact of public policies and guidelines?
• Which potential or risk does the increasing digitalisation and infomatisation of both building construction and operation bear?
• And finally, what about the human? Is the individual user controling or controled by a technologically intricate and therefore sustainable built environment?