A Short Bio

M. Arch. Hong Kong University

Architect Diploma in Engineering Degree / University of Braunschweig Germany

Post Graduate Degree / ETH Switzerland

Registered Architect / Chamber of Architects, Germany

For more than six years, Falk Kagelmacher has worked for the China Academy of Urban Planning and Design (CAUPD) under the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development (MOHURD) in China. As an Senior Advisor, he consulted the CAUPD in Sustainable Urban Development, Urban Energy Performance, Urban Mobility and Climate-Change issues. He performed research and has published a number of publications.

He worked as a Project Manager for a German Cooperation Project in Ukraine, on a climate-friendly urban transport project. Currently, he consults a Swiss Government Cooperation Project on Green Building Road-maps for Chinese Municipalities. He also performs independent research and consultancy for German and Chinese clients in the field of sustainable development and climate-change related issues.

Seminar Selected

Climate Change and Low-Carbon Cities

Title of presentation

English: A Green Roadmap for Cities

Chinese: 城市绿色发展路线图

Abstract of presentation

English：Cities worldwide are a major contributor to Green-House-Gas emissions: with home to half of the human population, cities contribute to around three quarters of the global emissions. With China’s cities growing in size and number at an unprecedented pace, there will be much more challenges in relation to energy-consumption and carbon emissions coming up. Chinese municipalities will therefore continue to play a major role in the national energy-development. Cities are the right addressees, if it comes to climate-changes measures and green development initiatives. Green-Roadmaps for Chinese Cities may provide a path towards Climate-Friendly Urban Development in China.