Name：Robert VALE

A Short Bio：

English: Professor Robert Vale is an architect and academic who wrote his first book on sustainable design, “The Autonomous House”, with Professor Brenda Vale in 1975. Following their design of low-carbon commercial buildings in the UK, one of which won the first Green Building of the Year award in 1992, and the design of successful low-carbon social housing, the Vales went on to build the UK’s first autonomous house in 1993 and the first zero-carbon settlement in 1998. They also wrote further books, including “Green Architecture” published in 1991, and “The New Autonomous House” published in 2000. They have received international awards for their work including the UN Global 500 Award and the European Solar Prize. More recently Robert Vale led the team which developed the Australian government’s National Australian Built Environment Rating System (NABERS) which has now been put into operation. The Vales’ most recent book is “Time to Eat the Dog? The real guide to sustainable living”. Robert Vale is currently leading research into low Ecological Footprint communities, funded by the New Zealand Ministry of Science and Innovation. He is also Chief Scientist of GWS, a Beijing-based company involved in low-carbon sustainable design and planning.

Chinese: 罗波特•维尔教授是建筑师和学者，1975年他和妻子布兰达•维尔教授完成了他们的第一本专著《自维持住宅》。之后，他们在英国设计了多个低碳公共建筑，其中一个获得了英国第一个绿色建筑年奖，同时，他们还参与了一些低碳公共住房的设计。1993年，维尔夫妇设计并建造了英国第一个自维持住宅，1998年他们设计建造了英国第一个零碳社区。期间，他们出版了一系列的专著，包括1991年出版的《绿色建筑》一书和2000年出版的《新自维持住宅》一书。因为他们在低碳建筑领域的突出成绩，他们获得了许多相关的奖项，如联合国环境大奖和欧洲绿色建筑大奖等。他们近期的工作和成绩包括：主编了澳大利亚国家绿色建筑评估体系NABERS，2009年出版的《吃狗的时候：可持续生活指导》一书。在新西兰科技部研究基金支持下，罗波特•维尔教授目前正从事社区中生态足迹的研究。他同时担任着中际国润（北京）科技有限公司首席科学家一职，该公司主要从事于中国的低碳规划与可持续设计。

Speech Abstract：

English：The presentation reflects on urban planning policy in the light of the over-riding need to reduce society’s total carbon dioxide emissions. A consideration of the frequent ineffectiveness of efficiency improvements leads to a proposal for a new method for bringing about measurable carbon reductions, in the form of an “Area-Based Carbon Dioxide Code” based on site area. It is thought that this could be a better way to encourage the uptake of low-carbon design than the use of specific policies targeting improved performance of individual buildings. The approach suggested here may also be more attractive to designers and developers because it is not prescriptive