Retrofitting Buildings & Empathic Consciousness

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This conversation is part of the Climax Change! Series, curated and hosted by Pedro Gadanho, in the context of his book Climax Change! How architecture must transform in the age of ecological emergency, published by Actar Publishers.

In this talk, Enric Ruiz-Geli discusses how retrofitting buildings is a key strategy in tackling our climate emergency. He also explains how by constructing empathic consciousness across the industry, we can shift the stakeholders’ mindsets regarding org-Zero Buildings towards a Blue and Green Economy.