Cities account for over 70% of global CO2 emissions. To prepare for the climate crisis, creative solutions and new technologies are needed like carbon capture. On November 11, Penn Institute for Urban Research and the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy hosted a panel discussion of Penn scholars as they discussed new innovations in carbon capture such as building materials, cooling technology, and more.
Panelists included Masoud Akbarzadeh, Assistant Professor of Architecture and and the Director of the Polyhedral Structures Laboratory (PSL); Dorit Aviv, Assistant Professor of Architecture and Director of the Thermal Architecture Lab; Bill Braham, Andrew Gordon Professor of Architecture and Director Center for Environmental Building + Design; Thomas Daniels, Crossways Professor in City and Regional Planning, and Jennifer Wilcox, Presidential Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering and Energy Policy. The discussion was moderated by Sanya Carley, Faculty Director of the Kleinman Center and Presidential Distinguished Professor of Energy Policy and City Planning.