Architecture and Energy. Building in the Age of Climate Change

A Deutsches Architekturmuseum, Frankfurt, exhibition in collaboration with Prof. Werner Sobek

The construction industry accounts for about 40 percent of the emissions responsible for climate change, and thus more than any other sector. It is therefore critically important to reduce as quickly as possible both the CO2 emissions and the energy inputs involved in the manufacture and operation of buildings. This is a task society as a whole faces and it is one to be tackled in the interests of future generations and nature, too.

It is crucial to create an awareness of the urgent need for change. To this end we must understand its causes, impacts, and background. The exhibition provides the necessary information, and it supplements this with built examples that combine attractive architecture with a climate-conscious approach to emissions and energy.

A total of 23 international projects are visualized and described in detail; all of them show what can be achieved in the field of climate-appropriate architectural culture today. They likewise to encourage developers and the construction industry to join forces and go down new paths together.