Consulting (excerpt)

2010 - ongoing

Sustainable Architecture & Urbanism in Egypt Comprehensive Consulting & Capacity Building Activities.

2010 - ongoing

Sustainable Architecture & Urbanism in Cities of Mercosur/South America. Development of comprehensive guidelines.

2008 - ongoing

LEED - certification for a public building (Ministry) in Egypt
Cairo/Egypt;

2007 - 2008

CITAES - International Congress on Applied Technology for Sustainable Architecture & Engineering
Recife/Brazil;
"Consultant for content, organization, marketing & scientific panel"

2007:

Evaluation on Sustainability of a 2,000 bed hotel complex in the Amazon Rain Forest
Amazonas/Brazil;
"Evaluation based on LEED - Leadership in Environmental & Energy Design"

2003:

Energy Saving Program for small & medium size industries in the state of Rio de Janeiro
SEBRAE/GTZ – Brazil/Germany;
occasional consultant activity - Industry is beginning to develop & test high porosity bricks for lower energy consumption during production process & end use

2002:

Energy Efficient Façades for the Tropics
R&D Project, Hydro/Wicona – Brazil/Germany
Focus on Daylighting - The result, a tropicalized modern façade, is to be introduced any time soon

2001 – 2002:

Circo Voador - semi open show hall for 1400 persons: concept of a low cost and highly energy efficient air conditioning system; Rio de Janeiro/Brazil , around 96% cost reduction, 90% reduction in energy consumption

This project has been elected as “GoodPractice”-Example for resource efficient construction by the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Energy & Environment

Since 1999:

Bio-climatic Improvements for a College Campus in Rio de Janeiro; implementation of shadowing devices, changes in the window system, changes in the landscaping concept; improvement in the indoor & outdoor climate; basis for the design contract of a new building module for 1200 pupils (since 2003)