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The “Architecture and Climate” team has three goals.

The first goal is to develop and disseminate scientific knowledge. As academics we have to validate what we say, we cannot just make assumptions. Our audience is architects, and our areas are: energetics, lighting, materials (from raw material to recycling and material reuse), water (which we consider to be the next big world problem after energy), waste (potentially new materials) and historical heritage. On every occasion we focused on a definition of things, which allowed us to have a vision: the “Architecture and Climate” vision. It is important to disseminate this information in publications, but also to transmit it by means of conferences, courses and meetings. It is necessary to create synergies, to develop a worldwide network of reflection, so that results are even stronger and more in-depth. We have to become involved in the public and the regional debate, to get out of the ivory tower and keep a realistic approach, to stay firmly anchored in the ground. We have to translate the results into a language architects can understand.