Rate My Professor Peter Droege

Professor Droege is General Chairman of the World Council for Renewable Energy and President of Eurosolar, Europe’s largest independent renewable energy association. He participates in the Selection Committee of Masdar's Zayed Future Energy Prize since its inception, the Steering Committee of the Urban Climate Change Research Network at Columbia University, the World Future Council, and United Nations Habitat’s Global Research Network. As a senior advisor to the Beijing Institute for City Planning and Design and executive adviser to many public and private institutions on renewable and sustainable urban development, he has shaped global discourse. He developed the National and NSW Urban Design Chapters of the Planning Institute of Australia and was inaugural president for both chapters. In 2007, he was awarded the EUROSOLAR Award by the European Association for Renewable Energy. His research interests include urban design, architecture, renewable energy, and the urban revolution. Key publications include the books Climate Design: Design and Planning for the Age of Climate Change (2010), 100% Renewable: Energy Autonomy in Action (2009), Urban Energy Transition: From Fossil Fuels to Renewable Power (2008), The Renewable City: A Comprehensive Guide to an Urban Revolution (2006), and Intelligent Environments: Spatial Aspects of the Information Revolution (1997).