AGS AM 2009 poster prizes

The poster session with 126 posters highlighted a wide range of innovative solutions to questions of energy, mobility, water and urban agriculture, policy and governance, sustainable construction, education for sustainable development, and urban sustainability indicators. Six poster prizes and three runner-up prizes were awarded according to the six poster session themes. Most of the winners were PhD students. Click on the title to read the abstract.

Andrade de Sa, Saraly, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
“Sustainability of biofuel production”

Climaco Pereira, Nuno, Brown, Carrie and Ray, Steve MIT-Portugal Program, Portugal
“Retrofit options for increasing energy efficiency in the existing building stock – Portuguese and Lisbon case study”

Hansen, Yvonne University of Cape Town, South Africa
“The ecological footprint of Cape Town: A necessary metric for Urban Futures”

Nickson, Otieno University of Nairobi, Kenya
“Hope youth information and resource development centre – transforming attitude for sustainable development”

Qiang, Liu Ocean State University, China
“Sustainable buildings for earthquake reconstruction in China”

RUNNERS UP:

Swamy, Savitha, Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and Environment, India: “Exploring means of sustaining green spaces in Bangalore, using the flagship image of butterflies”

Nam Yujin, The University of Tokyo, Japan: “Potential Map of Ground & Groundwater Energy Use for Sustainable Society”

Tilley, Elizabeth, Eawag, Switzerland: “Struvite recovery in Kathmandu: a business model for increased food security”