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Event

Temperatures are rising: Are your properties ready?

What do rising temperatures do to the buildings we live and work in? And why are heat and water two sides of the same coin when we talk about climate risks?

Date

Time

2:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Location

ØENS HAVE, Refshaleøen

Speakers

Experts in the field

Danish Meteorological Institute

Mark R. Payne, Scientific Coordinator for the Climate Atlas

Realdania

Tue Patursson, Architectural Technologist, construction communicator

ØENS HAVE

URBAN FARM & EVENT SPACE

About the event

Temperature as the Overlooked Risk

When we talk about climate adaptation in the real estate sector, the conversation almost always revolves around water - cloudbursts, flooding, and rising groundwater. But there is another climate risk that less frequently makes it onto the agenda: the temperature itself.

Denmark is already 1.8 degrees warmer than before the industrial revolution, more than the global average. Summers are warmer, periods of drought are longer, and heatwaves are more frequent. And our buildings, constructed for a climate we no longer have, are not prepared.

What do rising temperatures do to the buildings we live and work in – for structures, indoor climate, and well-being? And why are heat and water two sides of the same coin when we talk about climate risks?

These are the questions we are focusing on on August 20th at ØENS HAVE on Refshaleøen.

The event is aimed at those who work professionally with real estate - and who want to understand concretely what rising temperatures mean for the built environment.

Come and gain insight - from heatwave to action plan.

Program

How the event runs

14.00

Welcome and registration

14.10

Introduction to today's program

14.15

Mark R. Payne, Scientific Coordinator for Klimaatlas, DMI

Focus on climate change and temperature development in Denmark and globally, as well as the consequences for the built environment – with a special starting point in DMI's Climate Atlas.

14.40

Tue Patursson, Architectural Technologist, construction communicator, Realdania

Technical construction insight into what rising temperatures mean for buildings and their residents – and how our building practices affect well-being when heatwaves strike.

15.05

Break

15.15

ØENS HAVE Tour

Guided tour of the garden with a presentation on how urban farming can be used as a tool for greener urban development, as well as how urban farming can be included in climate adaptation efforts.

16.00

Closing toast and networking

Why participate

What you take home

01
Temperature as a climate risk

Concrete insights into what rising temperatures and more frequent heatwaves already mean for buildings and residents today

03
What heat does to the underground

Insight into how drying affects foundations and structures – and which buildings are most vulnerable.

02
Heat and water as interconnected risks

An understanding of why drought and downpours are not opposites – and why temperature is the key to both.

04
Knowledge you can take back

A professional basis for assessing the temperature risk in your own real estate portfolio.

Location

ØENS HAVE, Refshaleøen

Date

Time

2:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Address

Refshalevej 159b, 1432 Copenhagen

Room

ØENS HAVE, Refshaleøen

Photo:

oenshave.dk

Registration

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Overview from day one.
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Overview from day one.
Surplus from week one.

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