WATER: CURSE OR BLESSING!? #5 Materials, Energy, Technology

Building with new or reinterpreted materials offers significant potential for advancing mitigation and adaptation strategies in water management, particularly within the framework of a circular economy. This discussion explores technical solutions that enhance resilience in water consumption, tackle shortages and support reuse. An interdisciplinary panel examines good practices, including heat recovery from greywater, urban infiltration systems, innovative fixtures and advanced surface technologies.  

How can we improve rainwater collection, evaporation and infiltration in urban environments, buildings and landscapes? Can water play a decisive role in planning energy supply and infrastructure for future projects?

Welcome and Introduction
Miriam Mlecek, Programme Manager, Aedes, Berlin & Martin Rein-Cano, Founder and Director, TOPOTEK 1, Berlin

Presentations
Christian Kalytta, Senior Manager Product Development & Product Management, CEMEX, Rüdersdorf
Christian Veddeler, Partner, 3XN Architects, Amsterdam/Copenhagen
Holger Wack, Deputy Head of Product Development Department, Fraunhofer Institute for Environmental, Safety and Energy Technology, Oberhausen

Panel discussion with participants and peers, moderated by Martin Rein-Cano, Founder and Director, TOPOTEK 1, Berlin

Front Row Peers
Jesko Hirschfeld, Coordinator for Water and Land Management, Institute for Ecological Economy Research (IÖW), Berlin 
Thomas Stellmach, Founder, TSPA Planning and Consulting, Berlin

The event will take place in English. Admittance is free. A event of Aedes Berlin.