The community of KTU Panevėžys technologies and business faculty had an unique opportunity to participate in long distance lecture of assoc. Prof. Kua Harn Wei on ecology and climate change topics.
H. Wei is a scientist of construction engineering, in the end of a summer he visited Lithuania and met the dean of KTU Panevėžys technology and business faculty prof. Daiva Žostautienė. The discussions were fruitful – they agreed for the first long distance lectures not only for KTU PTBF community, but also for Panevėžys society.
On the first lecture which was on topic about “The Concept of Industrial Technology”, assoc. prof. K.H.Wei gave a brief introduction on industrial ecology, main ways of sustainable manufacture and construction which are used in Singapore. The audience got their answers about Singapore industry, maintenance and longevity standards of buildings, also about ecological deconstruction in order to recycle or reuse some building materials.
The second lecture was focused on Singapore climate change strategies – “Climate Change and Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies – A Singapore Perspectives”. Main CO2 emission source in Singapore is electrical industry so during the lecture the statistical data, ways of energy usage and production efficiency were presented. As well as the measures the outcomes of climate change such as floods, shores erosion was also discussed.
The scientist gave the videos and articles of newspapers about the relevance and significance of the topic. Besides the problems, Singapore strategies of mitigation and adaptation connected to fresh water resources, forests, mangroves and coral reefs, the infrastructure improvements and zero – energy buildings were presented.
In the end of the meeting participants exchanged their problems about saving energy or cooling the buildings, both sides shared current weather conditions in Lithuania and Singapore. Lithuanians disappointed that in Lithuania back then was about -3 degrees of Celsius, while in Singapore more than 27. Kua Harn Wei joked that in Singapore there are two seasons – indoor and outdoor.
