Rate My Professor Peter Droege

Conjoint Professor Peter Droege serves in the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Newcastle, Australia, within the School of Architecture and Built Environment, College of Engineering, Science and Environment. He is an internationally active expert in urban design, regenerative regional development, and urban integrated renewable energy transition strategies. His distinguished academic career encompasses studies and appointments at the Technical University of Munich, Massachusetts Institute of Technology's School of Architecture and Planning, Tokyo University's Endowed Chair Program at the Research Centre for Advanced Science and Technology, the Lend Lease Chair at the University of Sydney, and the Chair of Sustainable Spatial Development at the University of Liechtenstein.

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).