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Sustainability Forum Podcast

Sustainability Forum Podcast

Sustainability Forum Podcast

The show highlights aspects of sustainability in our built environment. It aims to raise awareness regarding sustainability as a concept, and the importance of adopting this concept as a way to combat climate change and create a better future.

This I presented by exploring how we can do that in our everyday lives and open discussions with guests from different backgrounds to benefit from their experience.

Host: Modar Ali

Modar Ali

 

Modar Ali

Modar has a Ph.D. in architectural engineering from the University of Pécs, Hungary. His field of research is energy-efficient buildings, specifically, optimizing passive design methods of natural ventilation in buildings as a way to reduce the needed energy for cooling. He has work experience in the heritage protection sector in Syria. He has practiced architecture in multiple places in Syria and Hungary. He is currently an assistant lecturer at the University of Pécs.
Modar likes cycling as a lifestyle, and he strongly supports sustainable mobility.

 

#6 Sustainable Architecture: Passive Design, Biomimicry, and Education

In this episode, we explore what it truly means to design buildings that respond intelligently to climate and environmental challenges. We discuss the differences  between active and passive design strategies, and how lessons from vernacular architecture and nature can inform more resilient contemporary practices. Finally, we look at how sustainability can be more deeply integrated into architectural education.

Host: Dr. Ali Modar PhD,  senior lecturer, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology  

Guest: Dr. Bálint Baranyai, PhD, Habil. assistant professor, University of Pécs (UP), Hungary, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology 

#5 Sustainable Transportation and Smarter City Logistics

 

The movement of goods is as essential to our daily lives as the movement of people. However, it’s also a major contributor to ‎traffic congestion, noise, and emissions, especially in urban areas. As global trade grows, cities ‎and regions must rethink how freight operates to become more efficient, less polluting, and ‎better integrated with sustainable urban planning.‎  

Host: Dr. Ali Modar PhD., Senior Lecturer, University of Pécs, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology  

Guest: Ola Qasseer, Urban Planner

#4 Circular Architecture and the Challenge of Building with Less Waste

 

In this episode, we explore the topic of circular architecture and how we can design ‎and build with less waste. The construction sector is one of the largest consumers of raw materials ‎and a major producer of waste globally. Traditional linear models, where we extract, build, and ‎dispose, are problematic because we currently witness their effect on climate change, resource ‎depletion, and ecological degradation.‎ Circular architecture offers a different approach where we can reuse instead of dispose.‎

Host: Dr. Modar Ali PhD - University of Pécs, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology

#3 Rethinking Waste and Water in Urban Sustainability

 

In this episode, we talk about waste and water, two elements of urban life that we often overlook, yet which hold normous potential for environmental transformation. How we manage our trash and our water can either be a part of the problem or a part of the solution to climate change.  

Host: Dr. Modar Ali PhD - University of Pécs, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology 

Guest: Yara Daibes

#2 Civil society and sustainability

 

In this episode, we explore how individuals and communities are taking action to promote sustainability in their own backyard. We discuss the role of civil society in promoting sustainability and the power of civil action ‎to drive meaningful change.‎

Guest:

  • Tibor Zoltán Dányi 

 

#1 Rethinking Urban Mobility

 

From the design of cities to the way we move within them, every aspect of our built environment plays a crucial role in shaping our environmental footprint. Transportation, in particular, stands at the intersection of sustainability and urban planning, offering opportunities to rethink how we move people and goods while minimizing environmental impact.

Guest:

  • Ola Qasseer