Designing for Energy Transition: The Opportunity of Renewable Energy Landscapes - 1.25 PDH (LA CES/HSW)

Nicholas Pevzner is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Landscape Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania’s Weitzman School of Design. His research spans across the topics of ecological systems, energy landscapes, and climate policy. His teaching and research look for opportunities for decarbonization across sectors, investigating the impacts of climate policy on physical built environment, on cultural attitudes, and on implications for spatial justice. He teaches design studios, as well as courses on urban ecology, urban design, the history of energy systems, and post-carbon futures—including the spatial politics of energy transitions in culturally contested landscapes.

Yekang Ko is an Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture at the University of Oregon and a Senior Scientist at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Specializing in sustainable energy landscapes and climate action planning, she directs the Sustainable Cities and Landscapes Hub at APRU. Co-founder of the Landscape for Humanity Lab, her efforts in environmental justice through design have earned her multiple awards, including the CELA Faculty Excellence Awards in Service Learning (2024) and Research (2020). Ko earned her Ph.D. in Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning from UC Berkeley in 2012.

Jasper Hugtenburg is a senior landscape architect and physical geographer with over 20 years of professional experience, currently working as a project leader for H+N+S Landscape Architects in the Netherlands. His work focusses primarily on regional scale sustainable development plans and strategies. Topics include the energy transition, flood and draught protection and nature inclusive design.