IBPSA-India founder President Dr. Vishal Garg received “Dr. Arthur H. Rosenfeld Urban Cooling Achievement Award” on 15th August 2018. Dr. Garg is Professor and Head of the Center for IT in Building Science, International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Hyderabad, India.
The Global Cool Cities Alliance (GCCA) has established the Dr. Arthur H. Rosenfeld Urban Cooling Achievement Award to honour the legacy and impact of Dr. Arthur Rosenfeld’s advocacy for cooler buildings, cooler cities, and a cooler planet. This award is given to the person who has sustained engagement with strategies to promote urban cooling over time, with a focus on implementation.
Dr. Arthur Hinton “Art” Rosenfeld (1926-2017) was a physicist at UC Berkeley. He also worked as California Energy Commissioner. Dr. Rosenfeld was a founder of GCCA and a tireless advocate for building materials that improve thermal comfort and make a positive impact on global climate change. He was also known as the “Godfather of Energy Efficiency”. He was awarded with Enrico Fermi Award (2006) and one of the top awards of the US, – National Medal of Technology in 2011, was conferred upon him for his contributions to the field of energy efficiency.
