The Role of Design, Construction, and Real Estate in Advancing the Sustainable Development Goals

Thomas Walker
is Professor of Finance at Concordia University. He has published over seventy journal articles and books in the area of finance and sustainable real estate. He currently serves as Director of the BMO Centre for Capital Markets and holds a research chair in emerging risk management.



Carmela Cucuzzella
is Professor in the Design and Computation Arts Department at Concordia University. She is the founding co-director of the Next Generation Cities Institute (NGCI), where she is responsible for research in the areas of design, arts, architecture, community, and culture for the future city. She holds the University Research Chair in Integrated Design And Sustainability for the Built Environment (IDEAS-BE).



Sherif Goubran
is Assistant Professor of sustainable design at the Department of Architecture at the American University in Cairo (AUC). His research focuses on sustainability assessment and application in the built environment and on integrating sustainable development principles in buildings. His work intersects the fields of design, architecture, building engineering, and real estate finance.



Rana Geith
is a landscape architect at Dar Al-Handasah (DAR), Cairo and a research assistant in the Department of Architecture at the American University in Cairo (AUC), where she graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Architectural Engineering. Her research endeavors aim to uncover links between architecture and sustainable development in the built environment.