Harri Hakaste has worked with sustainable building issues for two decades, first in NGOs and in his own architectural practice.
For the last 15 years, he has been working as senior architect in Ministry of the Environment Finland. His areas of responsibility in the Ministry include material efficiency in building and carbon footprint of building materials. He is the Finnish Government focal point of 10YFP Sustainable Buildings and Construction Programme. He sees that putting sustainability into practice in the built environment requires more user-oriented solutions and applications.
Harri Hakaste is speaking at the following WCEF2017 sessions:
Mon 5 June at 14.15 : Collective Impact for Sustainable Consumption and a Circular Economy