How to build a restorative cities | Bjorgvin Saevarsson | TEDxStPeterPort

How to build Restorative Cities

Urban design is evolving at a breathtaking pace - by the end of this century, it will have reached dimensions yet unimaginable today. Twenty-first-century urban living should neither rely on yesterday’s technologies, nor on today’s notion of progress.
Bjorgvin and his colleagues at the Ecala Group have come up with a turn-key approach that guides cities beyond sustainability. Their approach connects a proprietary super-grid with a flourishing public realm.

The American Society of Civil Engineers estimates US$3.6 Trillion is needed to bring America’s underperforming infrastructure to a competitive level by 2020. At the global level, the UN estimates a minimum investment need of US$30 Trillion by 2030 to meet humanitarian needs, while McKinsey assumes a minimum infrastructure investment of US$57 Trillion to meet economic demands for the same period. Cities are ill equipped and underfunded to take on this challenge.

Bjorgvin Saevarsson [Byorg–vin Sigh–ver–son]

Socially conscious and green-minded, Bjorgvin Saevarsson, has been an ambassador for sustainability and holistic business practices for over 15 years. He has launched and managed green startup companies, worked in mergers & acquisitions as sustainability expert, and led numerous sustainability projects in the US and Europe. Bjorgvin is recognized for challenging the status quo and achieving exceptional rather than expected results. To that end, he has designed plans for Hydrogen Economies for governments internationally and nationally, developed groundbreaking strategies for water and energy resilience and created partnerships in technologies and finance to deliver the vision.