After Coal Crumbles, What Comes Next?

This isn't just a workshop—it's an interactive charrette for reimagining the energy transition. You and other attendees will step into critical roles as designers, policymakers, and clients to tackle the real-world challenges of brownfield remediation and building reuse.

Through a collaborative game, teams will work with simplified data and predictable tools, debating trade-offs and testing adaptive strategies for a former coal site. You'll go beyond theory to gain a clear framework and replicable pathways for turning abandoned sites into regenerative assets.

Join us to learn how to build resilience, create new value, and write the next chapter for communities in transition.

Learning Objectives

  1. Discuss the complexities of transitioning coal-based industries to green infrastructure.
  2. Learn how to translate socioeconomic data into actionable design and planning frameworks for resilient redevelopment.
  3. Explore the roles and perspectives of different stakeholders in actively shaping resilience during the energy transition.
  4. Uncover replicable pathways for strengthening communities through evidence-based methods.