Ľubica Šimkovicová is an expert in sustainable concepts in the building industry, design of buildings and urban development. A graduate of the STU Faculty of Civil Engineering, she has worked in project management and lectured and consulted on sustainable research projects. She has been CEO of the Passive House Institute Slovakia for the past nine years. She has also coordinated several EU projects managed by the Chief City Architect’s Office, City of Bratislava, dealing with a wide range of issues related to climate change, housing stock renovations and the creation of energy positive districts. Ľubica launched Manifest2020, an initiative set up to address the impact of the building sector on the environment, climate and biodiversity in Slovakia. She helped Ukrainian refugees by responding to Japanese architect Shigeru Ban’s call to use the Paper Partition System invented by his team.
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