Raising the Floor: Cutting Embodied Carbon takes a Whole Design Team - REGULAR

Raising the Floor: Cutting Embodied Carbon takes a Whole Design Team

This webinar is part of the RAIC 2022 Virtual Conference on Architecture, now available to stream!

Topics: Sustainability / Climate

Length: 1 hour | What's Included: Video, Quiz, and Certificate of Completion 

There’s been a lot of dialogue around embodied carbon recently. While there’s been great progress with structural & enclosure materiality, design teams are still leaving lots of carbon on the table, especially around mechanical, electrical and public health designs. By broadening our view of embodied carbon emissions to include other elements–that can be as impactful as concrete, steel, or wood– we unlock more opportunities to tighten the carbon footprint of our projects and to fully account for the impacts of our built environment. Additionally, with COP26, the first review of the NDCs (Nationally Defined Contributions), and the sixth IPCC report coming up, all signs point towards we are not on track with our climate targets and stronger immediate action is required. For new construction, this means even more urgency on reducing upfront emissions, as opposed to those happening in 50 years. This discussion will provide attendees with the tools needed to facilitate deeper conversations around embodied carbon in a manner that includes full design teams. For Architects, this means knowing more about all sources of embodied carbon and the key contributors beyond core structural and enclosure elements. To further accelerate this critical topic, Integral will present new and meaningful opportunities to find carbon savings in your projects.

Learning Objectives:

By the completion of this session, participants will be able to:

• Discuss the importance of assessing embodied carbon in the built environment.
• Describe the scope of typical embodied carbon assessments, and what gaps may be present.
• Identify basic actions to reduce embodied carbon per building elements, without doing a detailed assessment.
• Explain how to mitigate embodied carbon impacts associated with refrigerants, MEP Designs.

Subject Matter Expert:

Jeremy Field
EA, LEED AP BD+C, WELL AP, CPH
Senior Sustainability Advisor, Integral Group

Passionate and thoughtful, Jeremy is a strong advocate for resilient, low-carbon buildings that marry the ideas of passive design and fundamental sustainability. Focused on the building scale, Jeremy has completed many life cycle assessments (LCA’s) to determine embodied carbon reduction opportunities for both simple and complex buildings. He works to stay at the forefront of conversations around embodied carbon reduction opportunities; he is on Vancouver's Big Move #5 (Low Carbon Construction) Advisory Committee and is the current chair of CLF Vancouver.

Louise Hamot
M.Arch, Msc Eng., HMONP (licensed architect)
Global Lead of Lifecycle Research, Integral Group

Louise leads the development of Integral global lifecycle practice and research. She supports colleagues involved in LCA work across North America, Australia, and   Europe to advise architects and clients on design strategies to improve their environmental impact. Moreover, her responsibility is to lead Integral’s research and development of Whole Life Carbon studies for building services and their contribution to the performance of the building as a whole. With a master's degree in both architecture and in engineering, she has a strong understanding and extensive experience in Regenerative Design and Holistic thinking and is the co-author of CIBSE TM65 – Embodied carbon of building services: A calculation methodology. She is part of the ASHRAE LCA decarbonization task force and member of the Whole Life Carbon Network steering group

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