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The Committee on the Environment (COTE®) is an AIA Knowledge Community working for architects, allied professionals, and the public to achieve climate action and climate justice through design. We believe that design excellence is the foundation of a healthy, sustainable, and equitable future. Our work promotes design strategies that empower all AIA members to realize the best social and environmental outcomes with the clients and the communities they serve.

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AIA Bronx presents: "Reducing Embodied Carbon to Reduce Global Warning", May 10 on Zoom. 1 LU|HSW (AIA-BX 08).

  • 1.  AIA Bronx presents: "Reducing Embodied Carbon to Reduce Global Warning", May 10 on Zoom. 1 LU|HSW (AIA-BX 08).

    Posted 04-25-2022 12:24 PM

    AIA Bronx presents: "Reducing Embodied Carbon to Reduce Global Warning" from 12-1pm, May 10, on Zoom. 1 LU|HSW (AIA-BX 08)

    Click for more info and registration

    With 40% of global energy-related emissions attributed to the built environment, and decarbonization of the world's energy supply decades away, architects can reduce new emissions now with their next building design. This presentation outlines the need for immediate reductions of "embodied" emission in the design and construction of new buildings and renovations. Attendees will learn how architects can reduce emissions meaningfully, even though user-friendly analytical tools are insufficiently developed.

    The presentation will provide attendees with the following learning objectives:

    1. Understand why it is urgent to reduce Carbon emissions immediately;
    2. Learn the relationship between "embodied" and "operating" emissions in building design, and their respective relationship to global warming:
    3. Understand why material database and compilation tools are difficult to use, and need more development;
    4. Learn how to reduce "embodied" emissions now, until user-friendly tools are available.

    Presented by: Bill Caplan is the author of "Thwart Climate Change Now: Reducing Embodied Carbon Brick by Brick".

    Hosted on the AIA Westchester + Hudson Valley Zoom platform.



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    Bill Caplan, Associate. AIA
    Author of "Thwart Climate Change Now: Reducing Embodied Carbon Brick by Brick"
    Environmental Law Institute ELI Press, November 2021
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