Despite comprising 61% of U.S. building stock, residential architecture is underrepresented in analysis tools for carbon assessment. Small firms (74.4% of AIA membership) often lack the budget for these tools or the expertise to run them.
Join us for this session to hear from a team that received an AIA Upjohn Grant to develop a free interactive life cycle carbon tool geared at small firms that do residential architecture. You'll learn about the research process as well as user engagement and interface considerations. Plus, explore use case examples on how to use the tool, and take part in a short interactive exercise at the end.
Learning Objectives
- Examine the impact of location on current and future grid carbon emissions.
- Delve into the impact of fuel choices on operational carbon.
- Discuss the impact of assembly selection on embodied carbon.
- Analyze the interaction between embodied and operational carbon over a building's lifespan.
- Vikram Sami, AIA, BEMP, LEED AP
Director of Building Performance - Olson Kundig - Vikram Sami, AIA, BEMP, LEED AP
Director of Building Performance - Olson Kundig - Christopher Meek, FAIA
Professor and Director - University of Washington - Heather Burpee, AIA, EDAC
Research Professor - University of Washington, Integrated Design Lab - Vikram Sami, AIA, BEMP, LEED AP
Director of Building Performance - Olson Kundig