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POSTPONED: Decarbonizing the Built Environment

  • Energy Innovation Center 4760 Clairemont Mesa Boulevard San Diego, CA, 92117 United States (map)

This program will discuss the decarbonization within the building sector. What are the roles and impacts of both embodied and operational carbon? Is carbon the only concern? We will then shift the discussion to the process of applying decarbonization to our designs. How is our typical performance-based approach altered when we use GHG emissions as our primary metric? How does this new metric alter the construction practices and operational routines? Finally, we will discuss how decarbonization aligns with well-known performance standards such as Zero Net Energy & Living Building Challenge. 

Check-in time: 8:00am and continental breakfast will be provided. Content begins promptly at 8:30am.