What's Going on Outside Your Walls, and How Does This Impact CO2e?

Round 1: YES. This topic provides diversity from the general "project" presentation proposals that talk about general building/integrated design methods for reducing carbon emissions. Though there is a note that this proposal may be more relevant for Boston, I'm not certain that's the case. New York is a big state, there is space outside of the City itself that would want to take into account landscape planning for their EE projects.

Yes/Maybe - I think this sounds really cool. I question the emphasis on "siting" in NYC, becuase typically projects are so site constrained, theres limited flexibility for orientation, massing, and selecting an optimal site. I think the landscape design focus is very applicable though, in a city that is so starved for green space. I think theres a lot of potential if we can shift the focus a bit from site selection towards optimization of on-site resources, even in a space constrained urban context like nyc. The natural landscapes ability to reduce energy use, improve building performance, etc. is hard to quantify, but we know its there, i'd be interested to learn more.

Round 1 Discussion:Not a lot of overlap with other topics (good), should address how to apply in NYC with few options for site selection. How can we implement these ideas within the constraints of NYC?

Round 2: Yes, absolutely! I strongly recommend including this session for many different reasons. Firstly, Jodi and Jessica, whom I met with, spoke with an inspiring devotion to the topic. From my point of view, I believe that the two of them, and whoever else they wish to include in the session, will provide a truly impactful and meaningful discussion that will be remembered.I approached our chat seeking to see if they were considering the "gaps" that were outlined in the RQP and they were able to answer them thoroughly. They have a goal to show how and why landscape architecture is a much-needed discussion when we tackle sustainable building, and I think that it will be extremely beneficial at this conference.There was concern that their topic would not fit the typology of NYC, however that is not the case. NYC will always need additional green space, and there are plenty of case studies that prove this. Jodi has a connection at the Javits Center that she said could potentially be brought in to speak to their rooftop garden and how it helped their building.All-in-all this will be a wonderful addition to the conference, and I would be more than happy to help be apart of the curation process.