Tamar Warburg
Username
Tamar Warburg
Proposer First Name
Tamar
Proposer Email
twarburg@sasaki.com
Proposer Last Name
Warburg
Proposer Company/Organization
Sasaki
Proposer Job Title
Director of Sustainability
Boston 2023 Areas of Focus
Proposer Additional Info
Tamar addresses sustainability goals and opportunities across Sasaki's planning, architecture and landscape practice.
Proposed Session Description
Colleges and universities have pioneered net-zero design, and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts has been leading by example, designing public community colleges while DCAMM supports reducing GHG’s in keeping with Executive Order 594. Sasaki has designed several net-zero buildings for Bristol and Mass Bay Community College, serving low- and middle-income communities and many first-generation immigrants, and applied lessons learned to the campus scale with the Decarbonization Plan for Mass Maritime Academy. We look forward to engaging participants in a discussion on the intersection between sustainability and equity: what cost-effective strategies deliver the aspirational performance on limited public budgets?
Diversity and Inclusiveness
Our inspiration for excellent sustainable design stems from the passion of these mission-driven community colleges that offer quality education preparing graduates for future-forward technical professions in the Health Sciences, Environmental Engineering and Marine Sciences. A majority of these students are people of color, adults studying later in life, immigrants, or first in their families to attend college. It is an honor to serve those who are passionate about learning, who are eager to serve, and who want to give back to their communities. Our goal is to make sustainable design available to all of these populations -- and the institutions who serve them.
Learning Objectives
Share the Commonwealth of Massachusetts climate action goals to lead by example, with phased elimination of greenhouse gas emissions from public buildings.
Understand the intersection of sustainable design with equitable communities, and explore the challenges and opportunities for zero carbon goals for public institutions with limited budgets.
At the net-zero building scale, analyzing successful and challenging strategies for publicly funded buildings, including post-occupancy evaluation and lessons learned.
At the net-zero campus scale, exploring potential ways to use these lessons learned to electrify systems, maximize onsite renewable energy, and develop aspirational and achievable sustainable design guidelines for renovation and new construction.
Has this session been presented before?
No
Additional Comments
DCAMM's climate action plan, Mass Bay Community College Health Sciences Center, and the Mass Maritime Academy Decarbonization Plan have not been presented before.
Session Format
Presentation followed by facilitated discussion or breakout groups
Session Format Details
Three 12-minute presentations followed by a 20 minute moderated discussion with participants on Equity and Sustainability.
Recommended Length
60-minute session
Strongest Content Connection - Boston 2023
Comments about your speaker roster
It has been an incredible privilege for the four of us to work together to deliver net-zero buildings and decarbonization plans for campuses, to mission-driven Commonwealth community institutions. The plan for Mass Maritime has been such a successful model that DCAMM has just awarded Sasaki the Decarbonization Plan for Middlesex Community College's two campuses.
Anything else you'd like to tell us about your session proposal?
We look forward to sharing our stories, and to hearing stories from session participants!
Reviewer 1
Bastante, Silvana
Proposal #
140
Committee Decision
Rejected
Presenters
Full Description
We are focused on equitable sustainable design for all our communities and sectors, not only for private institutions and market-rate developer clients. It's been intensely gratifying for Sasaki to partner with the DCAMM Energy Team to develop sustainable design approaches for institutions serving lower income communities on public budgets -- and demonstrate that zero carbon buildings can be cost-effective, and provide long-term financial security, energy independence, thermal comfort, and a learning environment that is a living laboratory.