Jodi Smits Anderson
Username
Jodi Smits Anderson
Proposer First Name
Jodi
Proposer Email
greenerjsa@gmail.com
Proposer Last Name
Smits Anderson
Proposer Company/Organization
2bGreener, LLC
Proposer Phone
(518) 229-3215
Proposer Job Title
Founder, CCoDD

Boston 2023 Areas of Focus

Proposed Session Description
Join Jim and Jodi as we learn about the Fab-Four top embodied carbon materials we can immediately focus on. The Federal Government is on this through a pilot procurement process to shift the market, as is NYS through EO #22. Let’s learn about how we can address steel, asphalt, concrete, and glass to radically and significantly reduce embodied carbon in our buildings and horizontal design!
Diversity and Inclusiveness
We would be willing to add another speaker to increase the diversity of perspectives. We do not yet know of a specific speaker, but it could be a product developer, a policy researcher, or someone from one of the many useful carbon calculation tools that exist.
Learning Objectives
Learn and be able to share the % impact of embodied carbon from our built environment
Identify at least three resources to help your firm reduce embodied carbon in these 4 materials
Be able to share with clients not only the current incentives and mandates regarding carbon, but the innovation and beauty in designs that reduce embodied carbon
Know how to use and require EPDs in your work
Has this session been presented before?
No
Additional Comments
Submitted to the NYS GBC that also takes place in the spring, in Syracuse, NY.
Target Audiences Level of Expertise
Level 2 - Some prior knowledge helpful.
Session Format
Presentation followed by facilitated discussion or breakout groups
Session Format Details
Chaptered approach, with BIG IDEA takeaway moments after each of the 4 chapters (chapters as follows) Quick low-down on the 4 materials, the % of usage in the industry, and the amount of carbon in traditional approaches. We will do an overview of metrics and tricky conversions and illustrate the impact of these materials on an example “typical” building. Review of current legislation at state and federal levels, especially those tied to incentives Discussion of EPDs and specification processes Review of real world examples of reducing embodied carbon in DESIGN, including synergies
Recommended Length
60-minute session
90-minute session

Strongest Content Connection - Boston 2023

Comments about your speaker roster
JIm and Jodi have presented together often and have an engaging and dynamic repore, especially on the topic of carbon, education, and process shift.
Anything else you'd like to tell us about your session proposal?
This is some nuts and bolts stuff to feed the adaptation of the firms and the work. It is not directly about adapting to climate change, but about how climate change must be addressed by our own design and material shifts that will make is more resilient as practitioners and mitigate future carbon impacts.
Reviewer 1
Widjaja, Karno
Reviewer 2
Widjaja, Karno
Proposal #
145
Committee Decision
Being Considered

Presenters

Full Description
This sessions addresses the four very common and most carbon-burdened materials in the building industry. It also will reveal to the attendees the policies at federal and at some state levels, and illustrate how to excel in relation to those policies and the need to evolve toward carbon-neutral designs as quickly as possible.