Karla Butterfield
Username
Karla Butterfield
Proposer First Name
Karla
Proposer Email
kbutterfield@swinter.com
Proposer Last Name
Butterfield
Proposer Company/Organization
Steven Winter Associates, Inc.
Proposer Phone
(203) 246-2880
Proposer Job Title
Sustainability Director

Boston 2023 Areas of Focus

Proposer Additional Info
Ms. Butterfield is a Sustainability Director at Steven Winter Associates, Inc., working with residential buildings. Her expertise is in sustainable consulting services, program certification support and implementation of high-performance building technologies spans three decades. With architects, developers, builders, and homeowners, she develops specific sustainability strategies for both new construction and renovations.
Proposed Session Description
Net Zero Operational and Net Zero Embodied Carbon goals need to merge, now, if we’re going to meet carbon emission reduction targets. Ultimately, it doesn’t matter where the emissions come from, whether it’s the operations of a building or the materials, construction process, and end of life. Reducing Green House Gas emissions is the ultimate goal and is only achievable through a holistic approach. This session address where design decisions have the biggest impact and which assembly components are lower emitting.
Diversity and Inclusiveness
Case studies include predicted versus actual energy usage from affordable housing developments and addresses indoor air quality as well as embodied carbon content of materials.
Learning Objectives
1. Examine the impacts of embodied carbon
2. Learn the time value of embodied carbon
3. Determine which strategies to use when assessing assembly components
4. Review tools for benchmarking and measuring embodied carbon emissions
Has this session been presented before?
No
Session Format
Presentation followed by facilitated discussion or breakout groups
Recommended Length
60-minute session

Strongest Content Connection - Boston 2023

Comments about your speaker roster
Speaker experience: ME Energy & IAQ video https://vimeo.com/album/5349342/video/281076154 NGBS video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8v-mgS7xBUk&list=PL_I3IPKIZAv98HnEQdTtI-ArI4jJKokM4&index=1 EEBA, Heat Pumps & Electrification, Scottsdale, September 2022 EEBA, Indoor airPLUS version 2, Scottsdale, September 2022 EEBA, Zero Carbon in MF, Scottsdale, September 2022 Green Builder Media, Contributor Jan/Feb 2022 CTGBC, Making Affordable Housing More Affordable, Virtual, June 2021 NESSBE, Power of Place, Affordable Housing Virtual, March 2021 Passive House US, Indoor airPLUS v2 Changes, Virtual March 2021 RESNET, Indoor airPLUS v2 Changes, Virtual March 2021 International Builders Show, It’s Electric, Virtual, January 2021 EEBA, Induction Cooking, Virtual, January 2021 Better Buildings Res Network, ZE Goals & Residential Energy Efficiency, Virtual, Oct 2021 EEBA, Electrification, Virtual, September 2021 & Dollars & Cents of Certification, Oct 2021 National Green Building Standard, The Remodel of Cargill Falls Mill, Virtual, August 2021 International Builders Show, 55+ Housing, Las Vegas, January 2020 International Builders Show, Making the Most of Your Relationship Status, LV, Jan 2020 North America PH, Universities – Where Zero is a Good Grade, DC, December 2019 North America PH, Deliver Healthier Buildings Cost Effectively, DC, December 2019 IAQ & Energy Conference, Cost Effectively Deliver Healthier Buildings, Portland, Oct 2019 Getting to Zero, Higher Education with a Lower Footprint, Oakland, CA October 2019 EEBA Summit, Delivering Healthy Buildings, Denver, CO, October 2019 EEBA Summit, Effective Strategies for Building Enclosures, Denver, CO, October 2019 CT Architecture Conference & Expos, Building Enclosures, CT, September 2019 NESSBE, Delivering Dignity Through Affordable MF Development, Yale, March 2019 IBS, Healthier Homes: How to Cost-Effectively Deliver to Buyers, Las Vegas, Feb 2019 RESNET, Evolving Toward Zero in Affordable MF, New Orleans, February 2019 ACEEE Conference on Health, Ventilation in a Lv4 Case Study, New Orleans, Dec 2019 ACEEE Conference on Health, Our Buildings Our Health, New Orleans, December 2019 ACEEE Conference on Health, Technical Tools, New Orleans, December 2019 ABX, Evolving Toward Zero in Affordable MF, Boston, November 2019 Greenbuild, Top 10 Mistakes Made by Architects Chicago, November 2019 NYSERDA Multifamily Summit, Efficient DHW in Multifamily, Syracuse, Oct 2019 EEBA Summit, Indoor airPLUS Awards PechaKucha, San Diego, Oct 2019 EEBA Summit, Efficient DHW in Multifamily, San Diego, Oct 2019 EEBA Summit, Evolving Toward Zero in Affordable MF, San Diego, Oct 2019 North America PH Conference, Evolving Toward Zero in Affordable MF, Boston, Sept 2019 North America PH, Flowing Toward Zero in Multifamily DHW, Boston, Sept 2019 NY Passive House Conference, Efficient DHW in Multifamily, NYC, June 2018 IAQ & Energy, Breathe Easy, Design So Your Clients Can, Portland, May 2018 RESNET Conference, Save Water, Save Energy with Efficient HWD, Orlando, Feb 2018 Energy Star Stakeholder Meetings, Buried Ducts in Attics, Chicago, October 2017 WaterSmart Innovations Conference, DHW Delivery in MF, Las Vegas, October 2017 NY Passive House Conference, Multi-Family PH – Into the Weeds, NYC, June 2017 Northeast IAQ & Energy, Getting to Zero in Affordable Multi-Family, Portland, May 2017 NESSBE, Health of Place, New Haven, CT, April 2017 SUNY Purchase, Breath Easy . . . Design So Your Clients Can, Purchase, NY, April 2017 NYS Green Building, Compatibility & Conflict Certifications, Syracuse, March 2017 Getting to Zero Forum, Affordable Multi-Family Construction, Denver, CO October 2016 Green Build, LEED v4 Panel, Los Angeles, CA October 2016
Anything else you'd like to tell us about your session proposal?
Includes research and data from leading professionals at Steven Winter Associates and the Carbon Leadership Forum - Boston group.
Reviewer 1
Nedzinski, Megan
Proposal #
104
Committee Decision
Rejected

Presenters

Full Description
Ultimately, it doesn’t matter where the emissions come from, whether it’s the operations of a building or the materials, construction process, and end of life. Reducing Green House Gas emissions is the ultimate goal and is only achievable through a holistic approach.