Rachel White
Username
Rachel White
Proposer First Name
Rachel
Proposer Email
rachel@byggmeister.com
Proposer Last Name
White
Boston 2021 Areas of Focus
Proposer Company/Organization
Byggmeister
Proposed Session Description
You are committed to reducing the embodied carbon emissions of your projects, but how do you get your clients and your team on board? How should you adjust your design and build processes to help set yourself up for success? What sorts of obstacles can you expect to face in transitioning to carbon smart approaches, and how might you overcome them? Following up on their Building Energy 20 presentation, Accounting for Embodied Carbon in Residential Retrofits, the presenters will share key lessons learned from their efforts to reduce the embodied carbon impacts of their retrofit projects. Using case studies, the presenters will offer tips, tools and strategies that practitioners can use to make the case; navigate technical, regulatory, and logistical challenges; and put their commitment to carbon smart construction into practice.
Diversity and Inclusiveness
I'm afraid that our session does not address issues of diversity, equity and inclusion.
Has this session been presented before?
No
Target Audiences Level of Expertise
Level 2 - Some prior knowledge helpful.
Recommended Length
60-minute session
Strongest Content Connection - Boston 2021
Anything else you'd like to tell us about your session proposal?
As you'll note in the description, this is a follow up to a session that Jacob and I did at BE20 on carbon accounting.
Reviewer 1
Evans, Bryan
Reviewer 2
Stuart, Stephen
Proposal #
197
Committee Decision
Being Considered
Full Description
At this point many if not most BE attendees understand the urgent need to reduce the embodied carbon of construction, but many don't know how to translate this into practice. Barriers include clients and partners who may not share their understanding and commitment; code constraints; lack of familiarity and experience with carbon smart details and approaches, as well as with associated quality assurance and quality control measures (quality control is critical if/when the approach is riskier from a building science perspective); among other things. Attendees will come away from this session armed with the tools and techniques they need to act on their commitment to carbon smart construction.