Adrienne la Forte
Username
Adrienne la Forte
Proposer First Name
Adrienne
Proposer Email
al@be-exchange.org
Proposer Last Name
La Forte
Proposer Company/Organization
Building Energy Exchange
Proposer Job Title
Associate, Educational Resources
Boston 2023 Areas of Focus
Proposed Session Description
As climate risks intensify, the industry must reassess how it defines “high-performance buildings” to explicitly include resiliency. This session will explore critical steps including updating building codes and policies to include forward-looking climate data and prioritizing resilience as a core design principle, particularly in the affordable housing sector. Through example policies and design strategies, this session is a call-to-action to ensure a more “climate ready” future.
Diversity and Inclusiveness
This session will speak to the need to prioritize resiliency, especially in affordable housing, since low income communities are often disproportionately impacted by climate change and its associated risks.
Learning Objectives
Integrate resiliency into their own projects, using insights into design strategies learned from the session
Better understand role municipalities & practitioners have in ensuring resiliency is implemented as core design strategy
Identify existing laws and policies that prioritize resiliency
Articulate the need for prioritizing resiliency, as well as performance, within the residential building design process, especially in affordable housing.
Has this session been presented before?
No
Target Audiences Level of Expertise
Level 2 - Some prior knowledge helpful.
Session Format
Presentation followed by facilitated discussion or breakout groups
Recommended Length
60-minute session
90-minute session
Strongest Content Connection - Boston 2023
Comments about your speaker roster
We currently anticipate adding an additional speaker(s), a resiliency expert from the NYC Mayor's Office of Climate and Environmental Justice or NYC Housing Preservation & Development.
Reviewer 1
Howard, Meg
Proposal #
167
Committee Decision
Rejected
Presenters
Full Description
This session is crucial to drive awareness of and accelerate the transition towards prioritizing resiliency in the design and construction processes. It addresses significant topics, such as the need for building codes and policies to take into account future climate risks, not just current conditions, as well as the role municipalities play in establishing regulations and incentives that drive industry change. The content includes how practitioners can integrate resilience as a core principle in the design process. Furthermore, the session spotlights the need for “climate ready” buildings – aka properties that prioritize performance and resiliency – across the residential building sector, but especially in low-income housing. Given intensifying climate risks to our built environment, this session aligns exceptionally with the theme of resiliency.