Shannon Pendleton
Username
Shannon Pendleton
Proposer First Name
Shannon
Proposer Email
sandersondesign@gmail.com
Proposer Last Name
Pendleton
Proposer Phone
(609) 933-4762
Proposer Job Title
Principal | CPHC
Proposer Additional Info
Shannon Pendleton, CPHC, founded Sanderson Sustainable Design in 2003 to pair sustainable building practices with place, community advocacy, and historical context. She is interested in multi-generational, non-toxic, affordable, low carbon building solutions. She specializes in team building, Passive House, reconstruction, and prefabrication. A founder of the Greater Philadelphia Passive House Association, and Councilmember for the Passive House Community at Green Building United, she received her 5 Year Bachelors of Architecture from Temple University, Sustainable Practices certificate from Jefferson University, is an AIA Associate, and an elective instructor for the Bryn Athyn Church School. She currently resides in New Hope PA, and is a high performance building consultant to design firms in PA, NJ, and NY.
Shannon is a frequent presenter on the topics of high-performance, affordable, resilient communities as well as a long standing volunteer with non-profit organizations in the Philadelphia community. A list of recent presentations, advocacy, and volunteer work is available upon request.
Proposed Session Description
The typical picture of prefabrication – a panel being positioned by crane – belies the tremendous amount of early planning, and interdisciplinary communications required. While many claim speed as the main benefit of prefabrication, this session shares how upfront teamwork ensures quality and success during project delivery. See how teams use a SIMM Model (Single Integrated Manufacturing Model), to capture design-build intent, support clash detection and increase quality control. Two all electric, carbon smart Passive House case studies, one traditional and one modern – will demonstrate the ease with which the approach can be applied to projects of all types- even those with complex geometries. Join project architects and construction teammates as they share their secrets for SIMM-plifying prefabrication, to make our shared buildings more affordable, efficient, carbon smart and equitable.
Why is this session important?
This session will inspire and prepare residential designers and builders to deliver prefabricated, high-performance and Passive House buildings. Attendees will learn what it’s like to build a “digital twin” production model, and add early phase virtual work-flows, graphic language, and teambuilding to their processes.
Diversity and Inclusiveness
Our presentation team includes 50% gender diversity. By emphasizing prefabrication, our approach opens the construction field to more diversity, while also supporting safer, more environmentally responsible, and increasingly flexible work methods. We consider prefabrication to be an equitable agency of change, as it elevates those historically marginalized in design and construction to play a commanding role in determining framing details, carbon smart material selections, and local product sourcing - before anyone sets foot in the field.
Learning Objectives
Identify what separates SIMM from typical REVIT or other BIM software, and how “parts-based modeling” leads to improved accuracy, efficiency, and sustainability.
Recognize typical communication and coordination gaps created through siloed workflows, and apply virtual coordination methods to merge design and construction techniques with manufacturing accuracy.
Learn transferable experiential knowledge of how interdisciplinary graphic coordination solves project-specific problems, resolves complex geometries, and can lead to low-carbon, high performance and Passive House results - regardless of project type.
Learn how to add advanced modeling and prefabrication to existing team workflows, what the combination adds to a project, and how it supports an accessible path for capturing design-intent in the field and field-intent in the design
Has this session been presented before?
No
When and Where?
Similar presentation accepted for 2021 NESEA Building Energy Boston. This presentation submission has updated content.
Additional Comments
Similar presentation accepted for 2021 NESEA Building Energy Boston. This presentation submission has updated content to emphasize equity and virtual workflows.
NYC 2021 Areas of Focus
Target Audiences Level of Expertise
Level 2 - Some prior knowledge helpful.
Session Format
Interview or structured conversation among panelists
Debate between opposing viewpoints
Lightning Round (several brief idea pitches followed by discussion)
Presentation with time for questions and answers
Recommended Length
60-minute session
Strongest Content Connection - NYC 2021
Comments about your speaker roster
Our speakers enjoy sharing their successes and pitfalls to help the industry move forward for the benefit of all. All speakers in this roster are frequent presenters on the topics of high-performance, carbon smart construction, equity, and resilience and serve as long standing volunteers in their local professional communities. A list of recent presentation engagements is available upon request.
Anything else you'd like to tell us about your session proposal?
To best illustrate collaborative team modeling, our team envisions a multi-part session in which our 4 team members co-present together. Sharing two custom residential, all electric, carbon smart Passive Houses, through animations, details, field reports, and multi-disciplinary "huddles", presenters delve into how traditional design and construction phases had to be adapted to suit prefabrication. A 5-minute “getting to know you” introduction, and two 15 minute case studies, will include interplay with all presenters to create a lively, engaging conversation-style event. Presenters and a project builder will be available for 15-20 minutes to answer audience questions, and provide lessons learned for best practices.
Reviewer 1
Shaw, Nick
Proposal #
151
Committee Decision
Rejected