I am looking forward to attending and presenting at the AIA/ACSA Intersections Research Conference: Material Economies event at the University of Massachusetts Amherst later this month.
I am excited to represent Lake|Flato and share some of our work on embodied carbon and research (I lead our research program, called Investigations), as well as representing the national AIA Committee on the Environment (COTE) Leadership!
I look forward to an amazing lineup of sessions and activities. There is even a hempcrete workshop (related: listen to this great Building Science Podcast episode on hempcrete).
The Opening Keynote address will be given by Mae-Ling Lokko, Assistant Professor at Yale University’s School of Architecture and Yale’s Center for Ecosystems in Architecture.
The Closing Keynote address will be delivered by Chandra D. Robinson, a Principal at LEVER Architecture.
Overview (official, from ACSA website):
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) and Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) are pleased to continue the conference partnership dedicated to the intersection of education, research and practice. The 2023 ACSA/AIA Intersections Research Conference seeks to find what roles architects, designers, and researchers can play in the paradigm shifts necessary to practice with radical material responsibility.
The conference will take place October 19–21, 2023 at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
The session I am co-presenting:
I am excited to be presenting with two professors to offer a presentation in the spirit of the event... intersections (academia/research/practice)! Technically, I am also an academic since I've been an adjunct for nearly 10 years, teaching graduate architecture students at NDSU:)
Session Title:
WHOLE BUILDING LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT: BENCHMARKS, PROCESSES, AND TOOLS FOR DECISION-MAKING
Presenters:
- Patricia Kio, Fitchburg State University
- Andrzej Zarzycki, New Jersey Institute of Technology
- Dan Stine, Lake | Flato Architects
Session description:
This session features presentations of original research published in Technology | Architecture + Design (TAD) in the subject areas of MATERIAL CONSTRUCTION and ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN that investigate benchmarks, processes, and tools that affect embodied carbon, its metrics, and standards in conjunction with design tools. The presentations also demonstrate quantitative studies developed to confirm the potential environmental effects of the circular economy within the built environment leading to consistent methods for characterizing these effects. Presentations include research methods and innovative techniques from academic case studies and tools in practice that consider embodied, operational, and demolition energies’ impact on the built environment.
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