Decarbonizing Existing Buildings

Allison Wilson

Sustainability Director

Ayers Saint Gross

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February 24, 2022

Hey all,

Thanks to everyone who joined today's peer network webinar - it was great to share what our working group has been developing in the last year. This group gathered to work through a series of decision-making trees to publish some kind of relatively repeatable guidance for how to advance this conversation with a variety of owners and project teams as well as AHJs. The conversation about decision-making trees evolved into a broader dialogue about how to launch conversations about decarbonizing existing buildings with clients, leaders, and project teams in general.

I uploaded the slide deck that was shared in the working group's page here: https://www.buildinggreen.com/peer-networks/decarbonization-existing-buildings.

Alternatively it's also attached to this post for ease =)

Thanks again to all the folks who have contributed to this to work!!

Aley

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Mike Manzi

Bora Architects

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Thu, 02/24/2022 - 21:23

Thanks so much Aley! I've passed this around my office and already had a request to share beyond. Are there any restrictions or guidelines for sharing the slide deck at this point, or do we want it spread as fast and far as possible? Mike

Brad Jacobson

Principal

EHDD

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Thu, 02/24/2022 - 21:51

The slide deck is fantastic. Thanks for doing this important work, and sorry I missed the original committee formation. On topic: We are engaged with the AIA now on the AIA HQ Renewal project in DC. The aim is to be fully decarbonized on both operational and embodied carbon (with a local community offset project to pay back any new upfront carbon). High level summary is here

Brad Jacobson

Principal

EHDD

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Thu, 02/24/2022 - 21:54

(My original message didn't fully transmit. Trying again here) The slide deck is fantastic. Thanks for doing this important work, and sorry I missed the original committee formation. On topic: We are engaged with the AIA now on the AIA HQ Renewal project in DC. The aim is to be fully decarbonized on both operational and embodied carbon (with a local community offset project to pay back any new upfront carbon). High level summary is here. I’d love to get any feedback from folks (offline is fine) about this approach. Patricia Heye is one of our lead architects on the project is also a member of this SDL group. As a bonus, here is a great page and video on the HBCU program we’ve helped lead associated with the project. The AIA’s commitment to building diversity in the profession has been inspired.

Allison Wilson

Sustainability Director

Ayers Saint Gross

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Fri, 02/25/2022 - 14:27

I'm 100% making up the attribution responses as we go, so if anyone else has ideas, I'm absolutely all ears. If the presentation is used/shared in its entirety there is a blanket attribution on the first page that acknowledges this work was created by a group of collaborators through BuildingGreen's peer networks. The individual images are captioned/attributed as requested by the firm's who provided them in the first place. If someone chooses to cut up the content or use it on other slides, I'd just ask that the attribution text that's one the first page get copy/pasted onto whatever slides someone chooses to use. The most important thing is that if this tool can be useful that people are out there using it, and at the same time I acknowledge that the information we developed is collective thought leadership and ought to be celebrated as that when we (or anybody else for that matter) goes out into the world talking about it.