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Here are the details for the upcoming Peer Networks webinar, The Beneficial Intersection of Energy, Resilience and Health.
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The Beneficial Intersection of Energy, Resilience and Health
April 30th, 2020
2pm - 3pm ET (11am - Noon PT)
How can three important elements of sustainable buildings - energy efficiency, resiliency, and health and wellness - be integrated for better overall outcomes? How can the returns of sustainable building strategies with less quantifiable benefits - i.e. resiliency and health & wellness - be paired with more predictable returns of energy efficiency to calculate an overall return on investment? Where are we in the market in terms of sustainable building codes, and how much do we need to improve beyond code to get to high-performance, resilient, and wellness-oriented designs?
We will tackle all these questions and more as we look at specific case studies where the elements of energy efficiency, resiliency, and health and wellness were integrated successfully. Three leading green building frameworks - LEED, WELL, and RELi which each have a role to play in this discussion - will be evaluated for overlaps and complementary strategies that lead to the high-performance, resilient, and wellness-oriented designs we are after. Topics like passive survivability, natural ventilation, zero net energy design, flood protection, occupant comfort thresholds, and more will help guide the technical underpinnings to this high-performance design discussion when energy, resilience, and health are incorporated holistically.
About the presenters
Blake Jackson, AIA is the US Northeast Sustainability Design Leader for Stantec (Boston). He serves as a company-wide resource focusing on the nexus between sustainability, wellness, and resiliency. He has 17+ years’ experience in planning, retail, hospitality, labs, healthcare, commercial, higher-ed, workplace and multifamily projects. He earned his B-Arch from Kennesaw State University and his M-Arch in Sustainable Environmental Design from the AA Graduate School in London. Blake is a prolific author, speaker and educator, and he recently served as both the co-chair of COTE and VP for Advocacy with the Boston Society of Architects (BSA). In 2015, he was named a top “40 Under 40” professional by BD+C Magazine. In his spare time, he loves running and swimming, volunteering with animals in need through the MSPCA, and international travel.
Jacob Knowles is the Director of Sustainable Design at BR+A, leading the firm’s sustainability consulting team. He is the champion for over 2 million square feet of Net Zero buildings, winning awards such as AIA COTE Top Ten, I2SL Go Beyond, and grants for high performance and zero net energy buildings. He is also a board member of the Boston Society for Architecture
Steven Burke is a Sustainability Manager at Consigli Construction Co., Inc., a regional construction firm based in Massachusetts.
Steven has guided the sustainability process on over ten million square feet of projects across many different building types and sizes, including but not limited to: k-12 schools, higher education facilities, mid-rise and high-rise residential, commercial interiors, retail interiors, and commercial office buildings. He has been a member of the Urban Land Institute’s Health Leaders Network, is a LEED and WELL Faculty member, a Fitwel Ambassador, and a Certified Passive House Consultant. He has a Master of Science in Sustainability Management from Columbia University, and he blends business and science to specialize in sustainability, resiliency, and health and wellness strategies for the built environment.
REGISTER HERE! Hope to see you there! The Beneficial Intersection of Energy, Resilience and Health
April 30th, 2020
2pm - 3pm ET (11am - Noon PT) How can three important elements of sustainable buildings - energy efficiency, resiliency, and health and wellness - be integrated for better overall outcomes? How can the returns of sustainable building strategies with less quantifiable benefits - i.e. resiliency and health & wellness - be paired with more predictable returns of energy efficiency to calculate an overall return on investment? Where are we in the market in terms of sustainable building codes, and how much do we need to improve beyond code to get to high-performance, resilient, and wellness-oriented designs?
We will tackle all these questions and more as we look at specific case studies where the elements of energy efficiency, resiliency, and health and wellness were integrated successfully. Three leading green building frameworks - LEED, WELL, and RELi which each have a role to play in this discussion - will be evaluated for overlaps and complementary strategies that lead to the high-performance, resilient, and wellness-oriented designs we are after. Topics like passive survivability, natural ventilation, zero net energy design, flood protection, occupant comfort thresholds, and more will help guide the technical underpinnings to this high-performance design discussion when energy, resilience, and health are incorporated holistically. About the presenters Blake Jackson, AIA is the US Northeast Sustainability Design Leader for Stantec (Boston). He serves as a company-wide resource focusing on the nexus between sustainability, wellness, and resiliency. He has 17+ years’ experience in planning, retail, hospitality, labs, healthcare, commercial, higher-ed, workplace and multifamily projects. He earned his B-Arch from Kennesaw State University and his M-Arch in Sustainable Environmental Design from the AA Graduate School in London. Blake is a prolific author, speaker and educator, and he recently served as both the co-chair of COTE and VP for Advocacy with the Boston Society of Architects (BSA). In 2015, he was named a top “40 Under 40” professional by BD+C Magazine. In his spare time, he loves running and swimming, volunteering with animals in need through the MSPCA, and international travel. Jacob Knowles is the Director of Sustainable Design at BR+A, leading the firm’s sustainability consulting team. He is the champion for over 2 million square feet of Net Zero buildings, winning awards such as AIA COTE Top Ten, I2SL Go Beyond, and grants for high performance and zero net energy buildings. He is also a board member of the Boston Society for Architecture Steven Burke is a Sustainability Manager at Consigli Construction Co., Inc., a regional construction firm based in Massachusetts.
Steven has guided the sustainability process on over ten million square feet of projects across many different building types and sizes, including but not limited to: k-12 schools, higher education facilities, mid-rise and high-rise residential, commercial interiors, retail interiors, and commercial office buildings. He has been a member of the Urban Land Institute’s Health Leaders Network, is a LEED and WELL Faculty member, a Fitwel Ambassador, and a Certified Passive House Consultant. He has a Master of Science in Sustainability Management from Columbia University, and he blends business and science to specialize in sustainability, resiliency, and health and wellness strategies for the built environment.