Upcoming Webinar: A New Standard in Facade Design

Hello Green Gurus, here's a reminder that this webinar is happening one week from today! Register here. A New Standard in Facade Design
November 30th, 2020
1pm - 2pm ET (10am - 11am PT) Description and Presenters: Current façade design focuses more on operating carbon (or energy), even when embodied carbon is accounted for, MEP systems are often neglected. A new and holistic standard will need to address Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of Carbon and wellness. In this session, 9 parameters, including Life Cycle Assessment, Air Permeability, Water Permeability, Resiliency, Wellness, Fire, Visual, Acoustical, and Environmental Performances will be studied to focus the impact on LCA of Carbon and Wellness on façade design. This session will include embodied and operating carbon of architecture, structure, and MEP systems. Preliminary results indicated the MEP embodied carbon impact can be similar to architecture with refrigerant being a significant contributor. The time value of carbon will also be discussed. Regarding wellness, latest visual comfort, auditory health, olfactory health, and advancements of adaptive comfort model etc. will be discussed and also their impacts on LCA carbon. Z Smith, Principal and Director of Sustainability and Building Performance at Eskew Dumez Ripple (EDR) will focus on the advancements in his firm; Yasemin Kologlu, a Design Director at Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, will present LCA façade developments in SOM. Luke Leung, Director of Sustainable Engineering in SOM will discuss latest cutting edge developments in visual comfort, olfactory heath, and adaptive comfort model. At least (4) facades will be included ranging from conventional double pane glazing, to ventilated double wall window, to the more advanced façades - “The Ecotone”, an exploration of a layered facade that can be occupied and won an international competition in "Next Generation Facade" design concepts. New visualization tools, e.g. “Visualizing the Life Cycle Carbon Impact of Facades” by EDR and also SOM “Parametric Embodied Carbon” tool will also be presented.

Good morning Green Gurus! Here's your final reminder that this webinar is happening today, Monday November 30th. One update: because this is a Greenbuild presentation, we're not sure whether we'll be able to share a recording. So if you're interested in the topic, you may want to try and catch it live! Register here. A New Standard in Facade Design
November 30th, 2020
1pm - 2pm ET (10am - 11am PT) Description and Presenters: Current façade design focuses more on operating carbon (or energy), even when embodied carbon is accounted for, MEP systems are often neglected. A new and holistic standard will need to address Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of Carbon and wellness. In this session, 9 parameters, including Life Cycle Assessment, Air Permeability, Water Permeability, Resiliency, Wellness, Fire, Visual, Acoustical, and Environmental Performances will be studied to focus the impact on LCA of Carbon and Wellness on façade design. This session will include embodied and operating carbon of architecture, structure, and MEP systems. Preliminary results indicated the MEP embodied carbon impact can be similar to architecture with refrigerant being a significant contributor. The time value of carbon will also be discussed. Regarding wellness, latest visual comfort, auditory health, olfactory health, and advancements of adaptive comfort model etc. will be discussed and also their impacts on LCA carbon. Z Smith, Principal and Director of Sustainability and Building Performance at Eskew Dumez Ripple (EDR) will focus on the advancements in his firm; Yasemin Kologlu, a Design Director at Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, will present LCA façade developments in SOM. Luke Leung, Director of Sustainable Engineering in SOM will discuss latest cutting edge developments in visual comfort, olfactory heath, and adaptive comfort model. At least (4) facades will be included ranging from conventional double pane glazing, to ventilated double wall window, to the more advanced façades - “The Ecotone”, an exploration of a layered facade that can be occupied and won an international competition in "Next Generation Facade" design concepts. New visualization tools, e.g. “Visualizing the Life Cycle Carbon Impact of Facades” by EDR and also SOM “Parametric Embodied Carbon” tool will also be presented.