Record on the Road Boston
Boston
June 20, 2023
Samberg Conference Center, MIT
Earn up to 6 AIA LU/HSW
Sustainability in Practice
Join Record for a special half-day event showcasing cutting edge research and built projects employing advanced software, mass timber, circular construction, and upcycling.
This event has been completed. Credits were emailed out by July 5.
AGENDA
11:30 AM-12:00 PM
Registration Open
12:00 PM-1:00 PM
Lunch & LearnKIP 300: Embodied Carbon and the Envelope
Learning Objectives
- Design and specify enclosure systems that utilize low embodied carbon materials for structure, insulation and finishes strategically to improve building performance
- Learn the basic concepts of what and LCA is, the areas that are included and the resulting data that feeds the creations of EPDs
- Assess traditional and alternative façade and building envelope materials for their embodied carbon impact looking at the assembly and specifically the insulation
- To demonstrate and quantify the embodied carbon impacts of material selection, calculated using whole-building life cycle assessment (LCA)
1:00 PM-1:15 PM
Break
1:15 PM-2:10 PM
Opening KeynoteClose Hauled: Preparing Architects for the Energy Transition
Christoph Reinhart and Matt Noblett
2:10 PM-2:55 PM
CE Session Architecture Can Be More: Design Excellence Through Innovation, Sustainability, and Equity
2:55 PM-3:40 PM
CE SessionTowards Absolute Zero Carbon: Going Beyond Net-Zero for a No-Emissions Future
3:40 PM-4:00 PM
Break
4:00 PM-4:45 PM
CE Session ODDS & MODS: Design Innovation for Scalable Material Circularity in Architecture
Caitlin Mueller & Sheila Kennedy
4:45 PM-5:30 PM
Closing Keynote 3XN’s Quay Quarter Tower: An Urban, Social and Environmental Transformation
5:30 PM-6:30 PM
Cocktail Reception
Speakers
Fred Holt
Partner
3XN
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Sheila Kennedy, FAIA
Professor, Dept. of Architecture
MIT
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Nico Kienzl
Director
Atelier Ten
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Caitlin Mueller
Associate Professor, Dept. of Architecture and Dept. of Environmental Engineering
MIT
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Matt Noblett
Partner
Behnisch Architekten
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Christoph Reinhart
Alan and Terri Spoon Professor of Architecture and Climate
Department of Architecture, MIT
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Chandra Robinson
Principal
LEVER Architecture
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Lunch & Learn Speaker
Andy McIntyre
Regional Sales Manager
Kingspan | Benchmark
Moderators
Josephine Minutillo
Editor in Chief
Architectural Record
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Joann Gonchar, FAIA
Deputy Editor
Architectural Record
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