Thursday, November 14 at 9am. Online.

Embodied carbon in a building refers to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions resulting from the manufacturing, transportation, installation, maintenance, and disposal of building materials. Such construction activity annually accounts for 11-23% of all emissions globally. To transform buildings from climate polluters to climate protectors, embodied carbon, as well as operational carbon, must be addressed.

This webinar will spotlight case studies of buildings in Massachusetts that are reducing embodied carbon in design and construction. Discover innovative strategies and inspiring successes in tackling embodied carbon emissions. We’ll include an interactive survey, with a chance to share developments in your town. Help us help you make best practices scalable and replicable.

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Learn more about embodied carbon measures on the Massachusetts Climate Action Network (MCAN) website.

Speakers:

Miranda D’Oleo is an advocate with a strong commitment to advancing sustainable practices in our built environment and communities. Driven by a passion to advance a clean and just transition, she is rooted in her belief that environmental protection and social justice are inextricably linked. She is currently the Program Manager of Policy & Advocacy at the Boston Society for Architecture and co-facilitates a municipal cohort on embodied carbon policy with Rocky Mountain Institute. Previously, she was the Better Building Campaign Director at the Massachusetts Climate Action Network. Miranda earned a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 2020.

Mark D. Webster is a resident of Newton, Massachusetts and is a member of the Green Newton Building Standards Committee, a volunteer citizen action group. He helped develop Newton’s special permit provisions requiring project teams to estimate the embodied carbon of their projects. He is a structural engineer at Simpson Gumpertz & Heger’s Boston area office, where his structural consulting practice encompasses new design, renovation, and investigation work, with an emphasis on historic buildings. He is a founder and past co-chair of the Structural Engineering Institute’s Sustainability Committee. He is part of the leadership team for the SE 2050 Commitment and co-leads the SE 2050 Resources Group.

Sponsored by Better Buildings Advocates and MCAN.