For many years, our focus as a professional association has been on reducing or eliminating operating carbon from new buildings. But the significant scale and urgent timeframe of our climate crisis demand interventions that are broad and immediate, and that recognize decarbonization is directly correlated to health, safety, and equity in our communities.

Considering: 1) Reducing embodied carbon in new construction, including the construction process; 2) Electrification of buildings; and 3) Retrofitting existing buildings, this year’s thought leadership summit will explore high-impact actions in policy and practice that make actionable differences in atmospheric carbon over the next five years.

What are the data-driven interventions that will pay the highest dividends immediately, and what will position us to stay on the path to 2030 targets and net-zero 2050? What are the regulatory and financial frameworks necessary to support this scale and urgency?

WEBINAR SCHEDULE + REGISTRATIONS

Four (4) live Zoom webinars will take place on Tuesday, April 21, 2020 between 8:30AM – 5:00 PM Pacific Time [11:30AM – 8:00 PM Eastern]

Join us online to learn from thought leaders and identify immediate actions we can take to accelerate decarbonization in the built environment. Click below for the full program schedule and speaker bios!

Regarding continuing education credits, please note:  

• Participants in the LIVE webinars (up to 500 per session) are eligible to receive AIA continuing education credits, submitted by AIA Seattle within 2 weeks of the event date.
• Participants interested in the full day summit (all four webinar sessions) must still register for each webinar session individually.
• AIA Seattle will not submit continuing education credits for later viewings of any recorded webinars (though recordings of the webinars will be made available after the live event).
• Please direct all registration and credit questions to Zoe Guckenheimer.

Registration deadline: 12PM PST [3PM EDT], April 20, 2020. All sessions and speakers subject to change.

You must register for each webinar session individually. Earn up to 6.5 LU/HSW.

11:30AM EDT | POWER SWITCH: EQUITY, POLICY & PRACTICE

April 21, 8:30 – 10:30AM PT [11:30AM – 1:30PM ET] | Keynote Presentations + Discussion (2 LU HSW)

2:00PM EDT | EMBODIED CARBON: THE NEW FRONTIER

April 21, 11:00AM – 12:30PM PT [2:00PM – 3:30PM ET] |  Presentations + Panel Discussion (1.5 LU HSW)

4:30PM EDT | ELECTRIFICATION OF BUILDINGS: DESIGN FOR DECARBONIZATION

April 21, 1:30 – 3:00PM PT [4:30PM – 6:00PM ET] | Panel Discussion + Case Studies (1.5 LU HSW)

6:30PM | RETROFITTING: WHAT ABOUT EXISTING BUILDING STOCK?

April 21, 3:30 – 5:00PM PT [6:30PM – 8:00PM ET] | Presentations + Panel Discussion (1.5 LU HSW)

FULL DETAILS & REGISTRATION