Strawtegi is proud to be a sponsor of the Designing Carbon Neutral Cities Symposium, two half-day virtual symposium inspiring innovative design solutions for a carbon-neutral future. The second day includes an on-site tour of the Arch Nexus office remodel project which is slated for certification as the first Living Building Challenge commercial facility in Utah.
Agenda
Tuesday April 12
- 8:30 AM Richard Pinyon, Soren Simonsen – AIA, Urban Design Utah Committee
- 8:40 AM Chris Magwood – Builders for Climate Action & Endeavour Center, Achieving Real Zero Carbon Building
- 9:50 AM 10 min Break
- 10:00 AM Ajla Aksamija – University of Utah Chair, School of Architecture, Decarbonizing the Built Environment Through Regenerative Design: Achieving Net-Zero Energy in Existing Buildings
- 11:00 AM Victoria Herrero, Ambient Energy
- 11:45 AM Matthew Mead – Hempitecture, Hemp Insulation: A Carbon Negative Alternative
- 12:30 PM Richard Pinyon, Soren Simonsen – AIA, Urban Design Utah Committee
- 12:32 PM END
Wednesday April 13
- 8:30 AM Richard Pinyon, Soren Simonsen – AIA, Urban Design Utah Committee
- 8:40 AM Brad Benke – Carbon Leadership Forum, Architecture’s Carbon Problem, and the AIA-CLF Embodied Carbon Toolkit for Architects
- 9:50 AM 10 min Break
- 10:00 AM Darren McAvoy – Utah State University Forestry Extension, Biochar in Utah
- 11:00 AM Kevin Emerson – Utah Clean Energies, Building Decarbonization in Utah
- 11:45 AM Pamela Yonkin – HDR, Sustainability Planning for Transportation Agencies
- 12:30 PM Richard Pinyon, Soren Simonsen – AIA, Urban Design Utah Committee
- 12:32 PM END
- 1:30 PM TOUR Kenner Kingston – Arch Nexus Living Building Challenge
