**Please note: ALL workshops, summits & tours require official registration through the main unConference registration page. There is an additional charge to attend (unless you've purchased a VIP conference pass). You can sign up for individual workshops, summits and tours A La Carte (without a conference pass) OR if you've already purchased your conference pass, you can log back in and add any workshops, summits or tours to your registration** Cost: Member: $270 Non-member: $300Description:In 2015 the Paris Agreement forged a world-wide consensus on an ambitious but achievable target: limit global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius. Since then, IPCC scientists, local governments and businesses of all scales have grappled with the paths to a carbon-free future, but one thing is clear: the building industry must radically accelerate ACTION starting now.
This summit brings together the vanguard that is enacting solutions for carbon-free building operations and materials. Leading voices from the industry will open the day by identifying the key barriers to a carbon-free building sector that are already being broken down through innovative projects and policy -- led by practitioners, owners, manufacturers and researchers.
Summit participants will be then challenged to take this momentum further, answering the questions of how solutions must scale and adapt to each region, and how they will take their own actions to make positive impact. This inspirational day will conclude by sharing clear actions to take now, resources to utilize and engagement pathways to accelerate Zero Carbon work in any organization.
KEY TOPICS:
Low-carbon building operations, procurement of renewable energy, building energy & carbon policy, embodied carbon assessment and reduction strategies.
AGENDA:
- Opening Remarks: Defining the Challenge & Driving Impact
- Panel Discussions: Breaking Down Barriers to Zero Carbon – Perspectives from Owners, Practitioners, and Policymakers
- Workshop 1: Scaling Solutions (Groups: Operational Carbon, Embodied Carbon)
- Workshop 2: Regionalizing Solutions
- Closing Remarks & Calls to Action
This session is approved for the following continuing education credits:
- 8 LFA credits
- 8 AIA LU|HSW credits
