03:18 Intro to Bio-Based Materials 17:47 Timber Bamboo 22:42 Hemp 30:31 Straw 45:09 Other Products & Materials 46:06 Product Category Rule (PCR) / Policy In collaboration with CLF-SF, this is Part 1 of a 3-part series on bio-based materials. In our exciting line-up, our speakers will cover how a new and emerging class of fast-growing, bio-based materials like straw, bamboo, and hemp are being used in building materials, highlighting their potential to sequester carbon, support bioregional ecosystems, and reduce the overall impacts of building projects. They will also provide a brief overview of various biogenic carbon accounting methods and the agricultural fiber Product Category Rule (PCR) and its role in promoting transparency through Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs). Speakers: Massey Burke is the executive director of the California Straw Building Association, co-founder of Verdant Building Products, a biomaterials specialist for Verdant Structural Engineers, and a bio-based design/build consultant in the San Francisco Bay Area. Kate Chilton is the Chief Sustainability Officer at Bamcore. Katie Poss is the Director of Global Policy & Procurement at Building Transparency. #biobasedmaterials #embodiedcarbon #clf #clfla

Learn about mandatory measures for embodied carbon that have been adopted into CalGreen, effective July 2024. 5:30 - Introduction and Policy Context 13:00 - CalGreen Pathways 28:50 - Whole Building LCA Pathway 46:58 - Building Reuse Pathway 49:54 - Open Q&A AIA CA Press Release: https://aiacalifornia.org/advocacy-updates/california-becomes-first-state-to-adopt-mandatory-measures-to-reduce-embodied-carbon/ Presenters: Webly Bowles is an Associate Director of Codes and Policy at New Buildings Institute. As a licensed architect, her experience is in sustainable building and includes principles of design, construction, and operation. She has developed sustainable and energy efficiency building programs for global fortune 500 companies and state-wide programs alike, proving measurable results. At NBI, she brings her systems thinking approach to her work in the research and promotion of zero energy buildings. She interprets technical requirements to provide valuable high performance building guidance to design, construction, and operation professionals through presentations, resources, and tools. Before joining NBI in 2017, Webly worked as an energy analyst for MPower Oregon, a non-profit providing full-service energy efficiency upgrades to affordable multifamily housing in Oregon. She earned her Bachelor of Architecture degree from University of Oregon in 2003 and holds several sustainable building certifications. Anish Tilak is a manager with RMI’s Carbon-Free Buildings program where he manages projects in the Pathways to Zero initiative. Anish applies a depth of industry experience and subject matter expertise to develop scalable approaches to decarbonize the built environment, with a current focus on building electrification and grid-interactive technologies.

5:37 - Marcus Hopper (Gensler, All for Reuse) 24:59 - Daniel Kietzer (Rheaply) 35:25 - Eric Law and Jorie Wisnefski (Urban Machine). Join us to hear about how the Bay Area is fostering an ecosystem of building product reuse. We’ll be joined by industry leaders, Marcus Hopper (Gensler, All for Reuse), Daniel Kietzer (Rheaply), and Eric Law and Jorie Wisnefski (Urban Machine). All for Reuse is an initiative to develop a network of building professionals committed to the reuse of commercial building materials. They aim to reduce waste, foster circular businesses, and accelerate change. Rheaply is an online platform enabling resale and reuse of built environment products. They enable organizations to innovate by creating sharing economies through technology solutions. Their platform has over 1M reusable assets posted and recently launched in the Bay Area. Urban Machine’s mission is to reclaim the millions of tons of wood waste from construction and demolition by reclaiming it into high volume, locally sourced, premium lumber products. Their robot uses AI to remove staples and nails from reclaimed wood to turn it back into usable products. All are working together to build a building industry for the circular economy and driving change in the Bay Area.

CLF-LA's 3-min of Brilliance event returns to host a series of start-ups looking to innovate in the building industry space. 5:36 - Natalie Giglio, Carbon Upcycling 10:05 - Nich Allan, Bamcore 15:50 - Greg Wilson, HempWood 23:30 - Cindy McLaughlin, CarbonBuilt 28:23 - Matthew Mead, Hempitecture

4:38 - Kayleigh Houde and MEP 2040 26:24 - Q&A Join to learn about the rapidly growing MEP 2040 program with firms making commitments to take specific actions, including reducing refrigerants, requesting data from manufacturers, and becoming active participants in industry-wide efforts to decarbonize building systems. “All systems engineers shall advocate for and achieve net zero carbon in their projects: operational carbon by 2030 and embodied carbon by 2040.” Presentation by Kayleigh Houde: Kayleigh Houde is a mechanical engineer working at the intersection of computation, design and engineering as the global Computational Community Leader for Buro Happold. Her portfolio includes system design for high rise residential and higher education facilities. Houde’s strong interest in computational design led to her current role and has taken her to Dubai, Mumbai, Hong Kong, Edinburgh, London, Warsaw and Berlin- with the goal of supercharging her colleague’s workflows with the power of computation via both visual programming and coding. Her industry contributions include speaking engagements like Engineering News Record Future Tech, AEC Tech and Autodesk University, being a recipient of the AIA 2020 Innovation Award for her team’s open source Life Cycle Assessment Toolkit, and co-chairing the steering committee for Carbon Leadership Forum’s MEP2040 Challenge.

1:40 - Laura Karnath - Intro to Embodied Carbon in Facades 5:53 - Isabelle Hens - Embodied Carbon of Timber Unitized Curtain Wall 20:37 - Sophie Pennetier - The Manufacturer's Perspective: Glass, Aluminum, Holistic Bidding, and Circularity 40:35 - Q&A Discussion of facades and the important role they have at the intersection of operational performance and embodied carbon design. Speakers: Sophie Pennetier - Associate Director, Special Projects at Enclos Sophie holds 14+ years of experience in the design of complex structures and facades. She joined Enclos in 2018, where she has steered various projects’ specialty facades scope sales and design assist efforts, engaged in prototyping, modular curtainwall systems, and various research topics such as ultra-thin glass, facades acoustical analysis and sustainability. Sophie authored several research papers on structural glass and has been involved in the development of US structural glass codes with ASTM, the Journal of Architectural Engineering as an Associate Editor, and the Facades Tectonics Institute where she has served as a Paper Reviewer, in the 2020 Congress Organizing Committee and Special Advisory Council. Isabelle Hens - MS student in Building Science, Technology and Sustainability Isabelle Hens is an MS student in Building Science, Technology and Sustainability at UC Berkeley. She previously obtained her BS in Architectural Engineering from the Vrije Universiteit Brussel in Belgium and her MS in Architectural Engineering from The Pennsylvania State University. Isabelle aims to use parametric design to improve multidisciplinary collaboration in early-stage building design by providing designers with simulation-based performance feedback, ultimately allowing them to reduce the operational and embodied energy and design more energy-efficient buildings. Find more information and past videos at https://www.clf-la.org/.

CLF Seattle + Los Angeles co-host this exploration of construction carbon accounting and reduction. Segment 1 of 3 includes Angi Rivera and Erin Kirkpatrick discussing Sellen's approach and results. 2021-12-16 CLF Seattle Segment 1 of 3

6:23 Rushita Vora - Mass Timber LCA Research 25:43 Rahul Shendure - CarbonBuilt, Carbon Sequestration in Concrete The latest decarbonization research for both timber and concrete from USC and UCLA. Presentations by: Rushita Vora, who graduated from the University of Southern California with a Master of Building Science and a Certificate in Sustainable Design. She also has a degree in Architecture and is a WELL AP and a LEED Green Associate. Rushita's interests include wood design and construction, life cycle analysis, embodied carbon and energy modeling of materials and buildings. Rahul Shendure, who brings more than 20 years of leadership experience with pioneering climate- and bio-tech companies to his role as CEO of CarbonBuilt. CarbonBuilt’s core technology emerged out of the Samueli School of Engineering and Institute for Carbon Management at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Led by Gaurav Sant, the UCLA team conceptualized the potential to address climate change by embedding industrial CO₂ emissions in the production of concrete in an economically viable fashion. Learn more at: https://www.clf-la.org/