Recording of the Pratt Housing Consortium's Decarbonization Symposium is now available on YouTube

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Pratt Housing Consortium’s Decarbonization Symposium is now available on YouTube.

Part 1 at Pratt Institute Earth Day 2022 - Decarbonization Symposium - Part I - YouTube
Welcome Remarks:

  1. Frances Bronet, Pratt Institute President
  2. David Burney, Pratt School of Architecture Housing Consortium

Part 1 Topics:
a) The urgency of reducing Embodied Carbon in the 2020s - Why and How.
b) Bio-Materials for New & Existing Structure: Sustainable Forestry, Mass Timber Construction, Cross-laminate Timber (CLT).
c) Building Envelope Low-Carbon Retrofits.

Moderators:

  1. Meta Brunzema, Architect, Collective for Community Culture & Environment, LLC, and Professor, Pratt Institute
  2. Fatou Jabbie, Sustainability Consultant, NYC Accelerator, Mayor’s Office of Climate and Environmental Justice

Panelists Presenting in Part 1:

  1. Bill Caplan, Author of “Thwart Climate Change Now: Reducing Embodied Carbon Brick by Brick”
  2. Paul L. Crovella, Environmental Engineer, SUNY, Environmental Science and Forestry
  3. Gabrielle Brainard, Principle of Fabric First Architecture & Consulting, PLLC, and Professor at Pratt Institute

Part 2 at Pratt Institute Earth Day 2022 - Decarbonization Symposium - Part 2 - YouTube
Part 2 Topics:
a) Mass Timber and Building Codes in NYC
b) Mass Timber Design of Grace Farms in CT
c) Q&A Panel Discussions

Panelists Presenting in Part 2:

  1. Werner Morath, Architect, Loading5
  2. Jay Gorman, Project Executive, F.J. Sciame Construction

Q&A Panel Discussion:

  1. Bill Caplan, Author of “Thwart Climate Change Now: Reducing Embodied Carbon Brick by Brick”
  2. Paul L. Crovella, Environmental Engineer, SUNY, Environmental Science and Forestry
  3. Gabrielle Brainard, Principle of Fabric First Architecture & Consulting, PLLC, and Professor at Pratt Institute
  4. Werner Morath, Architect, Loading5
  5. Jay Gorman, Project Executive, F.J. Sciame Construction

Moderators:

  1. Meta Brunzema, Architect, Collective for Community Culture & Environment, LLC, and Professor, Pratt Institute
  2. Fatou Jabbie, Sustainability Consultant, NYC Accelerator, Mayor’s Office of Climate and Environmental Justice