Session MGMT: Business Case for Sustainable Design Practices

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  Dawn Danby

  Dawn Danby is a sustainable design strategist at Autodesk. Recent work focuses on elevating sustainable practices among Autodesk industry customers, as well as advancing safety and sustainability in additive manufacturing, collaborating with specialists in green chemistry and biomimicry. She supported the 100+ eco-hackers at the POC21 Innovation Camp in France, working to create open source, grassroots responses to climate change in advance of the COP21 global talks in Paris. In 2011, she launched the Autodesk Sustainability Workshop, a free resource that has taught millions of students how to tackle resource challenges through design, architecture and engineering practices. <br/><br/>As a designer, Dawn created a tree-covered pedestrian bridge on the US-Canada border, built custom furniture, and worked to advance closed-loop manufacturing strategies. Dawn co-authored the bestselling book Worldchanging: A User's Guide to the 21st Century. She has taught sustainability to numerous graduate students, given dozens of talks around the world, and was recognized by Fast Company as one of the 100 Most Creative People in Business. She serves on the board of Catapult Design. Dawn has an industrial design degree from RISD and an MBA in Sustainable Business from the Bainbridge Graduate Institute.<br/><br/>Follow Dawn on Twitter @ecoworkshop
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  Michael Floyd

  Michael Floyd is an environmental technologist and design director, accelerating solutions that advance environmental & social performance in the AEC sector—for a sustainable hardscape. Current focus on high performance buildings, Lean and industrialized construction, and resilient cities. Recently led integration of EC3 with BIM 360 for carbon-smart building material choices. His life prior to Autodesk included design direction and consulting in both product development and the built environment. His product-oriented work has addressed toxicity, design for environment, climate, and supply chain adaptation. He has a special interest in energy productivity in the built environment, and has undertaken related work at scales ranging from whole cities to commercial kitchens. He holds an MSc in Environmental Technology from Imperial College London, and a BA from Princeton University.