Descripción
Let's face it, emissions from the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry are too high and one of the key issues is there are no agreed-upon processes for measuring embodied carbon. Join this panel discussion to hear a deep dive into how a group of companies conducted a proof of concept (POC) to address this complexity. Under the auspices of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, Autodesk and six AEC leading companies—AECOM, Arcadis, Arup, Foster + Partners, Ramboll, and SOM—spent more than six months on this POC. The cohort of building information modeling (BIM) and sustainability experts from the various firms investigated the processes behind translating BIM data into material quantities to measure embodied carbon (EC). The goal: Identify best practices toward establishing industry-wide guidelines for EC analysis to create actionable benchmarks. Join this fascinating technical discussion into how we aligned, agreed on assumptions, and drew conclusions.
Hear how these POC insights might help decarbonize the industry from our contributors: Paul Astle (Ramboll), Javier Sanchez Hernandez (AECOM), Laura Gomez Hernandez (AECOM), Caoimhe Loftus (Arcadis), Ian Lumsden (Arup), Blerina Celniku (Foster and Partners), Monica Lucas (Ramboll), Eric Stimmel (SOM), and Mirko Farnetani (SOM).
Aprendizajes clave
- Learn how to design and make in more sustainable ways—with less negative impact on people and the planet.
- Gain data-driven insights into embodied carbon measurement and ways to streamline and scale across the AEC industry.
- Discover real-world examples of industry practices and recommended streamlined solutions.
Oradores
- SZSheena ZhangSheena Zhang is an AEC Sustainability Specialist at Autodesk, where she develops the internal strategy across Autodesk's portfolio for connected sustainability workflows and capabilities. Prior to Autodesk, she was a sustainability consultant to the architecture, engineering, and construction industry at Atelier Ten, where she managed projects of all scales and typologies, including adaptive reuse, museum, healthcare, and masterplans with a wide range of sustainability goals like net-zero operational and embodied carbon, zero waste of resources, and net-zero water waste. She helped develop methods to quantify projects' total carbon and has extensive experience working with many stakeholders, including building owners, design teams, and construction managers to incorporate sustainability from concept design through construction. As a LEED AP and Living Futures Accredited professional, she has a record of delivering a multitude of sustainable design benchmarks and is passionate about democratizing sustainability tools for equitable impact in the built environment. She is a registered architect and has taught at the Pratt Institute and the Parsons School of Design.
- ESEric StimmelEric Stimmel is a BIM Leader at SOM focusing on building information modeling as both a process and a set of tools. He has been working with project teams across the firm since 2008 to help them take better advantage of Revit and other BIM software. Eric's collaborative spirit and his depth of knowledge make him an invaluable resource on large, complex projects. These project based responsibilities inform his work developing and documenting Revit standards and best practices at a firmwide level and in evaluating and creating new tools.
- ILIan LumsdenIan is Arup's Global Digital Engagement Leader responsible for scaling-up the adoption of data and digital initiatives across the firm globally, supporting the implementation of digital into projects and working with clients to implement data, digital and sustainability into mutual processes. In recent years, Ian has directed his technical experience and digital skills towards supporting sustainable development where he led on Arup's Whole Life Carbon Digital initiative, including the development of "Zero", Arup's global carbon data collection platform.
- CLCaoimhe LoftusCaoimhe Loftus is Solution Consultant at Arcadis, where she combines her experience as a practicing architect and her passion for innovation and sustainability to demonstrate how technology can improve the way we work.
- MLMonica LucasMonica Lucas is a civil engineer with an MSc in Structural Engineering from Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden, from 2011. She has broad international experience from her work in Sweden, Germany and the USA before she started at Rambøll in Norway in 2017. She is an experienced consultant in structural engineering who today also works as sustainability coordinator for all structural engineers in the Buildings Division at Rambøll Norway. In her daily work she uses her expertise in several ways and is particularly concerned with reducing the greenhouse gas footprint from construction materials. Last year she developed SCORE, a tool that today is being used in Rambøll Norway, Sweden and Denmark for all engineers and designers to include sustainability as part of their scope of work in all projects. SCORE has became the chosen program at the organisation for setting Global Sustainability Targets in accordance to the strategy
- BCBlerina CelnikuBlerina is an Associate Partner at Foster and Partners and a qualified architect in both the UK and Italy. Holding a PhD in Environmental Design, she brings over a decade of experience in the construction industry, with a specialized focus on sustainable design and Building Information Modelling (BIM). Blerina integrates her expertise in BIM and sustainability to develop comprehensive guidelines, workflows, and tools that enable life cycle carbon analysis. She contributes to diverse projects across various typologies and regions, providing support for data-driven carbon reduction strategies and ensuring performance is tracked and optimized throughout the entire project life cycle.
- MFMirko FarnetaniMirko Farnetani, Associate, is the Firmwide Embodied Carbon Leader. Using his eighteen years of experience in the construction industry as a sustainability specialist and fully-qualified architect, Mirko oversees the performance of all of the firm's projects by integrating carbon abatement and regenerative solution strategies into SOM's design approach. His unique expertise plays an instrumental role in SOM's Whole Life Carbon Accounting, a new standalone service. Mirko is currently involved in the 'State of End of Life Modelling and Data in Whole Building LCA Tools' research project with NREL, CLF and Building Transparency. In July 2023, Mirko was appointed by the Westminster City Council (UK) as one expert member for the Design Review Panel (Specialism: Embodied carbon, circular economy and regenerative design). Mirko is part of the LETI Steering Group and was also the lead author of the 2020 LETI publications, Embodied Carbon Primer as well as Climate Emergency Design Guide, Chapter 2. He is a guest lecturer at the University of Bath in LCA, Embodied Carbon plus Responsible Sourcing; at the Royal College of Art in Material Supply Chains (Circular Economy). Whilst at Hilson Moran, Mirko developed and reviewed content for the City of London Corporation's, Carbon Options Guidance (Planning Advice Note, 2023). Additionally, he was the benchmarks data partner and reviewer for the GLA, Whole Life-Cycle Carbon Assessments (London Plan Guidance, 2022). During his time at BRE Group, Mirko was the LCA Technical Lead for the EU Horizon 2020 Building as Material Banks (BAMB 2020) research project, and he developed the methodology for the Environmental Evaluation module of the Circular Building Assessment, which aimed to enable a circular economy approach in the construction industry. He is also the co-author of 'Case Study 2, Whole Life Carbon – Curtain Walling' in the 2017 book, Targeting Zero: Embodied and Whole Life Carbon Explained, by RIBA Publishing.
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