Please join Urban Green Council for a presentation and discussion of the contribution structural engineers can make to sustainable building outcomes. Robert Otani and Jonatan Schumacher of Thornton Tomasetti will showcase two in-house analysis tools with a focus on embodied energy/embodied carbon efficiency and reduction. Given that the building structure typically accounts for the majority of the total mass of a building, meaningful embodied carbon reductions in the built environment are not possible without substantial structural contributions. Robert Field of Robert Silman Associates will introduce a variety of sustainability concepts at the structural designer?s disposal ? based on the recently published book ?Sustainability Guidelines for Structural Engineers? by the ASCE?s Structural Engineering Institute (SEI). Some local built examples will be presented to highlight how these concepts have been incorporated into real-world design and construction processes. SPEAKERS SCHEDULE CEU?s: If you're interested inᅠvolunteeringᅠfor this event, send us anᅠemail. This is one of several monthly programs developed by our volunteer Monthly Programs Committee Date:ᅠThursday, February 23, 2012ᅠ
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Salon: Structural Design Strategies for Sustainability and Embodied Carbon Effic
February 23, 2012
6:00 to 8:00 PM
6:00 to 8:00 PM