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SUMMARY:2:00pm - Where’s the Joy in Construction? Got Work To Do!
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1631663664788{padding: 15px !important;background-color: #ffffff !important;border-radius: 10px !important;}”][vc_column width=”2/3″]Where’s the Joy in Construction? Got Work To Do![vc_column_text font_size=”18px” line_height=”1.8″]\nThere is work to do if we want to make this a welcoming\, inclusive industry. Let’s talk about it. We will lead a discussion about the joys that we’ve experienced in our work and the obstacles that stand in the way of joy. Vulnerability has a place in our work days\, and it has a place in this session. We believe that focusing on human relationships by sharing our experiences and practicing holding space for each other will lead to more joyful and secure climate change warriors. \nBe ready to examine the statement that the modern\, American construction industry on these four pillars: capitalism\, the patriarchy\, white supremacy\, and scarcity\, believing there’s only one\, small pie for all of us. Because we believe tackling our complicity may clear some paths to joy in our field. \nJason and Chris bring very different vantage points to the table and we’re hoping that you will share your thoughts\, concerns\, and experiences in this discussion with us. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″]SpeakerChris LandinginRead BioJason LearRead Bio[/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://northwestgreen.org/event/wheres-the-joy-in-construction-got-work-to-do/
CATEGORIES:closing,Day Two,summit
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211014T120000
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SUMMARY:12:00pm - Transforming the Way We Deliver Hot Water
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1631663664788{padding: 15px !important;background-color: #ffffff !important;border-radius: 10px !important;}”][vc_column width=”2/3″]Transforming the Way We Deliver Hot Water[vc_column_text font_size=”18px” line_height=”1.8″]What if we could cut greenhouse gas emissions\, invest in underserved communities\, and create thousands of good-paying jobs? Turns out we can by leading water heating into the future. We use a lot of energy on water heating: showers\, clothes washers\, and dishwashers can account for up to 32% of home energy use. In fact\, water heating can be the top source of energy consumption in multi-family buildings. Bonneville Power Authority and Ecotope have led the development of central heat pump water heating systems for multi-family buildings\, recruiting and collaborating with manufacturers and building industry experts to work through the Technology Innovation Model\, which is designed to bring environmentally friendly products to the built environment. The result is a brand new product category of fully packaged central heat pump water heaters that are two to four times more energy efficient than conventional technologies; use low global-warming-potential refrigerants; have connectivity and controls to harmonize with the energy supply\, making it possible to rapidly increase the use of renewable energy sources; and offer a plug-and-play solution that eliminates the need for customer engineering and on-site construction\, reducing installation costs. Equally important is what residents will experience with these systems: hot water when they want it and reduced energy costs. This presentation will help you understand how central heat pump water heating systems are game changing for multi-family construction and share details about the model used to develop them\, the energy savings we can expect from them\, as well as the demonstration projects that are already in place\, including the Seattle Housing Authority’s 100-unit Bayview Tower.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″]SpeakerScott SpielmanRead Bio[/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://northwestgreen.org/event/transforming-the-way-we-deliver-hot-water/
CATEGORIES:Day Two,summit,The Devil's in the Details
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SUMMARY:12:00pm - Reaching (for) a New Horizon: A PassiveHouse Story
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1631663664788{padding: 15px !important;background-color: #ffffff !important;border-radius: 10px !important;}”][vc_column width=”2/3″]Reaching (for) a New Horizon: A PassiveHouse Story[vc_column_text font_size=”18px” line_height=”1.8″]This is a story about a family’s determination to effect a cleaner future by building a certified passive house – a giant collection of the very big and very small choices that many owners\, architects\, and builders made this year\, this week\, today. From the owners’ perspective\, the arrival of their daughter brought them greater worry about uncertain tomorrows\, heightened awareness of their own ecological responsibility\, and a keener eye for spotting points of leverage able to lift the future to the one we will need to first survive\, then thrive. \nThey began with a goal of a PHIUS+ Certified Passive House\, and to their immense credit\, remained unwavering in their determination to meet this goal. They devoted time\, steered their budget to prioritize energy consciousness\, and routinely bypassed options without hesitation that excluded certification. We will tell some tales. \nWe will narrow down the mountain of challenges and battle stories of this project to three fundamental parts of the house: the strange foundation we inherited\, the windows that almost didn’t exist\, and the roof that started out simple but became complex without changing shape. While the challenges are project-specific\, the solutions are ones that you can adapt to your own project and your own journey find your leverage for that future we will have to work hard to deserve.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″]SpeakerKevin WittRead BioBrian CowanRead BioDan BowerRead Bio[/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://northwestgreen.org/event/reaching-for-a-new-horizon-a-passivehouse-story/
CATEGORIES:Day Two,New Frontiers,summit
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211014T103000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211014T120000
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SUMMARY:10:30am - Interrupting the Wood Waste Stream\, for Good
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1631663664788{padding: 15px !important;background-color: #ffffff !important;border-radius: 10px !important;}”][vc_column width=”2/3″]Interrupting the Wood Waste Stream\, for Good[vc_column_text font_size=”18px” line_height=”1.8″]\nSignificant amounts of usable wood are going to landfills and being burned in our region. (300\,000 tons of clean wood go to waste in King County\, alone\, each year.) Additionally\, there is inconsistent availability of reclaimed and sustainably-harvested (FSC) wood for the construction industry to incorporate into buildings. Meanwhile\, due to climate change\, lumber prices remain volatile. We will discuss the movement afoot to intervene in the wood waste system in a way that has the potential to transform the green building materials market in the Northwest. This movement includes:\n– Recent code changes that allow the incorporation of nominal framing lumber without a grade stamp\n– Cities leading the way\, such as a deconstruction mandate in Portland and pilot projects in Kirkland and Seattle\n– Regional research and testing to support the incorporation of reclaimed wood into mass timber panels\n– The development of wood hubs from Portland through Seattle to Bellingham in order to persistently supply sustainably-harvested and reclaimed wood\, and value-added wood products\, to the region’s construction market\n– Training and education necessary to sustain the effort.\n\nThis is the making of a circular wood economy in our region. Let’s discuss the opportunities and obstacles to taking advantage of this unique moment in history.\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″]SpeakerValerie CareyRead BioJason LearRead Bio[/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://northwestgreen.org/event/interrupting-the-wood-waste-stream-for-good/
CATEGORIES:Day Two,summit,The Devil's in the Details
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SUMMARY:10:30am - A Landscape Befitting a Legacy
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1631663664788{padding: 15px !important;background-color: #ffffff !important;border-radius: 10px !important;}”][vc_column width=”2/3″]A Landscape Befitting a Legacy[vc_column_text font_size=”18px” line_height=”1.8″]When a Bainbridge Island client approached her about working on the home they were building to reflect their lifelong passion for art and environmental sustainability\, Hoda Sheikh\, founder and owner of Lotus landscapes & Arboriculture\, took up the challenge of creating a landscape and outdoor living space that could live up to the legacy. Where many designers might have planted an expanse of lawn\, and paved over areas\, or dug up indigenous plants\, Hoda looked at the property not as a blank canvas\, but one where the natural landscape had already begun to paint the picture. \nThis presentation will explore how the future of sustainable outdoor living will focus on the protection of natural resources over the creation of artificial spaces. Using the Legacy House as a case story\, Hoda will take you through the process she uses in intentional landscape design\, digging deep into several of her innovative solutions on this shoreline project\, including how she and her team protected old growth trees and their root systems from construction stress\, reused old plants\, transplanted and acclimated plant materials and introduced new ones; enhanced on-site ecosystems\, made best use of xeriscapes for water conservation and shoreline restoration; and smartly utilized rainwater collection and natural fertilizers.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″]SpeakerHoda SheikhRead Bio[/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://northwestgreen.org/event/a-landscape-befitting-a-legacy/
CATEGORIES:Day Two,New Frontiers,summit
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211014T090000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211014T103000
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SUMMARY:9:00am - Single Family Electrification Retrofits
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1631663664788{padding: 15px !important;background-color: #ffffff !important;border-radius: 10px !important;}”][vc_column width=”2/3″]Single Family Electrification Retrofits[vc_column_text font_size=”18px” line_height=”1.8″]The benefits of electrifying your home are numerous: improved health from reducing air pollution inside your home\, increased comfort from using heat pump heating and cooling\, and lowering your impact on climate and the environment by reducing emissions. The process of electrifying your home can start with a deep retrofit including insulation and energy efficiency upgrades\, or by switching one appliance at a time; this presentation aims to provide an overview of the costs and strategies for all pathways. Electrifying on a tight budget is possible – there are affordable\, renter friendly electrification solutions. Electrifying while staying on the same electrical panel is also possible – with selection of power efficient products and the use of load sharing devices you can be mindful of your home’s “Watt Diet”. Affordable resilience is also possible with vehicle to grid charging and portable battery and solar kits for power during emergencies. This presentation will equip the viewer a selection of products and strategies that can be used in their own home to electrify.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″]SpeakerEmily HigbeeRead Bio[/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://northwestgreen.org/event/single-family-electrification-retrofits/
CATEGORIES:Day Two,summit,The Devil's in the Details
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211014T090000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211014T103000
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SUMMARY:9:00am - Strategic Energy Planning for Resilience
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1631663664788{padding: 15px !important;background-color: #ffffff !important;border-radius: 10px !important;}”][vc_column width=”2/3″]Strategic Energy Planning for Resilience[vc_column_text font_size=”18px” line_height=”1.8″]The focus of this session is on best practices for developing a strategic energy plan that is centered on equitable outcomes\, while promoting community energy resilience. Learn more about recent tribal energy resilience\, microgrid\, and strategic planning projects\, while gaining technical resources for implementing in your community. Navigate existing frameworks\, technologies\, grant funding resources\, and workforce development training programs to get a foothold in the growing clean energy industry. This presentation challenges the status quo to envision a regenerative future for the clean energy industry that is accessible to all.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″]SpeakerJack NewmanRead Bio[/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://northwestgreen.org/event/strategic-energy-planning-for-resilience/
CATEGORIES:Day Two,New Frontiers,summit
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211013T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211013T153000
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SUMMARY:2:00pm - Housing Solutions Across the Edge
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1631663664788{padding: 15px !important;background-color: #ffffff !important;border-radius: 10px !important;}”][vc_column width=”2/3″]Housing Solutions Across the Edge[vc_column_text font_size=”18px” line_height=”1.8″]Well before the current housing crisis\, creative developers and grassroots communities were busy advancing a broad movement. Largely inspired to create housing\, also moved to establish a profound sense of place\, this movement has become so broad and deep that no single person or group can say that know most of what is going on. While that’s true\, this presentation will show some of the most dynamic and influential stories from the ongoing hotbed of social-ecological innovation that is Portland\, Oregon. Some examples include developer-driven urban infill cohousing\, block and home scale “revillaging” retrofits\, and DIY villages by and for previous houseless people.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″]SpeakerMark LakemanRead Bio[/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://northwestgreen.org/event/housing-solutions-across-the-edge/
CATEGORIES:Day One,Housing: the Future is Now,summit
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211013T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211013T153000
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SUMMARY:2:00pm - Climate Change\, IAQ and Energy Efficiency
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1631663664788{padding: 15px !important;background-color: #ffffff !important;border-radius: 10px !important;}”][vc_column width=”2/3″]Climate Change\, IAQ and Energy Efficiency[vc_column_text font_size=”18px” line_height=”1.8″]Climate change\, wildfires\, excessive heat and a life-threatening pandemic – life as we have known it\, no longer exists. Many people from all walks of life and who live in existing housing can no longer escape to their ‘castle’. What can be done to provide healthy housing with clean\, cool and affordable indoor air to those most vulnerable? This session brings together three experts to discuss solution driven outcomes to the challenges we now face in existing buildings.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″]SpeakerAileen GagneyRead BioTom BalderstonRead BioWebly BowlesRead Bio[/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://northwestgreen.org/event/climate-change-iaq-and-energy-efficiency/
CATEGORIES:Challenging Climate Change,Climate,Day One,summit
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211013T120000
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SUMMARY:12:00pm - Blowing the Lid Off Affordable Net Zero Housing
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1631663664788{padding: 15px !important;background-color: #ffffff !important;border-radius: 10px !important;}”][vc_column width=”2/3″]Blowing the Lid Off Affordable Net Zero Housing[vc_column_text font_size=”18px” line_height=”1.8″]The C Street Co-op packs a punch: Affordable Housing at 60% AMI? Check. Affordable homeownership? Check. Permanently affordable homeownership? Check. Net Zero Energy? Neighborhood walkability? And all this with about 10% of the subsidy required by typical affordable housing apartment buildings? Check\, check\, and check. Recently completed in Springfield\, Oregon\, the C Street Co-op has blown the lid off the affordable housing game. How? By changing the rules. Through cooperative ownership\, missing middle infill housing\, and the straightforward application of Passive House principles\, the C Street Co-op is a powerful demonstration of new paradigm for affordable\, sustainable homeownerhip for America.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″]SpeakerDylan LamarRead Bio[/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://northwestgreen.org/event/blowing-the-lid-off-affordable-net-zero-housing/
CATEGORIES:Day One,Housing: the Future is Now,summit
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211013T120000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211013T140000
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SUMMARY:12:00pm - How Buildings Can Reverse Climate Change
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1631663664788{padding: 15px !important;background-color: #ffffff !important;border-radius: 10px !important;}”][vc_column width=”2/3″]How Buildings Can Reverse Climate Change[vc_column_text font_size=”18px” line_height=”1.8″]Emissions arising from manufacturing building materials for North American homes add around 65 million metric tonnes of GHGs every year. And the drive to improve energy efficiency in homes may push these emissions even higher. Understanding the impacts of material carbon emissions (MCEs) is critical for all of us in the homebuilding industry. Fortunately\, homebuilders have a clear\, achievable and affordable path to bringing MCEs to zero or\, even better\, to making homes that store carbon and help reverse climate change. \nHow do we do this? We need to understand MCE\, be able to assess MCE in our buildings and work toward designs and material procurement that matches our climate goals. It is also critical that we make these buildings last as long as possible\, providing health and resilience for their occupants\, so that the MCEs are stored rather than re-emitted during deconstruction or demolition. \nThis presentation will include results from two new Canadian studies that put this issue into clear perspective for the first time. It will also include project examples from Phoenix and Seattle to show low embodied carbon building is already occurring in a broad range of climates.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″]SpeakerChris MagwoodRead BioLucas JohnsonRead Bio[/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://northwestgreen.org/event/how-buildings-can-reverse-climate-change/
CATEGORIES:Challenging Climate Change,Day One,summit
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211013T103000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211013T120000
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SUMMARY:10:30am - The Need for Affordable\, Sustainable Housing
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1631663664788{padding: 15px !important;background-color: #ffffff !important;border-radius: 10px !important;}”][vc_column width=”2/3″]The Need for Affordable\, Sustainable Housing[vc_column_text font_size=”18px” line_height=”1.8″]We have dual climate and affordable housing emergencies bearing down on us as a community and a world. In order to be truly sustainable\, our communities must make note of the equitable access to clean\, green\, affordable housing. Our communities in Redmond and Kirkland are 100% LEED Platinum certified\, and yet close to three quarters of our residents earn less than 50% of the median income. And we build without government subsidies. \nIf we are truly going to move forward with a sustainable\, equitable future\, we must join the three major pillars of successful communities: the environment\, housing\, and transportation. With must look holistically at how we build now and in the future to be more resilient to the challenges we will face in the coming decades as climate change intensifies. We can thrive as a community\, but we have to do it together\, and we have to be serious and make bold moves that protect our future on this planet.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″]SpeakerAngela RozmynRead Bio[/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://northwestgreen.org/event/the-need-for-affordable-sustainable-housing/
CATEGORIES:Day One,Housing: the Future is Now,summit
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211013T103000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211013T120000
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SUMMARY:10:30am - Concrete Carbon Solutions
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1631663664788{padding: 15px !important;background-color: #ffffff !important;border-radius: 10px !important;}”][vc_column width=”2/3″]Concrete Carbon Solutions[vc_column_text font_size=”18px” line_height=”1.8″]The top 50 architecture\, engineering\, construction (AEC) firms\, and other key professionals responsible for well over one trillion dollars of global annual construction have rallied around establishing building sector emissions targets to meet the Paris Agreement. The embodied carbon emissions of construction products represent a significant portion of emissions and unlike operational carbon emissions these emissions are locked in place as soon as a building is built. However\, measuring the impacts of buildings\, assemblies and products can be complex. Every design decision from product selection to envelope design and construction can have an impact on the environment throughout the project’s service life. Now we have the ability to adopt a holistic life cycle perspective to provide solutions that minimize the carbon impacts while ensuring resilience to natural hazards.\nThis session will review the growing number of legislation and regulations to reduce carbon emissions of the concrete industry; how the industry demonstrates success through innovative tools and metrics; and how manufacturing methods and research are enhancing concrete products to meet the challenges of climate adaption.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″]SpeakerTien PengRead Bio[/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://northwestgreen.org/event/concrete-carbon-solutions/
CATEGORIES:Challenging Climate Change,Day One,summit
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211013T090000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211013T103000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20211013T193807Z
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SUMMARY:9:00 am - The River That Made Seattle
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1631663664788{padding: 15px !important;background-color: #ffffff !important;border-radius: 10px !important;}”][vc_column width=”2/3″]The River That Made Seattle[vc_column_text font_size=”18px” line_height=”1.8″]Once teeming with bountiful salmon and fertile plains\, Seattle’s Duwamish River drew both Native peoples and settlers to its shores over centuries for trading\, transport\, and sustenance. Unfortunately\, the very utility of the river was its undoing\, as decades of dumping led to the river being declared a Superfund cleanup site. \nMuch of Washington’s history has been told through the perspective of its colonizers\, obscuring and mythologizing the changes to these lands that have long been occupied by Native peoples. Through the story of the river\, author BJ Cummings explores previously unrecorded Native and immigrant histories\, and exposes settler falsehoods about the founding of the state. The river’s story is a call to action to align future decisions with values of collaboration\, respect\, and justice.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″]SpeakerBJ CummingsRead Bio[/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://northwestgreen.org/event/9am-the-river-that-made-seattle/
CATEGORIES:Day One,Day One Keynote,summit
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