Record on the Road Boston

Boston

June 20, 2023

Samberg Conference Center, MIT

AIA
Earn up to 6 AIA LU/HSW

Sustainability in Practice

Join Record for a special half-day event showcasing cutting edge research and built projects employing advanced software, mass timber, circular construction, and upcycling.

This event has been completed. Credits were emailed out by July 5.


AGENDA

11:30 AM-12:00 PM
Registration Open


12:00 PM-1:00 PM

Lunch & LearnKIP 300: Embodied Carbon and the Envelope

Learning Objectives

  • Design and specify enclosure systems that utilize low embodied carbon materials for structure, insulation and finishes strategically to improve building performance
  • Learn the basic concepts of what and LCA is, the areas that are included and the resulting data that feeds the creations of EPDs
  • Assess traditional and alternative façade and building envelope materials for their embodied carbon impact looking at the assembly and specifically the insulation
  • To demonstrate and quantify the embodied carbon impacts of material selection, calculated using whole-building life cycle assessment (LCA)
sponsored by Kingspan

Andy McIntyre


1:00 PM-1:15 PM
Break


1:15 PM-2:10 PM

Opening KeynoteClose Hauled: Preparing Architects for the Energy Transition

Christoph Reinhart and Matt Noblett


2:10 PM-2:55 PM

CE Session Architecture Can Be More: Design Excellence Through Innovation, Sustainability, and Equity

Chandra Robinson


2:55 PM-3:40 PM

CE SessionTowards Absolute Zero Carbon: Going Beyond Net-Zero for a No-Emissions Future

Nico Kienzl


3:40 PM-4:00 PM
Break


4:00 PM-4:45 PM

CE Session ODDS & MODS: Design Innovation for Scalable Material Circularity in Architecture

Caitlin Mueller & Sheila Kennedy


4:45 PM-5:30 PM

Closing Keynote 3XN’s Quay Quarter Tower: An Urban, Social and Environmental Transformation

Fred Holt


5:30 PM-6:30 PM
Cocktail Reception


Speakers

Fred Holt
Fred Holt
Partner
3XN
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Sheila Kennedy
Sheila Kennedy, FAIA
Professor, Dept. of Architecture
MIT
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Nico Kienzl
Nico Kienzl
Director
Atelier Ten
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Caitlin Mueller
Caitlin Mueller
Associate Professor, Dept. of Architecture and Dept. of Environmental Engineering
MIT
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Matt Noblett
Matt Noblett
Partner
Behnisch Architekten
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Christoph Reinhart
Christoph Reinhart
Alan and Terri Spoon Professor of Architecture and Climate
Department of Architecture, MIT
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robinson
Chandra Robinson
Principal
LEVER Architecture
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Lunch & Learn Speaker

Andy McIntyre
Andy McIntyre
Regional Sales Manager
Kingspan | Benchmark

Moderators

minutillo
Josephine Minutillo
Editor in Chief
Architectural Record
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gonchar
Joann Gonchar, FAIA
Deputy Editor
Architectural Record
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LOCATION

Samberg Center
MIT
50 Memorial Drive, Boston MA 02111

In Partnership With

mit architecture


PLATINUM SPONSORS

Think Wood Vitro



LUNCH AND LEARN SPONSOR

Kingspan


EXHIBIT SPONSORS

Cumar Milestone Tiles Vermont Quarries


ASSOCIATION PARTNER

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