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SUMMARY:WMAIA Spring BCT Programs
DESCRIPTION:Monday\, February 28 | 4:00-5:15 | Zoom 1 HSW\nAcoustics and Vibration in Mass Timber\nRose Mary Su\, ACENTECH \nAcoustics is the key to success for many buildings and building spaces. Most of us have dined in a noisy restaurant unable to hear our friend sitting across the table or tried to study in a library full of distracting noises. Workplaces today tend to be open and collaborative\, but the noise level may inhibit productivity. Learn how acoustically comfortable space is achieved in the face of multiple obstacles. \nREGISTER HERE. \nThese lectures and free and open to the public\, however\, registration and payment of fee is required if you want WMAIA to record the learning units.\nUMass faculty and staff requiring learning units may register for no fee.
URL:https://www.wmaia.org/event/wmaia-spring-bct-programs/
LOCATION:ZOOM
CATEGORIES:WMAIA Programs
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SUMMARY:WMAIA Committee on the Environment
DESCRIPTION:Register Now!\nWMAIA COTE – COMMITTEE ON THE ENVIRONMENT – register now for February 24\nThursday\, February | 4:30 PM | Zoom  1 HSW (no fee) \nWhy Trees Are Stronger Than Wood – a presentation by Greg Cabral\, Original Mass Timber Maine \nIn this program\, rescheduled from last fall\, Greg Cabral will discuss the Original Mass Timber Structural Round Timber (SRT)\, which requires no adhesives\, minimal processing\, and can be fabricated using existing local timber supplies\, making it an accessible and early-impact solution for mass timber markets and sustainable forest economies. SRT can compete in both strength and cost with steel and engineered wood products\, with the added benefits of shorter supply chains\, lower embodied energy\, and higher carbon sequestration. Original Mass Timber Maine\, a grant-funded initiative administered by the Town of Ashland\, ME\, has joined forces with influential leaders in the A/E/C community to develop markets for Structural Round Timber (SRT) from regional forest owners to provide cost effective solutions that sequester more carbon\, and require less processing than competitive products\, while providing jobs for local forest economies. Join us to learn more! \nTo register email Lorin Starr for log in information
URL:https://www.wmaia.org/event/wmaia-committee-on-the-environment/
LOCATION:ZOOM
CATEGORIES:COTE Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211216T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211216T180000
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SUMMARY:WMAIA Annual Meeting - Members Only
DESCRIPTION:WMAIA Annual Meeting \nThursday\, December 16th | 4:30-6:00 | Zoom \nSponsors:  Pella\, Keiter Builders\n \nGrab a glass of wine and join us for our Annual Meeting on Thursday\, December 16th. \nThis members-only event will feature: \nArchitecture Quiz\nA favorite from last year’s annual meeting was THE QUIZ where we showed series of architecture photographs and challenged the group to identify them.  This year we’d like to crowd-source the images.  So…you can send a photo (and identifying information) to Caryn Brause FAIA cjbrause@umass.edu .  Caryn will curate the quiz.  Local images appreciated!  Please use WMAIA QUIZ in the subject line.  Deadline December 10th \nBusiness Meeting\nYear in Review\nElection of Officers\nScholarships \nGreen Giants Awards Presentation\nThe Green Giants Award Program honors the work of trades people\, educators\, and owners/program directors who help build\, teach about\, envision and fund the green buildings in Hampshire\, Hampden\, Franklin\, and Berkshire counties.  This year’s winners will be announced at the Annual Meeting \nFeature Presentation \nA peek Inside the New Neilson Library at Smith College\nThere’s been quite a bit of interest in seeing the new Neilson Library\, which opened last winter amid the pandemic. The building is still closed to the public\, but we will get a bit of a peek with a video tour followed by a Q & A led by Smith alumnae Helen Fantini AIA and Martha Montgomery AIA. The panel will include Smith College’s Dean of the Libraries Susan Fliss\, Smith College’s Project Manager Charlie Conant along with Janette Blackburn FAIA from Shepley Bullfinch\, executive architect for the building designed by Maya Lin Studio with Bialosky and Partners. The discussion will focus on the College’s vision for a 21st century library and the execution of Maya Lin’s design. Early on\, designer Maya Lin said that in reimagining Neilson she wanted to create a “glowing central hub that revitalizes the center of the campus.” Mission accomplished?
URL:https://www.wmaia.org/event/16812/
LOCATION:ZOOM
CATEGORIES:WMAIA Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211129T160000
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SUMMARY:UMASS Building & Construction Technology Lecture Series
DESCRIPTION:UMASS BCT SERIES BEGINS SEPTEMBER 20TH – REGISTER NOW!\nWMAIA members will attend remotely; please register for credit here \nMonday\, September 20 | 4:00-5:15 | Zoom 1 HSW\nAdvancing Healthy\, Energy Efficient\, Climate-Friendly Housing to Achieve Health and Racial Equity \nMonday\, October 18 | 4:00-5:15 | Zoom 1 HSW\nClimate Smart Forests and Green Construction: Designing with Biogenic Carbon to Achieve Climate Positive Structures \nMonday\, November 8 | 4:00-5:15 | Zoom 1 LU\nThe Continuing Rise of Women in Construction \nMonday\, November 29 | 4:00-5:15 | Zoom 1 HSW\nBuilding Performance Improvement with Building Automation Systems (BAS) \nPlease register for credit here
URL:https://www.wmaia.org/event/umass-building-construction-technology-lecture-series/2021-11-29/
LOCATION:ZOOM
CATEGORIES:Continuing Education
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211117T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211117T190000
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SUMMARY:2021 UMASS Architecture Fall Lecture Series
DESCRIPTION:UMass announces the Fall 2021 Department of Architecture lecture series. The series includes 5 speakers who represent a broad spectrum of the discipline of architecture. \nAll lectures begin at 5:30 EST. Three of the lectures will be conducted remotely via the Zoom Webinar platform\, while two lectures will be hosted in the Design Building Atrium. All lectures are free and open to the public. \nRegistration is required for remote lectures. Please visit the UMass Events Page and click on the calendar date of the lecture you’d like to attend. \nSeptember 22: Brian Tibbs\, AIA\, NOMA\, NCARB. Brian Tibbs is a partner at Moody Nolan\, the largest African American owned firm in the country recently recognized with the 2021 AIA Architecture Firm Award. Brian directs the Nashville office operations where he leads projects across the country including the Music City Center\, the Jacob Javits Convention Center\, and the new Boston Convention Center hotel. \nOctober 07: Sylvia Lavin\, PhD. Sylvia Lavin is a professor of History and Theory of Architecture and the co-director of the Program in Media and Modernity at Princeton University. As an architectural historian and cultural critic\, much of her recent work presents a counter-narrative of post-modern architecture in the United States by addressing the underlying conditions that shaped architectural practice from the post-modern period through the present. As part of the Five College Architectural Theory Seminar\, Sylvia will be speaking on the work of Cedric Price in a lecture titled: A Work on Paper\, a Plantation\, and a Polariser:  An Environmental History of Cedric Price’s Generator. \nOctober 20: Esra Akcan\, PhD. Esra Akcan is the Michael McCarthy Professor in the Department of Architecture at Cornell University. Her research on modern and contemporary architecture and urbanism foregrounds the intertwined histories of Europe and West Asia\, and offers new ways to understand architecture’s role in global\, social and environmental justice. Also part of the Five College Architectural Theory Seminar\, Esra will be speaking about relationships between human rights and architecture in a lecture titled: Human Rights\, Reparations and Architecture. \nNovember 10: Billie Faircloth\, FAIA. As a partner at the innovative and award winning architectural firm KieranTimberlake\, Billie Faircloth leads a diverse\, interdisciplinary teams of professionals that includes architects but also materials scientists\, chemical physicists\, and environmental managers among others. She has played a key role in the research and development of technology for high-performance design including Tally\, an industry standard for life cycle analysis. \nNovember 17: Katherine Williams\, AIA\, NOMA\, LEED AP. Finally\, Katherine Williams is an architect and writer whose experience includes work at traditional architecture firms\, community development\, and managing commercial construction for a general contractor. She currently serves as a Senior Project Manager for construction at a DC University. In addition to professional practice\, Katherine writes about architecture and development and about the experience of African Americans\, and specifically black women architects\, within the field of architecture. She was the NOMA magazine editor from 2009-2014 and recently published Melvin Mitchell’s book African American Architects: Embracing Culture and Building Urban Communities.
URL:https://www.wmaia.org/event/save-the-dates-umass-architecture-fall-lecture-series/2021-11-17/
CATEGORIES:Continuing Education
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211102T183000
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SUMMARY:WMAIA Film Series
DESCRIPTION:WMAIA – 5 COLLEGE ARCHITECTURE FILM SERIES BEGINS OCTOBER 5th  – Save the dates!\nThis series will be offered on Zoom – 1 LU credit pending\nFree\nTo register\, email director@wmaia.org for log in information \nTuesday\, October 5 | 6:30 PM | Zoom\nKoolhaas Houselife\nKoolhaas Houselife portrays one of the masterpieces of contemporary architecture. The film lets the viewer enter into the house’s daily intimacy through the stories and daily chores of Guadalupe Acedo\, the housekeeper\, and the other people who look after the building. The realities of high-profile architecture; maintenance\, circulation and accessibility concerns are extensively examined. Houselife is both a portrait of a building as well as a vivid visual diary \nTuesday\, October 19 | 6:30 PM | Zoom\nThe Pruitt-Igoe Myth\nIt began as a housing marvel.  Two decades later\, it ended in rubble.  But what happened to those caught in between?  The Pruitt-Igoe Myth tells the story of the transformation of the American city in the decades after World War II\, through the lens of the infamous Pruitt-Igoe housing development and the St. Louis residents who called it home. \nTuesday\, November 2 | 6:30 PM | Zoom\nThe Infinite Happiness\nConceived as a personal video diary\, The Infinite Happiness is an architectural experience. The film takes us to the heart of one of the contemporary housing development considered to be a new model of success.  Inhabiting the giant “8 House” built by Danish architect Bjarke Ingels in the suburbs of Copenhagen\, Ila Bêka & Louise Lemoine recount their subjective experience of living inside this experiment of vertical village\, elected in 2011 as World best residential building.  As a Lego game\, the film builds up a collection of life stories all interconnected by their personal relationship to the building. The film draws the lines of a human map which allows the viewer to discover the building through an inner and intimate point of view and questions the architecture’s ability to create collective happiness showing the surprising results of this new type of social model of the 21st century.
URL:https://www.wmaia.org/event/wmaia-film-series/2021-11-02/
CATEGORIES:Films
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211023T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211023T170000
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SUMMARY:Brutalism + the Public University: Past\, Present and Future
DESCRIPTION:UMass Brut: Brutalism + the Public University; Past\, Present and Future\nFriday-Saturday October 22-23 8AM – 5:30 PM | in person up to 9.5 HSW \nBrutalism enthusiasts\, academic scholars\, students\, and professionals working in the fields of architecture and concrete restoration are strongly encouraged to attend a UMassBrut symposium titled\, Brutalism + the Public University: Past\, Present and Future. \nUMass Brut\, a collaboration between faculty\, staff and students at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth and the University of Massachusetts Amherst\, will bring together a team of nationally renowned scholars\, industry professionals\, and passionate citizens to address issues related to Brutalist architecture\, preservation\, and rehabilitation of these architectural treasures. \nThe symposium is a two-day\, in-person event held at UMass Dartmouth (a Paul Rudolph campus) on Friday\, October 22\, 2021 from 8 am-5:00 pm and at UMass Amherst on Saturday\, October 23\, 2021 (8 am-5:30 pm). \nThis program is supported by WMAIA and the BSA. \nFor more information and to register visit here.
URL:https://www.wmaia.org/event/brutalism-the-public-university-past-present-and-future/2021-10-23/
CATEGORIES:Continuing Education
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211016T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211016T220000
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SUMMARY:2021 AIANE Design Awards Program
DESCRIPTION:2021 New England Design Awards Program\nSaturday\, October 16\, 2021\nPolar Park\, Worcester\, MA \nHosted by the Central Massachusetts Chapter of AIA\, the annual AIA New England Design Awards celebrates architects from\, and architecture in\, New England. \nTickets are $150 and includes dinner and the following program: \n\n5:00 pm Tour of Polar Park\n6:00 pm Reception\n7:00 – 10:00 pm Dinner\n\nKeynote Speaker | Janet Marie Smith\nDesign Awards Presentation\n\n\n\nAbout the Keynote: Renowned urban planner and longtime baseball consultant\, Janet Marie Smith is the Los Angeles Dodgers’ executive vice president of planning and development. \nAbout the Venue: Polar Park is a new baseball park in Worcester\, Massachusetts\, located in a former brownfield site adjacent to a neighborhood in transition. It serves as the new home of the Worcester Red Sox\, a Minor League Baseball team competing at the Triple-A level and an affiliate of the Boston Red Sox. \nREGISTER
URL:https://www.wmaia.org/event/2021-aiane-design-awards-program/
LOCATION:Polar Park\, Worcester\, MA\, 100 Madison Street\, Worcester\, MA\, 01608\, United States
CATEGORIES:Awards Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210923T163000
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SUMMARY:Committee on the Environment - COTE Monthly Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Join a conversation on the environment. \nRSVP: director@wmaia.org \nIt’s always a good discussion with an interesting group of thoughtful people!
URL:https://www.wmaia.org/event/committee-on-the-environment-cote-monthly-meeting-2/2021-09-23/
LOCATION:ZOOM
CATEGORIES:COTE Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210920T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211015T170000
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SUMMARY:2021 Green Giant Awards NOMINATIONS DUE Oct. 15
DESCRIPTION:GREEN GIANTS NOMINATION\nDue Friday\, October 15th! \nThe GREEN GIANTS award program honors the work of trades people\, educators\, and owners who help build\, teach about\, envision and fund the green buildings in Hampshire\, Hampden\, Franklin\, and Berkshire counties. This program is intentionally distinct from other building design awards in its attempt to honor a wider range of participants behind the sustainable building movement in our region. We choose in this program to call them “Green Giants”. \nNominate someone you’ve worked with who is a Green Giant.  \nNomination is easy – simply click on the category title below in which you’d like to nominate a professional\, or click on the image at right to do the same. \nAwards will be presented at our annual meeting in December! \nNOMINATE\nTRADES PERSON\nAny individual or firm from any building trade\, or a building maintenance professional\, who has gone the extra mile to ensure that a building (or campus) meets its sustainability goals. \nEDUCATOR​\nAny teacher\, administrator\, institution\, or organization behind an innovative green building program that inspires and actively  teaches the design students\, engineers\, trades people\, and citizens who will in their turn advance our green building revolution. \nOWNER \nAny owner or institution that has envisioned and funded an exemplary green project initiated after January 2014\, or currently underway. The selected project should showcase innovative solutions to energy use reduction\, as well as sustainable design ingenuity\, to the community. \nFor questions or more information please contact Jillian DeCoursey AIA via email.
URL:https://www.wmaia.org/event/green-giant-awards-nominations-due/
CATEGORIES:Awards Programs,COTE Events,Other Awards Programs,WMAIA Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210910T160000
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SUMMARY:Book Launch - Architecture and the Senses in the Italian Renaissance: The Varieties of Architectural Experience
DESCRIPTION:UMass Renaissance Center presents a Book Launch for David Karmon\nFriday\, September 10 | 4:00 PM | Zoom \nBook launch for David Karmon’s Architecture and the Senses in the Italian Renaissance: The Varieties of Architectural Experience\, the first study of Renaissance architecture as an immersive\, multisensory experience that combines historical analysis with the evidence of first-hand accounts. David Karmon is Professor of History of Art and Architecture and Head of the Architectural Studies program at Holy Cross. \nThe author of Architecture and the Senses in the Italian Renaissance: The Varieties of Architectural Experience (Cambridge University Press\, 2021) and The Ruin of the Eternal City: Antiquity and Preservation in Renaissance Rome (Oxford University Press\, 2011)\, his writings on architecture\, urbanism\, and the history of archaeology have appeared in numerous journals\, anthologies\, and exhibition catalogues. \nFor more information and to register for the Zoom link visit the Renaissance Center here
URL:https://www.wmaia.org/event/book-launch-event/
LOCATION:ZOOM
CATEGORIES:Other Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210830T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210830T133000
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SUMMARY:Continuing Education: Matter & Opinion | Existing Buildings
DESCRIPTION:A special series from the Boston Society of Architects \nWe cannot meet our future goals without utilizing our greatest built and cultural assets: existing buildings. Join the Boston Society for Architecture (BSA) this July and August for Matter & Opinion: Existing Buildings\, a 7-part program series on climate action and building the will. \nEvery Monday\, two client-and-designer teams will share the challenges\, triumphs\, and lessons learned from completed existing buildings projects. Following project-based presentations\, the client-and-designer teams–as well as session attendees–will discuss the hurdles to and pathways toward building the will around continued use and reuse of existing buildings for climate action. Project types and clients represented include housing (multifamily and residential design); workplace (mission-driven and commercial); and education facilities (higher education and K-12 schools). 1 LU HSW will be available for each session. \nEach session will feature clients and designers from education facilities (higher education and K-12 schools); workplaces (commercial and mission-driven) and housing (multifamily and residential). Attend one session\, a few\, or all seven! \nContinuing education will be offered. Register now.
URL:https://www.wmaia.org/event/continuing-education-matter-opinion-existing-buildings/2021-08-30/
LOCATION:ZOOM Webinar\, United States
CATEGORIES:Continuing Education
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210518T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210518T183000
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SUMMARY:Prized Design: WMAIA Women in Architecture Spring Program
DESCRIPTION:Save the Date!\nTuesday\, May 18| 5:00  PM | Zoom  1LU\n \nWMAIA Women in Architecture (WiA) presents:\nPrized Design: WMAIA Women in Architecture Spring Program  \nThe founders of WMAIA’s Women in Architecture Committee\, Kathleen Lugosch FAIA/Ann McCallum FAIA / Margo Jones FAIA/ Sigrid Miller Pollin FAIA\, present and discuss award-winning work of 2020 Pritzker Prize recipients Grafton Architects (Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara) and Studio Gang (MacArthur Fellow Jeanne Gang) \nSponsored by   \nRegister here
URL:https://www.wmaia.org/event/16523/
CATEGORIES:WIA Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210421T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210421T180000
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SUMMARY:UMASS Architecture Series
DESCRIPTION:UMass Architecture Lecture Series \nThis series is free and open to the public. You must register to attend. You can self-report for learning units.\nFor detailed information and to register visit here. \nWednesday\,  February 10 | 4:00PM | Zoom\nJames Garret Lecture: Great River Landing \nWednesday\,  March 17 | 4:00PM | Zoom\nDina Griffin Lecture: Design for the Community \nWednesday\,  March 31 | 4:00PM | Zoom\nGabrielle Bullock Lecture \nWednesday\,  April 21 | 4:00PM | Zoom\nLatoya Kamdang Lecture: Productive Collisions
URL:https://www.wmaia.org/event/umass-architecture-series/2021-04-21/
CATEGORIES:Continuing Education,Other Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210419T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210419T171500
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SUMMARY:Spring BCT Programs - via ZOOM
DESCRIPTION:Registration is by invitation of the UMASS BCT Program– this program is free and open to the public.\nArchitects who want LUs recorded\, must register and submit the administrative fee. UMass faculty and staff requiring credit register for no fee.\nRegister for all programs here. \nMonday\, March 8 | 4:00-5:15 | Zoom \nBoston’s Big Dig\n1HSW (pending approval)\nDan McNichol\, Journalist & Author\, Spokesperson for the Big Dig \nDan McNichol\, best-selling author and award-winning journalist discusses the nation’s most intriguing\, modern\, urban marvel\, Boston’s Big Dig. McNichol shares how the mega urban project has come to define how we plan\, design\, construct cities in the United States…for better and for worse. The interactive conversation concludes with how The Big Dig\, the current plague and climate change challenge the promise of urbanism in America. For over two decades\, Dan McNichol was the spokesperson for the largest\, most complex highway construction project ever embarked upon in U.S. history: Boston’s Big Dig. McNichol will discuss the management of this mega-public works project\, officially known as the Central Artery/Tunnel Project\, sharing lessons learned as well as describing the civil engineering feats of innovative tunnel designs\, the creation of one of the world’s largest ventilation systems\, and the construction of a cable stayed bridge over the Charles River in Boston. Big Dig’s project management revealing managerial successes and failures of the project’s many “messy complexities.” \nMonday\, March 29 | 4:00-5:15 | Zoom \nBuilding Commissioning; Everything is Connected\n1LU or HSW (pending approval)\nWes Stanhope\, CEM EBCP CCP CPHC\, Founder & CEO Stanhope Developments \nBuildings are comprised of potentially competing system that are expected to work in harmony with each other. Commissioning is a living and adaptive process that can be implemented at any point throughout the lifespan of a building\, ensuring that the building systems are reviewed and tested for optimum performance. Wes will share lessons learned from projects to explain why the most successful building Commissioning starts before design has begun \nMonday\, April 19 | 4:00-5:15 | Zoom \nThe Least Cost Path to a Positive Energy Future\n1HSW (pending approval)\nBill Maclay FAIA \nBill Maclay will share a tested and proven financial methodology\, which demonstrates that positive energy buildings are typically the least cost option on a cash flow basis when compared to fossil fuel code buildings. These projects also accrue long term financial\, social equity\, ecological\, and health benefits. Maclay Architects has developed and successfully used this process for over 12 years to assist owners in evaluating financial performance of positive energy buildings. Commercial\, institutional\, and nonprofit and other residential case studies will illustrate the detailed and interwoven financial/energy analysis process\, metrics\, and templates used to guide positive energy projects from initiation to completion. This includes the design and financial analysis of a net positive energy\, plus carbon storing\, single family home design that meets the current need for cost effective operational and embodied energy buildings and design.
URL:https://www.wmaia.org/event/spring-bct-programs/2021-04-19/
CATEGORIES:Continuing Education,Other Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210413T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210413T200000
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SUMMARY:WMAIA Film Series - Spring 2021
DESCRIPTION:WMAIA/5-COLLEGE ARCHITECTURE FILM SERIES  \nTuesday March 23| 6:30 PM | Zoom 1.5LUs  \nKISS THE GROUND\n\nTo significantly mitigate the climate crisis\, there are a lot of problems humans need to solve — and as the new Netflix documentary Kiss the Ground suggests\, one of the biggest problems is right under your feet: the soil. \nNarrated by Woody Harrelson and featuring music from your favorite avocado farmer Jason Mraz\, the star-studded film explains why transitioning to regenerative agriculture could be key in rehabilitating the planet\, while simultaneously invigorating a new sense of hope and inspiration in viewers. \nRSVP to director@wmaia.org to receive Zoom login info \nWMAIA/5-COLLEGE ARCHITECTURE FILM SERIES  \nTuesday\, April 13 | 6:30PM | Zoom 1.5LUs  \nWASTE IS FOOD\n\nMan is the only creature that produces landfills. Natural resources are being depleted on a rapid scale while production and consumption are rising in na­tions like China and India. The waste production worldwide is enormous and if we do not do anything we will soon have turned all our resources into one big messy landfill.  But there is hope. \nThe German chemist\, Michael Braungart\, and the American designer-architect William McDonough are fundamentally changing the way we produce and build. If waste would become food for the biosphere or the technosphere (all the technical products we make)\, produc­tion and consumption could become beneficial for the planet.  A design and production concept that they call Cradle to Cradle: a concept that is seen as the next industrial revolution. Design every product in such a way that at the end of its lifecycle the component materials become a new resource. Design buildings in such a way that they produce energy and become a friend to the environment. \nRSVP to director@wmaia.org to receive Zoom login info
URL:https://www.wmaia.org/event/wmaia-film-series-spring-2021-2/
LOCATION:ZOOM
CATEGORIES:Films
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210323T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210323T200000
DTSTAMP:20260428T012854
CREATED:20250911T195033Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250911T195033Z
UID:10000480-1616524200-1616529600@www.wmaia.org
SUMMARY:WMAIA Film Series - Spring 2021
DESCRIPTION:WMAIA/5-COLLEGE ARCHITECTURE FILM SERIES  \nTuesday March 23| 6:30 PM | Zoom 1.5LUs  \nKISS THE GROUND\n\nTo significantly mitigate the climate crisis\, there are a lot of problems humans need to solve — and as the new Netflix documentary Kiss the Ground suggests\, one of the biggest problems is right under your feet: the soil. \nNarrated by Woody Harrelson and featuring music from your favorite avocado farmer Jason Mraz\, the star-studded film explains why transitioning to regenerative agriculture could be key in rehabilitating the planet\, while simultaneously invigorating a new sense of hope and inspiration in viewers. \nRSVP to director@wmaia.org to receive Zoom login info \nWMAIA/5-COLLEGE ARCHITECTURE FILM SERIES  \nTuesday\, April 13 | 6:30PM | Zoom 1.5LUs  \nWASTE IS FOOD\n\nMan is the only creature that produces landfills. Natural resources are being depleted on a rapid scale while production and consumption are rising in na­tions like China and India. The waste production worldwide is enormous and if we do not do anything we will soon have turned all our resources into one big messy landfill.  But there is hope. \nThe German chemist\, Michael Braungart\, and the American designer-architect William McDonough are fundamentally changing the way we produce and build. If waste would become food for the biosphere or the technosphere (all the technical products we make)\, produc­tion and consumption could become beneficial for the planet.  A design and production concept that they call Cradle to Cradle: a concept that is seen as the next industrial revolution. Design every product in such a way that at the end of its lifecycle the component materials become a new resource. Design buildings in such a way that they produce energy and become a friend to the environment. \nRSVP to director@wmaia.org to receive Zoom login info
URL:https://www.wmaia.org/event/wmaia-film-series-spring-2021/
LOCATION:ZOOM
CATEGORIES:Films
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210318T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210318T180000
DTSTAMP:20260428T012854
CREATED:20250911T195033Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250911T195033Z
UID:10000484-1616085000-1616090400@www.wmaia.org
SUMMARY:Committee on the Environment - COTE Monthly Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\, here\nThursday\, March 18| 4:45 PM | Zoom 1 HSW\n \nWMAIA COTE (Committee on the Environment)  presents:\nNet Zero for Boston City Hall: A Case Study for the Proposed Use of Heat Pumps and Energy Recovery Ventilators for Dramatic Energy Reductions  \nIn this presentation\, Bart Bales\, PE\, MSME of Bales Energy Associates focuses on heat pumps and energy recovery ventilators in an interactive presentation that highlights a case study of a proposed transformation of Boston City Hall to a Net-Zero building. This transformation would result in added usable rentable floor area and strongly respect the design of this well-known\, brutalist building. \nIn addition to talking about the proposed Boston City Hall project\, Mr. Bales will share information about how heat pumps and energy recovery ventilators work and how they may be applied in residential\, as well as institutional buildings. Ducted and un-ducted heat pumps will also be addressed and indications of where each is best applied will be described. Examples of residential projects will also be included. \nRegister here
URL:https://www.wmaia.org/event/committee-on-the-environment-cote-monthly-meeting/
LOCATION:ZOOM
CATEGORIES:COTE Events
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210224T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210224T103000
DTSTAMP:20260428T012854
CREATED:20250911T195034Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250911T195034Z
UID:10000478-1614157200-1614162600@www.wmaia.org
SUMMARY:Bi-annual Freshman Legislators Breakfast
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, February 24| 9:00 – 10:30 AM | Zoom \nDue to COVID\, this year’s event\, hosted by AIA Massachusetts\, will be held virtually. \nWith 17 new state representative and two new state senators from cities and towns all across the state\, this is a wonderful opportunity to meet your newly elected leaders and engage in a conversation about the importance of our profession to both the construction industry and overall built environment. The agenda is casual conversation\, and the event is free.  It requires no preparation\, only a willingness on your behalf to engage in conversation about your profession. \nTo register for this event\, please CLICK HERE \nI hope I can count on your attendance. \nThanks! \nRussel Feldman AIA \nPresident\, AIA Massachusetts
URL:https://www.wmaia.org/event/bi-annual-freshman-legislators-breakfast/
LOCATION:ZOOM
CATEGORIES:Legislative Events
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210218T164500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210218T174500
DTSTAMP:20260428T012854
CREATED:20250911T195034Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250911T195034Z
UID:10000476-1613666700-1613670300@www.wmaia.org
SUMMARY:COTE - Committee on the Environment
DESCRIPTION:COTE (Committee on the Environment)  \nThursday\, February 18| 4:45 PM | Zoom \nGreen Bite: Redline / Greenline   \nContinuing the conversation about Environmental Justice\, Helen Fantini AIA will lead a discussion on what redlining is and ways to reverse negative affects through greenlining. All are welcome.  Join the conversation!  RSVP to director@wmaia.org to receive Zoom login info. \nIn preparation please watch: this 6 minute video on Redlining: \nHousing Segregation and Redlining in America: A Short History | Code Switch | NPR – YouTube \nAnd read this brief article from the Greenlining Institute: \nhttps://greenlining.org/blog-category/2019/greenlining-neighborhoods-our-approach-to-community-investment/
URL:https://www.wmaia.org/event/cote-committee-on-the-environment-3/
CATEGORIES:COTE Events
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201204T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201204T190000
DTSTAMP:20260428T012854
CREATED:20250911T195035Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250911T195035Z
UID:10000417-1607097600-1607108400@www.wmaia.org
SUMMARY:RSVP Now: WMAIA Annual Meeting & Design Awards
DESCRIPTION:WMAIA CHAPTER AWARDS & ANNUAL MEETING \nWednesday\, December 9 | 4:00 PM | Zoom \nRSVP via email to Lorin Starr\, Executive Director \nOur December program is a celebration of the season and of architecture and landscape architecture in Western Massachusetts. The winners of the 2020 Design Awards Program will be announced. This awards program was held in conjunction with the Western Massachusetts Section of the Boston Society of Landscape Architects.   In addition we will present student scholarships and our Hon WMAIA awards.  Hopefully all members can attend this year as we grab a festive beverage and celebrate virtually. \nThanks to our sponsors\, Keiter Builders 
URL:https://www.wmaia.org/event/wmaia-film-series-save-the-dates-2-2/
LOCATION:ZOOM
CATEGORIES:Awards Programs
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201104T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201104T173000
DTSTAMP:20260428T012854
CREATED:20250911T195031Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250911T195031Z
UID:10000415-1604505600-1604511000@www.wmaia.org
SUMMARY:UMass Architecture Lecture Series
DESCRIPTION:UMass Architecture Lecture Series\nThese programs are free and open to the public.\nYou must register to receive Zoom link. You may self-report for CEU credits. \nWednesday\, September 9 | 4:00-5:30 | Zoom\nDavid Dillon Memorial Lecture: Lee Bey\nDetails and registration here \nWednesday\, September 16 | 4:00-5:30 | Zoom\nThe Lois E. Toko Lecture: Billie Tsien\nDetails and registration here \nFriday/Saturday\, October 2-3 | all day | Zoom\nExactitude: A Five College Architecture Symposium\nDetails and registration here \nWednesday\, October 21 | 4:00-5:30 | Zoom\nFive College Architecture Theory Lecture: Alberto Pérez-Gómez\nDetails and registration here \nWednesday\, November 4 | 4:00-5:30 | Zoom\nFarshid Moussavi Lecture and a Conversation with Pari Riahi\nDetails and registration here
URL:https://www.wmaia.org/event/umass-architecture-lecture-series-2-2-2-2/
LOCATION:ZOOM
CATEGORIES:Other Programs
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201102T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201102T171500
DTSTAMP:20260428T012854
CREATED:20250911T195031Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250911T195031Z
UID:10000584-1604332800-1604337300@www.wmaia.org
SUMMARY:BCT Lecture Series - FREE
DESCRIPTION:BCT Lectures begin September 21st — SAVE THE DATES \nRegistration is by invitation of the UMASS BCT Program— this program is free and open to the public\nArchitects who want LUs recorded must register and submit the administrative fee. \nRegister here for any or all of the BCT LecturesBoston’s Big Dig\nMonday\, September 21 | 4:00-5:15 | Zoom |1HSW\nDan McNichol\, Journalist & Author\, Spokesperson for the Big Dig \nDan McNichol\, best-selling author and award-winning journalist discusses the nation’s most intriguing\, modern\, urban marvel\, Boston’s Big Dig.  McNichol shares how the mega urban project has come to define how we plan\, design\, construct cities in the United States…for better and for worse. The interactive conversation concludes with how The Big Dig\, the current plague and climate change challenge the promise of urbanism in America. For over two decades\, Dan McNichol was the spokesperson for the largest\, most complex highway construction project ever embarked upon in U.S. history: Boston’s Big Dig. McNichol will discuss the management of this mega-public works project\, officially known as the Central Artery/Tunnel Project\, sharing lessons learned as well as describing the civil engineering feats of innovative tunnel designs\, the creation of one of the world’s largest ventilation systems\, and the construction of a cable stayed bridge over the Charles River in Boston. Big Dig’s project management revealing managerial successes and failures of the project’s many “messy complexities.” \nForests\, Forestry & Climate Change\nMonday\, October 5 | 4:00-5:15 | Zoom |1HSW\nRobert Perschel\, Executive Director\, NE Forestry Foundation \nHow we protect and manage our forest base will likely determine if New England can meet its climate goals.  Robert Perschel will speak about the Forest to Cities Climate Challenge\, forestry standards for both storing carbon and producing materials for buildings 6-18 stories tall. \nStrategies to Lower CO2 Emissions Using Concrete Masonry\nMonday\, October 19 | 4:00-5:15 | Zoom |1HSW\nHeidi Jandris\, BArch\, Technical Services\, Jandris Block \nLowering the embodied carbon of our concrete masonry units during production is essential to lowering the overall global warming potential of our products. The CMU industry on average uses less cement than ready-mixed concrete\, due to the manufacturing process.. CMU uses a dry-cast\, zero-slump concrete mix\, and its’ unique structure enables us to accelerate CO2 sequestration rates. During this presentation we will cover greenhouse gasses\, climate change scenarios\, and CO2 emission sources. We will discuss climate change solutions including adaptation which includes resiliency. We will discuss mitigation\, and show how we are able to lower embodied carbon during CMU production by implementing breakthrough technology. \nTHIS MONTH:\nA Better Way to Build in the 21st Century\nMonday\, November 2 | 4:00-5:15 | Zoom |1LU\nTedd Benson\, Founder\, and CEO of Bensonwood & Unity Homes \nWhat are the critical ingredients of more enlightened homebuilding? In this presentation\, we’ll discuss the ingredients of a better work culture\, design rules for smart standardization\, energy performance standards that must be normalized\, and why “open building” disentanglement are all critical ingredients of a more enlightened age of homebuilding that will get us to a better future.
URL:https://www.wmaia.org/event/bct-lecture-series-free-2-2-2/
LOCATION:ZOOM
CATEGORIES:Other Programs,WMAIA Programs
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201028T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201028T190000
DTSTAMP:20260428T012854
CREATED:20250911T195031Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250911T195031Z
UID:10000580-1603909800-1603911600@www.wmaia.org
SUMMARY:WMAIA Film Series - Save the Dates
DESCRIPTION:We are working out the details for a virtual film series.  Please save these dates – details soon! \nWednesdays October 14 and 28\, 6:30 PM.
URL:https://www.wmaia.org/event/wmaia-film-series-save-the-dates-2/
CATEGORIES:Films,WMAIA Programs
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201021T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201021T173000
DTSTAMP:20260428T012854
CREATED:20250911T195031Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250911T195031Z
UID:10000589-1603296000-1603301400@www.wmaia.org
SUMMARY:UMass Architecture Lecture Series
DESCRIPTION:UMass Architecture Lecture Series\nThese programs are free and open to the public.\nYou must register to receive Zoom link. You may self-report for CEU credits. \nWednesday\, September 9 | 4:00-5:30 | Zoom\nDavid Dillon Memorial Lecture: Lee Bey\nDetails and registration here \nWednesday\, September 16 | 4:00-5:30 | Zoom\nThe Lois E. Toko Lecture: Billie Tsien\nDetails and registration here \nFriday/Saturday\, October 2-3 | all day | Zoom\nExactitude: A Five College Architecture Symposium\nDetails and registration here \nWednesday\, October 21 | 4:00-5:30 | Zoom\nFive College Architecture Theory Lecture: Alberto Pérez-Gómez\nDetails and registration here \nWednesday\, November 4 | 4:00-5:30 | Zoom\nFarshid Moussavi Lecture and a Conversation with Pari Riahi\nDetails and registration here
URL:https://www.wmaia.org/event/umass-architecture-lecture-series-2-2-2/
LOCATION:ZOOM
CATEGORIES:Other Programs
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201019T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201019T171500
DTSTAMP:20260428T012854
CREATED:20250911T195032Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250911T195032Z
UID:10000583-1603123200-1603127700@www.wmaia.org
SUMMARY:BCT Lecture Series - FREE
DESCRIPTION:BCT Lectures begin September 21st — SAVE THE DATES \nRegistration is by invitation of the UMASS BCT Program— this program is free and open to the public\nArchitects who want LUs recorded must register and submit the administrative fee. \nRegister here for any or all of the BCT LecturesBoston’s Big Dig\nMonday\, September 21 | 4:00-5:15 | Zoom |1HSW\nDan McNichol\, Journalist & Author\, Spokesperson for the Big Dig \nDan McNichol\, best-selling author and award-winning journalist discusses the nation’s most intriguing\, modern\, urban marvel\, Boston’s Big Dig.  McNichol shares how the mega urban project has come to define how we plan\, design\, construct cities in the United States…for better and for worse. The interactive conversation concludes with how The Big Dig\, the current plague and climate change challenge the promise of urbanism in America. For over two decades\, Dan McNichol was the spokesperson for the largest\, most complex highway construction project ever embarked upon in U.S. history: Boston’s Big Dig. McNichol will discuss the management of this mega-public works project\, officially known as the Central Artery/Tunnel Project\, sharing lessons learned as well as describing the civil engineering feats of innovative tunnel designs\, the creation of one of the world’s largest ventilation systems\, and the construction of a cable stayed bridge over the Charles River in Boston. Big Dig’s project management revealing managerial successes and failures of the project’s many “messy complexities.” \nForests\, Forestry & Climate Change\nMonday\, October 5 | 4:00-5:15 | Zoom |1HSW\nRobert Perschel\, Executive Director\, NE Forestry Foundation \nHow we protect and manage our forest base will likely determine if New England can meet its climate goals.  Robert Perschel will speak about the Forest to Cities Climate Challenge\, forestry standards for both storing carbon and producing materials for buildings 6-18 stories tall. \nTHIS MONTH:\nStrategies to Lower CO2 Emissions Using Concrete Masonry\nMonday\, October 19 | 4:00-5:15 | Zoom |1HSW\nHeidi Jandris\, BArch\, Technical Services\, Jandris Block \nLowering the embodied carbon of our concrete masonry units during production is essential to lowering the overall global warming potential of our products. The CMU industry on average uses less cement than ready-mixed concrete\, due to the manufacturing process.. CMU uses a dry-cast\, zero-slump concrete mix\, and its’ unique structure enables us to accelerate CO2 sequestration rates. During this presentation we will cover greenhouse gasses\, climate change scenarios\, and CO2 emission sources. We will discuss climate change solutions including adaptation which includes resiliency. We will discuss mitigation\, and show how we are able to lower embodied carbon during CMU production by implementing breakthrough technology. \nA Better Way to Build in the 21st Century\nMonday\, November 2 | 4:00-5:15 | Zoom |1LU\nTedd Benson\, Founder\, and CEO of Bensonwood & Unity Homes \nWhat are the critical ingredients of more enlightened homebuilding? In this presentation\, we’ll discuss the ingredients of a better work culture\, design rules for smart standardization\, energy performance standards that must be normalized\, and why “open building” disentanglement are all critical ingredients of a more enlightened age of homebuilding that will get us to a better future.
URL:https://www.wmaia.org/event/bct-lecture-series-free-2-2/
LOCATION:ZOOM
CATEGORIES:Other Programs,WMAIA Programs
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201015T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201015T173000
DTSTAMP:20260428T012854
CREATED:20250911T195032Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250911T195032Z
UID:10000578-1602779400-1602783000@www.wmaia.org
SUMMARY:WMAIA COTE Meeting
DESCRIPTION:COTE (Committee on the Environment)\nThursday\, October 15| 4:30 PM | Zoom \nGreen Bite: Travis Toole with Peter Jensen of Build With Nature – a low carbon design/build company – will discuss EcoCocon straw SIPs. These industry proven high-efficiency wall panels are prefabricated to a very reputable standard of quality and fully customizable to any design. \nRSVP to director@wmaia.org to receive Zoom login info
URL:https://www.wmaia.org/event/wmaia-cote-meeting-3/
CATEGORIES:COTE Events
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201014T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201014T190000
DTSTAMP:20260428T012854
CREATED:20250911T195032Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250911T195032Z
UID:10000579-1602700200-1602702000@www.wmaia.org
SUMMARY:WMAIA Film Series - Save the Dates
DESCRIPTION:We are working out the details for a virtual film series.  Please save these dates – details soon! \nWednesdays October 14 and 28\, 6:30 PM.
URL:https://www.wmaia.org/event/wmaia-film-series-save-the-dates/
CATEGORIES:Films,WMAIA Programs
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201005T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201005T171500
DTSTAMP:20260428T012854
CREATED:20250911T195032Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250911T195032Z
UID:10000582-1601913600-1601918100@www.wmaia.org
SUMMARY:BCT Lecture Series - FREE
DESCRIPTION:BCT Lectures begin September 21st — SAVE THE DATES \nRegistration is by invitation of the UMASS BCT Program— this program is free and open to the public\nArchitects who want LUs recorded must register and submit the administrative fee. \nRegister here for any or all of the BCT LecturesBoston’s Big Dig\nMonday\, September 21 | 4:00-5:15 | Zoom |1HSW\nDan McNichol\, Journalist & Author\, Spokesperson for the Big Dig \nDan McNichol\, best-selling author and award-winning journalist discusses the nation’s most intriguing\, modern\, urban marvel\, Boston’s Big Dig.  McNichol shares how the mega urban project has come to define how we plan\, design\, construct cities in the United States…for better and for worse. The interactive conversation concludes with how The Big Dig\, the current plague and climate change challenge the promise of urbanism in America. For over two decades\, Dan McNichol was the spokesperson for the largest\, most complex highway construction project ever embarked upon in U.S. history: Boston’s Big Dig. McNichol will discuss the management of this mega-public works project\, officially known as the Central Artery/Tunnel Project\, sharing lessons learned as well as describing the civil engineering feats of innovative tunnel designs\, the creation of one of the world’s largest ventilation systems\, and the construction of a cable stayed bridge over the Charles River in Boston. Big Dig’s project management revealing managerial successes and failures of the project’s many “messy complexities.” \nTHIS MONTH:\nForests\, Forestry & Climate Change\nMonday\, October 5 | 4:00-5:15 | Zoom |1HSW\nRobert Perschel\, Executive Director\, NE Forestry Foundation \nHow we protect and manage our forest base will likely determine if New England can meet its climate goals.  Robert Perschel will speak about the Forest to Cities Climate Challenge\, forestry standards for both storing carbon and producing materials for buildings 6-18 stories tall. \nStrategies to Lower CO2 Emissions Using Concrete Masonry\nMonday\, October 19 | 4:00-5:15 | Zoom |1HSW\nHeidi Jandris\, BArch\, Technical Services\, Jandris Block \nLowering the embodied carbon of our concrete masonry units during production is essential to lowering the overall global warming potential of our products. The CMU industry on average uses less cement than ready-mixed concrete\, due to the manufacturing process.. CMU uses a dry-cast\, zero-slump concrete mix\, and its’ unique structure enables us to accelerate CO2 sequestration rates. During this presentation we will cover greenhouse gasses\, climate change scenarios\, and CO2 emission sources. We will discuss climate change solutions including adaptation which includes resiliency. We will discuss mitigation\, and show how we are able to lower embodied carbon during CMU production by implementing breakthrough technology. \nA Better Way to Build in the 21st Century\nMonday\, November 2 | 4:00-5:15 | Zoom |1LU\nTedd Benson\, Founder\, and CEO of Bensonwood & Unity Homes \nWhat are the critical ingredients of more enlightened homebuilding? In this presentation\, we’ll discuss the ingredients of a better work culture\, design rules for smart standardization\, energy performance standards that must be normalized\, and why “open building” disentanglement are all critical ingredients of a more enlightened age of homebuilding that will get us to a better future.
URL:https://www.wmaia.org/event/bct-lecture-series-free-2/
LOCATION:ZOOM
CATEGORIES:Other Programs,WMAIA Programs
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201002
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201004
DTSTAMP:20260428T012854
CREATED:20250911T195032Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250911T195032Z
UID:10000588-1601596800-1601769599@www.wmaia.org
SUMMARY:UMass Architecture Lecture Series
DESCRIPTION:UMass Architecture Lecture Series\nThese programs are free and open to the public.\nYou must register to receive Zoom link. You may self-report for CEU credits. \nWednesday\, September 9 | 4:00-5:30 | Zoom\nDavid Dillon Memorial Lecture: Lee Bey\nDetails and registration here \nWednesday\, September 16 | 4:00-5:30 | Zoom\nThe Lois E. Toko Lecture: Billie Tsien\nDetails and registration here \nFriday/Saturday\, October 2-3 | all day | Zoom\nExactitude: A Five College Architecture Symposium\nDetails and registration here \nWednesday\, October 21 | 4:00-5:30 | Zoom\nFive College Architecture Theory Lecture: Alberto Pérez-Gómez\nDetails and registration here \nWednesday\, November 4 | 4:00-5:30 | Zoom\nFarshid Moussavi Lecture and a Conversation with Pari Riahi\nDetails and registration here
URL:https://www.wmaia.org/event/umass-architecture-lecture-series-2-2/
LOCATION:ZOOM
CATEGORIES:Other Programs
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR