Western MA Committee on the Environment (COTE)
March 12 @ 4:00 pm - 5:15 pm
Please join the COTE committee for our spring continuing education series on embodied carbon – with a focus on practical tools for architects hoping to reduce the carbon in their projects.
Embodied Carbon in Existing Buildings
Tuesday March 12| 4:00-5:15PM| Zoom |1 HSW approval pending
Barbra Batshalom, founder and Executive Director of the Sustainable Building Institute, and CEO of BuildingEase, will kick off our discussion of embodied carbon with a look at existing buildings.
Designing for Low Carbon New Buildings
Tuesday April 9| 4:00-5:15PM| Zoom |1 HSW approval pending
Andrea Love, FAIA, LEED Fellow, Principal & Director of Building Science at Payette will address tools and practices around designing low carbon new construction.
Tally Carbon Calculator – Demonstration
Tuesday May 7| 4:00-5:15PM| Zoom |LUs TBD
See a demonstration of the Tally Carbon Calculator and learn the basics for implementing this carbon calculating tool in your practice.
Low Carbon Building Tour – Amherst College Lyceum
Tuesday May 21| 4:00-5:15PM| In Person |1 HSW approval pending
Join us for a tour of the Amherst College Lyceum, with Bruner/Cott architects, and a discussion of the low carbon strategies that we implemented in this project.
